QVC, the home-shopping channel that launched on 1st October 1993, has celebrated its second birthday with a new high in its net sales of £9.05m. This is a 106% increase on the third quarter 1994, when sales were at £4.39m. Third quarter 1995 net sales have increased by 22.63% from £7.38m in the previous quarter… Continue reading QVC Doubles Growth Two Years On
Five regional newspaper publishers have written to National Heritage Secretary Virginia Bottomley, calling for a level playing field in the media ownership rules to enable regional newspaper companies to compete fairly within local markets.Chris Oakly, group chief executive of Midland Independent Newspapers, Freddy Johnston, chairman of Johnston Press, Robin Burgess, managing director of the CN… Continue reading Regional Papers ‘Give Us Freedom’ Plea
The Electronic Telegraph’s Fantasy League Online, which launched last month, has been shut down, and aims to re-open again in December. Users who have registered have been refunded the entry cost.The delay is due to software problems, but according to publisher Hugo Drayton “although our systems have been configured to cope with a high level… Continue reading Electronic Telegraph Postpones Fantasy League
The Daily Telegraph has appointed its new editor from an internal position. The editor will be Charles Moore, who has been editor of the Sunday Telegraph since 1992, and prior to that was deputy editor of the Daily Telegraph for two years. Prior to that he was editor of The Spectator for six years.The new… Continue reading New Telegraph Editor
According to research issued by the PPA, people are spending more on magazines than ever before.The 12 month review by Wessenden Marketing has revealed that consumer magazines increased their growth rate during the first half of 1995, and the report reveals that people are expected to spend more than £1.6 billion on magazines this year.With… Continue reading Record Amount Spent On Magazines
Scottish Radio Holdings has announced it is to buy Morton Newspapers, Northern Ireland’s largest publisher of local weekly newspapers, for £11.2 million.The acquisition is being made through a new subsidiary company set up early in 1995; Score Press, which is 90% owned by SRH and the remainder by Score’s chief executive, Charles Villiers. Score Press… Continue reading Scottish Radio Buys Local Press In Northern Ireland
Following Rupert Murdoch’s announcement at the company AGM last week that they are spending millions of dollars on developing on-line services and new technologies, News International has announced that it is to acquire the Advanced Products Division (APD) of National Transcommunications Ltd (NTL).The purchase has been made through the News Corporation’s technology arm, News Technology… Continue reading N.I In Technology Purchase
ITV is to launch a drama sponsorship package which will include top rating drama such as Cracker, Prime Suspect, Emma and The Man who Made Husbands Jealous.A total of 16 dramas including a new Morse special, the new Sharpe mini series and Poldark are on offer making the package the biggest seen on British television.… Continue reading ITV Drama Sponsorship ’96
Trinity International Holdings has announced its plans for the national sales of its purchase of the Thomson Regional Newspapers.AMRA has been appointed to handle all of the Cardiff based titles including the Western Mail, South Wales Echo and Wales on Sunday, plus the classified revenue for the Belfast titles, including Telegraph.Mediaforce has been appointed to… Continue reading Trinity Appoints Amra And Mediaforce For Thomson Sales
Flextech has announced that it completed the disposal of a group of subsidiaries owned by IVS cable holdings limited (IVS) for £62.6 million, to KPN Kabel. Flextech owns 91.7% of IVS and will receive £59.3m in cash.The IVS subsidiaries hold licences to provide cable television and cable telephony services for four franchises in the UK… Continue reading Flextech Announces Sale Of Cable
