United News & Media has released results today, reporting a decrease in pre-tax profits of nearly 7% for the 6 months ending June, to £65.1m.Lord Stevens, chairman of the group which includes Express Newspapers said that results were held back by re-launch costs in the UK, and that national newspapers were affected by lower circulation… Continue reading United News & Media Profits Down 6.9%
Yesterday saw Channel 4’s autumn schedule formally announced, with drama getting top billing, according to John Willis, Director of Programming.Willis also said that C4 had enjoyed a successful year with factual based programming and would continue to do so into the next season. He said that £70m had been invested in the new schedule and… Continue reading Channel 4 Autumn Schedule
According to the FA Premier League, Sky TV is the favourite for football coverage among football fans. The results come from a nationwide survey carried out for the FA Premier League by the Sir Norman Chester Centre for Football Research.47.7% of fans believe that Sky TV’s football coverage is excellent; 37.8% think that of Radio… Continue reading Sky TV Football Coverage Comes Up Tops
Haymarket Magazines is set to launch a new motor racing magazine with editions in English and German.F1 Racing, which launches in February next year, will be a glossy monthly dedicated to Formula 1 racing with an emphasis on high quality photography. Features will include a behind the scenes look at the drivers and races, the… Continue reading Haymarket Races Ahead With New Motor Magazine
Virginia Bottomley has given official government support to the BBC’s launch yesterday of Digital Audio Broadcasting.Mrs Bottomley said ” This is a major landmark on the way to a digital future. Digital broadcasters will mean that listeners will be able to receive all five of the BBC’s radio stations with quality of sound and no… Continue reading Virginia Bottomley – DAB Approval
Talk Radio’s newly revamped programme schedule starts next Monday. The changes which signify an end to its “shock jock” era included the axing of Caesar the Geezer and Terry Christian as presenters. Simon Bates will present the Breakfast show from 0700 to 1000, including Our Tune at 9.45am.Jonathan King will follow Simon Bates, from 1000… Continue reading Talk Radio’s New Schedule Starts Monday
BBC Radio has today switched on its Digital Audio Broadcasting (DAB) service. This means that in addition to analogue transmission on FM and AM, all BBC national networks will be carried on DAB.The new technology also enables the BBC to carry additional programmes, and in its introductory service, three areas of coverage were announced –… Continue reading BBC Launches Digital Radio Broadcasts Today
http://www.yearling.com/Yearling have started offering an interactive TV listings guide on the World Wide Web. Information is available for all terrestrial channels and regions, and for the pick of the cable and satellite channels.The big advantage of the service is the use of selection options. Television listings are already overcrowded, and with the advent of 500-channel… Continue reading Net Site Of The Week
Yorkshire television’s drama series Heartbeat shown on Sunday 17th of September was watched by 16.42 million people. This episode, which featured the death of Doctor Kate Rowan was the most viewed programme ahead of Friday night’s edition of Coronation Street which had 16.20 million; London’s Burning was third with 15.92 million.The new series of Gladiators… Continue reading Kate’s Last Heartbeat Attracts 16 Million Viewers
According to IPC research, well over two thirds of adults in the UK read a specialist magazine, and the medium has a younger and more upmarket profile than either daily or Sunday newspapers.IPC Magazines research was designed to establish the readership profile of all categories of specialist titles. The main findings include: 69% of GB… Continue reading 69% Of Adults Read Specialist Magazines
