Mediaserve, Amra’s parent company, has taken a controlling interest in Manchester-based SMS (Sales and Media Services). SMS is a contractor to Independent Radio Sales, representing London Radio, Kiss FM, East Anglian Radio Group and Atlantic 252, as well as publications such as The Radio Times and Time magazine.Mike McCormack, chief executive of Mediaserve and Amra… Continue reading Amra Buys Into Radio And Mag Sales Company
CIA MediaLab’s latest Sensor survey investigates how disappointed respondents would be if certain media were not available. BBC Television came out highest with 80% of respondents saying they would be disappointed if it was not available. ITV followed shortly behind, at 76%.BBC TV’s popularity was steady across age and class groupings, but ITV was more… Continue reading BBC TV Is Britain’s Most Popular Medium
HTV’s half year results for the 6 months to June 30th 1995 show pre-tax profits up by 120% to £6.1 million, record results for HTV.33% of the Group profit in the first half came from the Rights Division; this includes programmes such as Wycliffe, films such as Dumb and Dumber and cable and satellite programming.… Continue reading HTV Results – Profits Up 120%
The Time Out Group, publishers of London’s weekly listings guide launches its first edition of Time Out New York tomorrow, 27th September, with a 100,000 print run and a major marketing campaign.Advertising agency, De Vito/Verdi, are launching the new magazine which will hit over 5000 sites across New York’s five boroughs including Manhattan subways and… Continue reading Time Out In New York
The new film starring Tom Hanks, Apollo 13 officially opened on Saturday 24th September. The film depicts the events surrounding the 13th ill fated mission to land and study the Moon in 1970. Apollo 13 has a PG Certificate.Figures for the first weekend of the film’s run were £2.4m; during the preview week at selected… Continue reading Apollo 13 Opening Weekend
Shane Ritchie, host of Lucky Numbers, has today signed an exclusive two-year deal with ITV. Shane Richie’s new pilot show, The Shane Richie Experience, in which couples win the chance to get married on air, has been commissioned for an 8-part series.As well as making further series of Lucky Numbers, Granada are devising a sitcom… Continue reading Shane Ritchie Signs Exclusively With ITV
The supermarket chain, Sainsbury’s has been criticised by the Independent Television Commission for an advert which claimed “checkouts that open on cue if there’s more than one shopper in front of You.”There were seven complaints to the ITC who said that in their experience the claim had not been fulfilled.The ITC agreed with the complainants… Continue reading ITC Raps Sainsbury’s Over Ad
TV revenue for August, traditionally the lowest month of the year, came in at £138.7m – up 9.2% on the same period previous year, based on MediaTel’s agency estimates. Channel 4’s revenue was estimated to be £30.97m – 17% up on August 1994, and the second highest year on year increase so far in 1995.… Continue reading TV Round Up – August
It is speculated that BSkyB is to launch a bid for Coronation Street from ITV at the next renegotiation of its contract.The move comes after the controversial acquisition of major sporting events from terrestrial television – the acquisition of Coronation Street would damage ITV as well as cause an angry backlash from 18m viewers.It is… Continue reading Threatening Sky Over ‘The Street’
Unofficial overnight viewing figures for the Ryder Cup, which was transmitted on Sky this weekend show it attracted a peak rating of 8.0 amongst individuals at its climax.Ratings for Saturday show the golf achieving an average TVR of around 3 for individuals, rising to around 6 for men. However, on Sunday, the close of the… Continue reading Ryder Cup Beats Premier League Football
