Of the regional titles that have had their ABC figures released so far, seven of the top ten titles have managed to achieve a year on year percentage increase.D.C Thomson’s Sunday Post once again came out on top with a circulation of 940,349, a loss of 56,115 (-5.63%) on the same period last year. However… Continue reading Regional Newspapers – Latest ABCs
ITV has announced a new soap series for teenagers as part of the 40th anniversary of Children’s ITV this autumn. Called Island, the new series is billed as Britain’s answer to Home and Away.Produced for the network by Channel TV, the series follows 7 young people who leave home to find work on the island… Continue reading ITV Bid To Increase Teenage Viewers
Tony O’Reilly’s Independent Newspapers yesterday announced a 34% rise in pre- tax profits from I£15.15m to I£20.36m in the six months to June 30, boosted by the first full period from the South African acquisitions.The results include a one month trading performance from the 43% stake in Newspaper Publishing, publishers of the Independent. Independent Newspapers’… Continue reading Independent Newspapers Profits Up 34%
Carat Research has analysed the recently released NRS Saturday readership data to quantify the most consistent readers throughout the week. ‘Consistency of readership’ has been measured by quantifying those who read a title during Monday to Friday and also on a Saturday. In the opposite fashion, non- consistent readership was measured.The Sun ranks the highest… Continue reading Sun Has Most Consistent Readership
The first two days of Channel 4’s Sci-Fi Weekend has had some success, with the film Outland and the documentary Real X Files both attracting over 2 million viewers although both programmes failed to appear in Channel 4’s top ten programmes list.Television viewing is starting to increase as summer comes to an end; this week’s… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – W/E 27/08/95
NBC has announced that it is soon to increase the amount of CNBC business programming on its Astra 1D satellite, as an interim step towards the launch of a full 24-hour ASTRA delivered CNBC Europe business channel early in 1996.The move is scheduled for the end of October, and will extend CNBC’s live US market… Continue reading NBC To Launch 24-Hour European Business Channel
Burger King has announced it is to sponsor both the English and Welsh National football teams. Sponsorship of the England team begins tonight with the friendly against Columbia, and will continue to beyond the UEFA Euro 96 Championships to be held in England next June. The Welsh sponsorship begins with today’s fixture against Moldova.Both sponsorship… Continue reading Burger King Supports English And Welsh Football
East Anglia is to have a new AM radio station from the end of September offering ‘great hits and golden memories’. Amber launches on September 24 as part of the SGR group and will match the transmission areas of FM stations SGR Ipswich, SGR Bury and Broadland.It will play the same service across the 3… Continue reading SGR To Offer Golden Memories
Press articles have revealed that BSkyB is planning seven new channels from next month. These new services are reported to be: EBN Paramount Channel Disney Channel Playboy Channel Sky Sports Gold Sci-Fi History Channel However, BSkyB this morning said these reports are speculation, and refused to give any further comment.
Press reports this morning claim that BSkyB is celebrating the largest ever audience achieved by satellite television in the UK for Saturday night’s exclusive coverage of Frank Bruno’s world title boxing match.Unofficial overnight figures put the peak viewing figure at 3.43m viewers; one million more viewers than previous satellite records. Sky claims this figure is… Continue reading Bruno Attracts Over 3m Satellite Viewers
