The Mirror Group’s Live TV cable channel is expanding; its first affiliate, Birmingham Live TV will launch in the Autumn. Midland Independent Newspapers and Birmingham Cable Communications are launching the venture and the studios will be based at Midland Independent Newspapers’ Tower Block.The station is planning to provide up to 80 minutes a day of… Continue reading Birmingham Live TV To Launch
The National Magazine Company is to launch a new wedding title, backed by the Good Housekeeping magazine.Good Housekeeping’s WEDDING Magazine is set to launch on 14th September with an initial print run of 150,000. It is billed as the “definitive magazine for every bride and her family”, being aimed at second-time brides and the bride’s… Continue reading New Wedding Title For Good Housekeeping
Combined ITV/C4 revenue for June, based on agency estimates, has come in at £174.089m, up 11.9% on last June. ITV’s figure was £136m, up 10.7% on last year; C4’s figure, at £38m was up 16.3%. This is a 78:22 ratio.Among the contractors, Carlton fared the best, up 0.52% points to 16.03% share, although this is… Continue reading Tv Revenue – June
TSMS is to announce results of its Rugby World Cup sponsorship awareness study at the end of the month.
According to new figures from GfK Marketing Services Ltd, the number of households in Great Britain with satellite TV dishes grew by 22,000 in May to 3,076,000. This is the lowest monthly increase since July 1994, and suggests that recent price cuts and special offers, which have reduced the cost for a dish to below… Continue reading Satellite Dish Ownership
The information superhighway looks set to acquire another lane next year with the news that more video-on-demand trials are to be undertaken in the UK. London-based Video Networks Ltd is to run its own trials of on-line video services to the consumer.250 homes in Hull have been chosen to receive the trial, in mid-1996. Video… Continue reading Video-On-Demand Trial In Hull
Direct Line Insurance is to continue its sponsorship of the Eastbourne Ladies Championship for a further two years, it has been announced.Peter Wood, Chief Executive of Direct Line said: “I believe it is important to support the pre Wimbledon grass court season, as we have for the past 10 years, firstly with Beckenham and now… Continue reading Direct Line Backing Ladies Tennis
In a bid to attract more national advertising, the Big Issue is to relaunch from 1996 as a national magazine.The magazine, which is sold by the homeless, currently has a circulation of 102,142 (Jul-Dec 94) and publishes separate Scottish and Manchester editions. A national version it is hoped would provide a circulation of around 385,000.… Continue reading The Big Issue To Go National
The Newspaper Society has announced data for 1994 which shows that the total number of regional titles in 1994 was up 12.9% on 1993 to 1400. Total circulation was 49.3 million compared to 46.8 million in 1993.The biggest growing sector was the weekly frees, up from 667 titles to 800. Weekly paid titles were up… Continue reading Number Of Regional Titles Soars
The Hall Harrison Cowley group has announced it has sold three of its regional advertising agencies to MSL Advertising, part of the MSL group.Ownership of HHC’s advertising agencies in Bristol, Cardiff and Manchester will be transferred to MSL Advertising early in July for an undisclosed sum. The three agencies will continue to trade as HHC… Continue reading Hall Harrison Sells Agencies
