Overall TV viewing is up 2.8% on the same period last year, though ITV and ITV/C4 are unchanged on last year figures. The top non-soap opera programme on ITV is International Gladiators, on Channel 4, Cutting Edge and on BBC1, is Casualty.The National Lottery viewing is up to 14.96 million compared to 14.71 million last… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary
The Independent Television Commission has introduced new guidelines to its programme code, to have immediate effect from today. Amendments have been made to most sections of the Code.There are tightened restrictions on privacy and gathering of information; ‘Interviews sought on private property without the subject’s prior agreement should not be included in a programme unless… Continue reading New Programming Guidelines
Yesterday at a news conference ahead of a G7 conference in Brussels, the Director General of the BBC, John Birt expressed his concerns over the European Commission’s introduction of quotas for non European television programmes.He told MEP’s that a technical directive passed by the EU’s telecommunications ministers in November could allow a few powerful companies… Continue reading Birt Warns Of Monopoly Control Of Satellite Operators
The Saatchi & Saatchi group is to change its name to Cordiant plc. The proposed name change, in a circular sent to Saatchi shareholders today, is meant to express “the new spirit within the company, characterised by accord and shared purpose”.The main purpose of the name change is to distance the holding company from the… Continue reading Saatchis Group To Change Name
QualitiesJanuary was a good month for the qualities, with all of them except the Financial Times recording increases on December 1994. The Times recorded the highest increase month on month, up 5.5%. However, the success story for January appears to be the Independent and its Sunday sister paper, which both managed to record significant increases… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – January
MTV has formed a partnership with Primequity, a South African media company, and Johnny Clegg, the South African recording star to launch a 24-hour MTV Network in South Africa. MTV will apply for a broadcast license to launch the network in late 1996. MTV South Africa will also be available from launch via satellite to… Continue reading MTV To Launch MTV South Africa
The ITC is to advertise local delivery franchises for the area of Shrewsbury, Bridgnorth and South Staffordshire, and Carlisle. Applications for either of the two licences must be in by May 15 1995.Applicants are free to choose which parts of the franchise area they wish to cover. Percentages of qualifying revenue are set as the… Continue reading New Cable Licences Advertised
Yesterday IPC’s new glossy classic car magazine, Superclassics, launched. It is published quarterly, has 132 pages, and a cover price of £3.50Editorially, it has a serious collector theme which is evident in articles and advertisements. Peter Tomalin, Editor, enthuses over the cars featured and this enthusiasm is reflected in road tests and reports.The cars featured… Continue reading Superclassics – First Issue Review
The latest IPA Trends in Television Viewing Quarterly Report shows that there was a 2% decline in overall viewing in 1994 compared to 1993. Average daily hours of viewing for individuals is now 3.6 hours.The share taken by terrestrial commercial channels is showing some stability now, at around 50%. The profile of ITV viewing by… Continue reading 2% Decline In Overall TV Viewing For 1994
CLT SA, the European media group, has joined MAI and Pearson in their bid for Channel 5. This follows the announcement two weeks ago that Time Warner were pulling out of the Pearson/MAI consortium, due to “technical circumstances.” CLT operates television and radio stations in eight countries.
