Grampian Television has announced results for the six months ended 31 August 1994. Pre-tax profits were up by 16.6% to £1.805m, compared to £1.548m the year before.Chairman Calum MacLeod commented that, “A 5% increase in advertising revenue and a continued reduction in costs helped us to deliver another set of excellent half year results.” He… Continue reading Grampian Television Results
Gary Tonge, Engineering Controller of the Independent Television Commission has warned that the interests of viewers must be kept centre stage of any move to introduce digital terrestrial TV.Speaking at a one day conference on new technology he suggested that the current debate surrounding digital TV are more related to protecting established positions. He welcomed… Continue reading Digital TV Development For Viewers
Sky magazine, the men’s style magazine, has had its card altered on the NRS survey to try and reduce respondent’s confusion between it and the satellite TV listings guide, Sky TV Guide.Jean Wong of NRS told MediaTel that they suspect that the high readership figures enjoyed by Sky may result from some confusion; since October… Continue reading Confusion Over Sky’s NRS Figure
Conrad Black, announcing results for the nine months to September 30 this morning for the Telegraph has said it is up to Rupert Murdoch to end the UK newspaper price war. “He started the war, he can finish it”, Mr Black said.The price war has had effects on the pre-tax profits, which fell by £11.3m,… Continue reading Telegraph Results – Profits Down 25%
The combined ITV/C4 revenue figure, based on agency estimates, came in at £190.5m, an increase of 4.5% on October 1993. The ITV figure was £151.7m, up 1.1% on last year, and C4 came in at £38.79m, up 20.7% on last year. This is an 80:20 split.The contractor shares show Meridian with the highest % points… Continue reading Tv Revenue – October
Portsmouth and Sunderland Group, the regional publisher has released results for the six months to October 1. Pre-tax profits were up 40% from £3.85m last year to £5..39m.
BSkyB has admitted that it may have lost millions of pounds in revenue because of illegal pirate viewing of its pay channels. In the five months this year up to May when the BSkyB cards were changed, at a cost of millions, the company believes around 50,000 customers were lost through pirate cards.The figures are… Continue reading BSKYB Loss From Subscriptions In Millions
BT has announced that it is to start consumer trials of BT Interactive TV, including video on demand, in the middle of next year, with 2500 households in Colchester and Ipswich. This follows the success of its technical trials held with 60 BT employees.During the trial BT aims to offer shopping on demand, video on… Continue reading BT Video On Demand Trial With Consumers
The retail prices index for October, released this morning shows inflation at 2.4%. This is up from 2.2% in September. The increase was less than expected by city analysts, due to increases in mortgage interest rates.The underlying inflation rate, which excludes mortgage interest payments, remained unchanged at 2% for the second successive month.
ITV has this morning released details of its Winter Schedule 1995, with emphasis on action/adventure and comedy. Marcus Plantin, unveiling ITV’s £198m schedule for the New Year, said, “We intend to keep our viewers very happy this winter with exciting new drama, plenty of comedy and top movies.”Drama highlights include John Thaw as a barrister… Continue reading ITV Winter Schedule
