The combined revenue figure for ITV and Channel 4 came in at £171.7 million, up by 9% on September 1993 and 35.2% on August 1994. This is the second highest figure this year, behind May. ITV’s revenue for the month was estimated at £136.27 million and Channel 4’s £35.44 million.The contractor shares show Carlton’s share… Continue reading September TV Revenue
New sales structure for the Guardian and Observer.National managers – The Observer: Stuart Taylor, the Guardian: Joe Clark, the magazines – Miranda Cleverdon. Head of client sales: Richard Joyce. Head of features, a new role specialising in classified and display advertising in features: Jane Henley.Virgin 1215’s new sales controller, reporting to John Pearson, is John… Continue reading Appointments
TOPPS, the new advertising medium supplying programme features through television monitors on buses, has released its first ratecard. Two monthly packages are available – each of 10 spots per three hour viewing cycle, 1500 spots per month.Spots can be bought alongside specific programme types – £12,800 per month – or a Run-of-Cycle option is available… Continue reading Topps Ratecard
The usual round of leaks ahead of a the next RAJAR data (released Tuesday) are said to show that commercial radio has about 200,000 listeners more than BBC radio now (28m compared with 27.8m).ILR is said to have achieved a 47% reach (22m); Radio 1 is down further to 24% (11m), and Atlantic and Virgin… Continue reading Commercial Radio Overtakes BBC
Reed Regional Newspapers has relaunched the Wimbledon News, previously a free title, as a 72-page paid-for.
The Sunday Mail’s “pink-un”, a sports title on the streets at 6.20pm on a Saturday, launched last week, with Sunday Mail ads included at no extra charge.
IPC has released detailed findings from holiday surveys inserted in 21 different IPC magazines in September 1993. 4,539 primary readers’ responses are included in the survey, just under 3,000 of these females. The research brochure provides a full demographic breakdown and detailed methodology, and runs to 38 pages covering topics such as:Types of holidayDestinations visitedFinancing… Continue reading IPC Launches Holidays Research
Maiden Outdoor’s Spectacolor electronic site and Land Securities neon sites at Piccadilly Circus have passed the one million audience mark. Total adult visits per week amount to 1,036,000, compared with 921,000 in 1987. Sunday visits are up 30% to 117,000 and the number of vehicles passing through Piccadilly Circus has risen to 418,000 per week… Continue reading Maiden Hits Million For Spectacolor
According to figures published today in Media Week, the extracts from Prince Charles’ biography took The Sunday Times’ sales to an all-time high of 1.63m last week. The cover price was also cut to 50p for one week only. The other quality Sundays, possibly helped by that price cut, are each thought to have boosted… Continue reading Sunday Times’ New High
According to BARB data for w/e October 9th, ITV has recorded its highest share of viewing this year – 41.7%, and ITV and Channel 4 combined their highest share since w/e January 16th – 53.1% this week against 53.5% then.Commercial television’s combined performance was helped by BBC2, whose 8.3% share was its lowest of 1994… Continue reading ITV Achieves Highest Share This Year.
