The Monopolies and Mergers Commission is to investigate the bid by More O’Ferrall for LTA. More O’Ferrall, one of four bidders for LTA, would control around 21% of the UK outdoor advertising market if it were to be successful, and around 38% of the total London market. A market share of 25% usually causes an… Continue reading MMC To Investigate LTA Bid
Today Retail Revolution are launching their 32 new consumer titles, to be sold exclusively at petrol stations. The range, called `Drive-In Entertainment’, are described as “one of the most audacious retail projects in years”. Each title has a print run of 60,000, a cover price of £1.95 and will appear monthly.Rates for each title are… Continue reading Service Stations Magazines – Details
The NRS “How Disappointed” question has been added for the Jan 1994 study on half of the sample, and provided the results do not affect the rest of the study, the question will be fully added, the NRS told a User Presentation group this week. This question has been added before other planned questions because… Continue reading NRS Update
Sky Television has announced plans to extend its sports coverage, with new programme acquisitions and new support shows as well as the launch of Sky Sports 2.Sky Sports 2 launches on 19 August. Initially it will be a weekend service, running from 6pm on Friday night to the early hours of Monday morning. It will… Continue reading Sky Sports 2 To Launch In August
At their meeting today, members of the Independent Television Commission received the Government’s decision on the frequencies which would be available to the Commission for the purpose of advertising a Channel 5 licence.One of the two frequencies originally approved for C5 will no longer be made available; this reduces the guaranteed coverage of such a… Continue reading Channel 5 More Difficult Than Predicted
Bob Phillis, deputy director general of the BBC, speaking yesterday at a Labour Party conference on the future of the media, said that the BBC is considering partnership deals with ITV companies to launch specialist satellite channels around the world. New international satellite channels are seen as a way of generating revenue for the BBC… Continue reading BBC May Cooperate With ITV To Launch Satellite Channels
Abbott Mead Vickers has agreed to buy Redwood Publishing Ltd, for an initial cash payment of £2.85m. Four additional payments will follow dependent on performance. In addition, 537,879 new AMV shares are being placed at 660p per piece to raise £3.35m. The balance will be used by Redwood as working capital. Redwood’s pre-tax profits for… Continue reading AMV To Buy Redwood Publishing
Signs that the Independent is likely to join the cost cutting price war are continuing, as the 35p trial in Birmingham which started last week is extended to the Independent on Sunday, which will drop to 90p. Nick Thompson, circulation manager said that the current price trials were very successful in increasing sales.
The Retail Prices Index for June, released today, showed inflation stable at 2.6%, for the third month running. Taking 1985 as the base rate June’s RPI was 152.9, no change at all on May’s figure.
The combined TV revenue figure for June, based on agency estimates came in at £155.57m, an increase of 8.8% on last June’s figure. The ITV share was £122.9m, with Channel 4 at £32.67m. This is a 79:21 split, an improvement for Channel 4. ITV’s revenue was up 7.3%, and C4 up 14.6% on last year.The… Continue reading TV Revenue – June
