Marcus Plantin, ITV Network Director has revealed ITV’s response to the third episode of Eastenders, scheduled to go out on a Monday night at 8pm. On Monday 11 April Coronation Street is to go out earlier, at 7.20pm to allow time for a major James Bond film, The Living Daylights. The following Monday there is… Continue reading ITV Response To Third Eastenders
Lansdown Conquest has appointed a new media director, David Porter, following Penny Logier’s departure to TMD Carat. David joins from Media Campaign Services, where he is associate director.
Channel 4’s first programme-based monthly magazine will launch on May 26th. The first issue of Inside Racing, based on the Channel 4 Racing programme, launches with an initial print-run of 75,000, a cover price of £2.25, and will go monthly from its second issue in August. Publishers are The Magazine Company, whose major shareholders are… Continue reading New Channel 4 Racing Magazine
The BBC has won the rights to retain exclusive coverage of the Five Nations rugby coverage. Sky Sports secured the rights to screen club games in England, Scotland and Ireland for £7m. ITV, who bid the same money as BBC, £27m, is considering appealing against the decision.
Airtime sales for London News Radio will be handled by IRS when the station takes over from LBC in October. IRS currently handles airtime sales for LBC and the contract will continue, according to a spokesman at IRS.RADIO TAKEOVER BID BATTLEEast Anglia Radio has this week put in a bid for more than £1m for… Continue reading IRS Will Handle LNR Sales
Haymarket Magazines’ Car Choice is to be incorporated into What Car? from July. The move comes as part of other changes at Haymarket; Audiophile, which covers upmarket hi-fi systems, is to be incorporated into the more general titles What Hi-Fi? Your Classic, the DIY title is to be sold off to allow more concentration on… Continue reading Magazine Closures
Allied Radio, whose principal stations are Mercury and County Sound in the Home Counties, yesterday announced plans to reconstruct its share and loan capital and make a rights issue.The shares were suspended at 10.5p. The restructuring will involve the conver- sion of £5.8m loan stock into shares. Last June Allied revealed pre-tax losses of £1.17m… Continue reading Allied Radio Restructure
Pre-tax profits of Home Counties Newspapers fell from £863,000 to £459,000 in the year to end-December. Turnover was up from £22.9m to £24m.
Southwestern Bell, the US regional telecomms group, yesterday announced it was abandoning a plan to form a $4.9bn cable TV partnership with Cox Enterprises the privately-owned media group. This is the second large link-up between a US cable company and a telephone group to be abandoned this year. Bell Atlantic and Tele-Communications Inc. dropped their… Continue reading US Telephone/Cable TV Link Up Abandoned
The BBC is to introduce a monthly direct debit system for paying the licence fee. The budget plan will allow viewers to spread the £84.50 annual cost by paying £7 a month.
