The top films of 1993 have been released, with no surprises as to the top film. Jurassic Park grossed £46.4m in takings, £29.4m more than the film in second place, The Bodyguard.TOP 10 UK BOX OFFICE SUCCESSES 1993 GROSS TAKINGS (M) 1 Jurassic Park £46.4 2 The Bodyguard £17.0 3 Home Alone 2: Lost in… Continue reading Jurassic Success – Top Films 1993/Admissions
JVC is to sponsor Sky sports coverage of the England cricket team’s tour of the West Indies. Coverage of the tour starts on February 16. Bell’s Scotch Whisky is to sponsor the GQ magazine show called Its A Man’s World.
Conde Nast is the second publisher to release ABC figures for July to December 1993. Vanity Fair and GQ recorded the highest year-on-year increases in their circulations, while Vogue and Brides and Setting Up Home faired less well. TOTALS UK & EIRE JL-D92 JL-D93 %CH JL-D92 JL-D93 %CH BRIDES&SETTING UP HOME * 68,288 65,727 -3.8… Continue reading Conde Nast ABCs
Leaked papers from Virginia Bottomley, Health secretary, to the Cabinet, reveal that the government is not aiming for a complete ban on cigarette promotion, but rather a levy on tobacco advertising; another idea is to stop tobacco firms claiming advertising expenditure as an expense for tax purposes.The paper confirms that the government is opposed to… Continue reading Tobacco Ads – Financial Disincentives
The latest RAJAR data has produced the usual mix of audience gains and losses among the ILR stations. Well over half the ILR stations on the latest survey recorded increases in their total hours listened, the London station Spectrum achieved one of the highest increases, up by a massive 87.99% year-on-year to 3,241,000. LBC Newstalk,… Continue reading ILR Stations – Latest RAJAR
The latest RAJAR figures released today offer little encouragement for BBC Radio with its share of listening falling by 3.5% points over the past year to 58.4% and its weekly reach falling by 5% points to 57%.Radio 1 has suffered most with its weekly reach falling from 36% in Quarter 4 1992 to 31% in… Continue reading BBC Radio’s Audience Continues To Decline
The Independent Television Commission has written to Yorkshire Television to express concern over recent storyline in Emmerdale. The programme carried a Lockerbie-style air disaster close to the anniversary of the air crash.The ITC has received 64 complaints, with over 1,000 complaints sent directly to ITV companies. Although the programmes did not breach the ITC code,… Continue reading ITC Criticises Emmerdale
Madagans plc is to sponsor the 2,000 Guineas horse race, on the second and third days of Newmarket’s spring meeting. Madagans, a debt collecting company, already sponsors the 1,000 Guineas. The £250,000 investment will go towards the prize money for the Jockey Club Stakes, on the middle day and the Classic on the final day.BMW… Continue reading Sponsor For Newmarket Spring Race
The first ABC figures for July to December 1993 can be released; these are for the National Magazine Company’s titles. Only two titles have recorded a decrease year on year, both glossy women’s monthlies. Cosmopolitan recorded a slight decrease of 3.4%; She however performed rather worse, dropping over 11% on 1992. Esquire, the male monthly… Continue reading Latest ABC Circulation – Consumer Magazines
