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ITV’s charity raising ‘Telethon’ has been scrapped following a consistent fall in moneys raised over the past few years.Amid speculation that the cut is due to a ‘tired format’, ITV told MediaTel this morning that the cut is the result of programme scheduling difficulties arising from ITV’s intended coverage of the World Cup – the… Continue reading Telethon To Be Scrapped
BSkyB and Quality, Value, Convenience (QVC) are to launch a 24 hour shopping channel to cover Europe on 1st October.QVC is the largest shopping service in the US, transmitted live, all day every day, to around 44m cable homes and 3m satellite homes. BSkyB believes the new channel will ‘add a new dimension’ to their… Continue reading BSkyB/QVC Home Shopping Link-Up
Granada Television has revealed profits of £21m for the 6-months to March 27, an increase of 19% on last year. The Granada Group as a whole recorded profits of £68.1m, up by 28% on 1992.
Carlton Television’s arts magazine programme Big City has sponsored a listings guide to be bound into the London edition of the Thomson Directory. The Big City Insiders Guide covers restaurants, cinemas and theatres and carries some display advertising. The guide will appear in the 1993/4 edition of the directory to be published on June 21.
National Network Radio, which offers advertisers the opportunity to reach the network through local stations, was officially launched last Friday. The initiative, previously called INR4, is a joint venture between IRS, MSM and SIRS.There are 6 different audience packages available; adults 15+, 15-24, 15-34, 35+, housewives and ABC1 Adults. The initiative covers all local stations… Continue reading National Network Radio Launches
Andy Hawkins, sales director at the Radio Sales Company, told MediaTel this morning that Sales for Atlantic 252 will be moving in-house from July 26. The sales team from the Radio Sales Company will move to the station’s London office where they will set up an in-house sales operation.The Radio Sales Company is a subsidiary… Continue reading Atlantic Sales Move In-House
According to a survey carried out by communication analysts, CIT Research, UK companies are at the forefront of the media industry’s push for recovery from the recession, although this has little to do with an improved economic climate.Comparing the financial performance of 150 media companies across Europe CIT found that most UK groups have by… Continue reading UK Lead Way To Media Industry Recovery
QualitiesThe latest 6-monthly ABCs for the quality newspapers show the Sunday Times recording the highest circulation increase. Its figure of 1,218,440 for December to May’93 was up 3.8% year-on- year.The Independent on Sunday’s monthly ABCs have shown a decline over recent months since reaching a peak of 401,000 in February. This indicates the newspaper’s circulation… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – May
Steven Spielberg’s dinosaur horror movie – Jurassic Park – took the most money for any film in history over a non-holiday weekend in the US. The box office receipts for Saturday alone were £12m ($18m) which represented the largest amount ever grossed by a film in one day. The audience figure for the weekend was… Continue reading Dinosaurs Break Box Office Record
