The ITC Annual Report 1992, out today, gives the following revenue figures for ITV, C4, S4C and TV-am: 1991 1992 %Change ITV 1,344 1,411 5 C4 250 242 -3.2 ITV/C4 1,594 1,653 3.7 SC4 3.5 3 -14.3 TV-am 74 75 1.3 TOTAL 1,671.50 1,731 3.6 MediaTel’s combined ITV/C4 revenue for 1992, based on agency estimates,… Continue reading ITC Revenue Figure
National Readership Surveys Ltd (NRS) has just released details of daily and weekly viewership of Teletext and Ceefax, giving top line data of January to March 1993. A summary of the net viewing is given below: All Adults 000’s % Unweighted Sample 9445 Estimated Pop. 15+ 45300 Net Ceefax BBC1&2 Used Yesterday 6725 15 Used… Continue reading Teletext & Ceefax Figures From NRS
US pay- television company, Flextech, has taken a 39% stake in The Family Channel, headed by Pat Robertson and due to launch on Astra on September 1. The deal has been valued at £3m, with sources within the company predicting that the channel will be profitable within its first 18 months. Shares in Flextech rose… Continue reading Flextech Takes Stake In Family Channel
Northern & Shell’s March launch, OK! magazine, has shown considerable sales potential and will change from a monthly to a fortnightly later this year, it has been revealed. The publishing company is claiming first issue sales of 350,000 copies with the May edition following close behind it.Already in competition with celebrity magazine, Hello, which has… Continue reading OK! Doubles Its Chances
April estimates of TV revenue came in at £149,440,000 an increase of 6.7% on the same period last year, aswell as a 6.8% improvement of last month’s total. ITV’s revenue showed a month on month increase of 7.6% compared to Channel 4’s 3.3% rise; revenue for each stands at £122,970,000 and £26,480,000 respectively. Channel 4’s… Continue reading TV Round Up – April
ITV has introduced a new ‘God’ strand into its Sunday morning schedule which will include prayer requests and on-air ‘confessionals’. The programme , due to begin transmission in the autumn, is an attempt to boost the popularity of religious output and will take the form of a magazine show.”This initiative is the result of widespread… Continue reading ITV Sunday Schedule Strengthened
If the Milk Marketing Board is disband- ed in 1994 the future of the Milk Race could be in danger, losing its main sponsor of almost thirty five years. Organisers of the race are hoping to organise a replacement before the end of June.
US pay- television company, Flextech, has taken a 39% stake in The Family Channel, headed by Pat Robertson and due to launch on Astra on September 1. The deal has been valued at £3m, with sources within the company predicting that the channel will be profitable within its first 18 months. Shares in Flextech rose… Continue reading Flextech Takes Stake In Family Channel
Capital Radio saw a fall in profits for the six months to March 1993, dropping from £6.29m to £4.65m. Operating costs fell to £10.4m and earnings per share from 6.3p to 4.6p. Sales for the station improved, rising to £14.5m from last period’s £14.2m, with turnover declining to £16.1m from £16.2m. Interim dividends stood at… Continue reading Capital Radio Profits
Centaur Conferences is running a radio conference today entitled ‘Radio Fights Back’, discussing topics which include ‘RAJAR – What the Data Has Shown’, ‘ How Radio Can Work For Advertisers’, ‘ National vs Local- A Battle To Death’. John Pearson of Virgin 1215 and Roger Gane director of RAJAR, will be amongst the speakers.
