According to a report in the Guardian today, Central Television and LWT have both benefitted greatly from the regional football agreements they set up following ITV’s failure to win the Premier League deal. Average ratings for a game on both channels were 740,000 – 50% higher than those on Sky. Tyne Tees is also faring… Continue reading ITV Companies Benefit From Soccer
Classic FM is to sponsor a Celebrity Horserace at the Newmarket Countryside Race Day on Saturday 22nd May, featuring riders such as Desert Orchid’s jockey, Simon Sherwood. The Celebrity stakes, a £3,000 handicap over one mile aims to raise funds for three charities. Reports from the event will be transmitted live from Newmarket between noon… Continue reading Classic To Sponsor Celebrity Horserace
The Radio Authority (RA) has shortened the licence period for ethnic station, Sunset Radio, accusing it of providing misinformation about accounts and management.The Manchester-based station is the first of the independent ventures to be penalised by the RA, which has the right to issue warnings and revoke licences at any time during the licence period.… Continue reading Sunset Radio Licence Cut
Classic FM is to sponsor a Celebrity Horserace at the Newmarket Countryside Race Day on Saturday 22nd May, featuring riders such as Desert Orchid’s jockey, Simon Sherwood. The Celebrity stakes, a £3,000 handicap over one mile aims to raise funds for three charities. Reports from the event will be transmitted live from Newmarket between noon… Continue reading Classic To Sponsor Celebrity Horserace
BSkyB is keen to televise the Benson & Hedges International golf tournament next year despite adverse reactions from the event’s co-ordinators. Director of the tournament, Jim Elkins, claims that if Sky screens it it could lose a vast amount of sponsors and course advertisers. “A couple of years ago our B&H cricket was getting about… Continue reading Sky Eager To Screen Golf Tournament
The chairman of News International Publishing, Sir Ralf Dahrendorf, resigned at the end of last week, claiming that his departure was partly to do with the company’s failure to buy the Observer. A successor to the chairman has yet to be announced.INDEPENDENT SHAREHOLDER REVEALEDOfficia Meccanica Cerruti, an Italian manufacturer of printing equipment, has been named… Continue reading Independent Chairman Resigns
.. Haymarket Publishing has plans to revamp Management Today, making the title more ‘reader friendly’. The monthly currently has a UK circulation of 88,333 (ABC Jan-December ’92)…. Publisher of TV Hits and Inside Soaps, Attic Futura, has been taken over by Pacific Magazines and Printing, it has been revealed. It is likely that the company… Continue reading Magazine Snippets..
Classic FM has announced that it is to raise its advertising rates by 25% as of today following recent RAJAR figures which claim that the station has increased its weekly reach by 5% to 4.5 million adults.Classic reveals that it will introduce 11 new transmitters during 1993, raising its reach from the current 81% to… Continue reading Classic Raises Rates Following Success
The Evening Times, Glasgow, introduces a new look today with a stronger masthead and a new-look front page. The relaunch includes a weekly Job Search supplement and an entertainment pull-out, Times Out.. The South Wales Guardian has doubled the number of its editions to four and launched a seven day TV guide in an attempt… Continue reading Regional News
The chairman of News International Publishing, Sir Ralf Dahrendorf, resigned at the end of last week, claiming that his departure was partly to do with the company’s failure to buy the Observer. A successor to the chairman has yet to be announced.INDEPENDENT SHAREHOLDER REVEALEDOfficia Meccanica Cerruti, an Italian manufacturer of printing equipment, has been named… Continue reading Independent Chairman Resigns
