According to estimates for February, Total ITV net revenue has come in at £123,896,000. The figure represents a continuation of the recent downward trend, falling 2.8% on last month, but is an increase of 3.8% on the same period last year. ITV’s share accounts for £103,521,000 of the total, leaving Channel 4 with a revenue… Continue reading TV Round-Up – February
Pre-tax losses for the HTV Group for the year ending December 31 1992 are as follows:Pre-tax Loss: £5.83m (+£0.44m)Loss per share: 2.7p (-0.5p)Turnover: £133.03m (£171.7m)Final dividend: 0pTotal dividend: 0p (3.75p)Extraordinary Debit: £17.55m (£21.82m)Operating Profit (TV only): £6.08m
Sky Sports, Sky One and Sky News may screen three Premier League games simultaneously on May 9 if the current championship race goes to the last week. The League has agreed the transmission arrangements but BSkyB has yet to finalise a kick-off time for the matches.The triple bill would include Middlesbrough v Norwich, QPR v… Continue reading Sky Splits League Final In Three
MTV Europe has struck up a deal with Omegaland Racing to be title sponsor of a Formula 3000 racing team, due to take part in nine races throughout five different European countries. The contract will enable MTV to display its ‘racing’ logo in a prominent position on the two cars entered and on the team-wear.
LWT is in talks with the Independent Television Commission over rules which oblige the weekend channel to promote Channel Four’s Big Breakfast. Greg Dyke, chief executive of LWT is thought to have initiated the discussions which could result in a change of policy.
Having extended its coverage into Scotland, Northern Ireland and the North of England at the end of last year, the Big Issue is now planning to increase frequency from fortnightly to weekly from June (Newsline 2/11). The magazine is currently claiming a circulation of 143,000.
The News & Echo, headed by Sport chief David Sullivan, is expanding to the Central and Anglia regions in the summer, as predicted last year (Newsline 23/10). The Sunday title launched in September in competition with Westminster Press paper, Yorkshire on Sunday. Having already extended the paper to Granada and Tyne Tees, Sullivan is attempting… Continue reading News & Echo Expands Coverage
GMTV is planning a relaunch for April 19, which will involve a ‘sharpening of image’, with a new bulletins studio to accommodate the heightened news output. The channel is planning to move Top of The Morning from the 8.50am slot to 9am.
Bartle Bogle Hegarty and Leagas Delaney dominated the National Newspaper Advertising Awards last night. Along with Abbott Mead Vickers they carried away 14 of the 20 awards given out at Grosvenor House. These include: BBH: HAAGEN-DAZS Chairman’s award Best Campaign Best Food Advert. LEAGAS DELANEY: MOTHERCARE Best Fashion Best Retail Best Colour Ad ABBOTT MEAD:… Continue reading National Newspaper Ad Awards
Pre-tax profits for United Newspapers soared to £109.9m from £48.8m for the year to December 31 1992. Turnover rose to £831.5m and earnings per share also saw growth, increasing from 10.9p to 40.1p. Final dividends stand at 14p bringing the total to 21.5p.The publishing group recently acquired titles from Northern & Shell including Rock CD… Continue reading United Newspapers Profits Soar
