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Heatworld
''Heat'' is an English entertainment magazine published by Bauer Media Group. Its mix of celebrity news, gossip, beauty advice and fashion is primarily aimed at women, although not as directly as in other women's magazines. It also features movie and music reviews, TV listings and major celebrity interviews. History ''Heat'' was launched in February 1999 as a general interest entertainment magazine, at a cost of more than £4m. However, unlike other Emap (now Bauer) magazine launches before and after, it was not an immediate success, with a circulation below 100,000. A series of revamps quickly repositioned the magazine as a less serious, more gossip-oriented magazine aimed at women, and circulation quickly grew. A series of high-profile celebrity relationships, such as Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt provided ample material, while reality shows such as ''Big Brother (UK), Big Brother'' and ''Pop Idol'' grew popular at just the right time to help fill pages. Heat achieved recor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Heat Radio
Heat Radio is a British digital radio station, owned and operated by Bauer as part of the Kiss Network. It broadcasts online to the UK and on Digital Radio in Inverness. As of September 2022, the station has a weekly audience of 456,000 listeners according to RAJAR. History Heat Radio launched in 2003 as a non-stop music station broadcasting from London, where it was located alongside the sister magazine. In 2007 the station re-launched with presenters and showbiz news throughout the day. In 2009, Heat moved to Bauer Radio's studios in Castlefield, Manchester, as part of a cost-cutting programme, to be based alongside sister radio stations Key 103 and The Hits Radio, where music and entertainment news output would be sourced. That same year, the station, along with The Hits Radio, Smash Hits Radio, Q Radio and Kerrang Radio, were removed from Sky, Virgin Media and UPC Ireland, due to cost-cutting measures with Bauer Radio, BSkyB and Liberty Global. In January 2015, heat mo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lucie Cave
Lucie Cave is the Editor in Chief of ''Heat'' magazine and the Heat brand (spanning heat radio, heatworld.com and heat TV). She graduated with a 2:1 in English Literature from the University of Sheffield in 1995, where she was the editor of the University newspaper ''Darts.'' Her career started with Trouble TV. Publications On 25 May 2014, Hodder published Joey Essex's number one selling ghost-written autobiography called ''Joey Essex: Being Reem'', written by and dedicated to Lucie Cave. On 2 May 2006 she also ghost-wrote the HarperCollins published Jade Goody's autobiography titled ''Jade: My Autobiography'', dedicated to Cave. She also wrote Abi Titmuss' book - released in spring 2008. Broadcasting Cave has appeared on numerous TV shows as a presenter and media pundit. Including 'E! live from the red carpet', and the National Television Awards and the TV Baftas. She also hosts two weekend shows on Heat radio and was a relief presenter on breakfast station GMTV for their ' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mark Frith
Mark Frith (born 22 May 1970, in Sheffield) is a British journalist and editor. He has been a writer and editor for magazines such as ''Smash Hits'', '' Time Out'' and ''Heat''. He has since branched into TV and radio presenting and is an author of novels. Background Mark Frith was born in Sheffield in 1970. He attended Gleadless Valley Secondary Comprehensive School in Norton, Sheffield, before going on to study at the University of East London, where he edited the college magazine ''Overdraft''. Frith joined the editorial team at ''Smash Hits'' and became editor at the age of 23. He then joined ''SKY Magazine'' as editor for two years before joining ''Heat'' magazine in 1999. He was put in charge in early 2000 and transformed the title from a 60,000-a-week selling magazine to sales of over half a million an issue. He left the magazine in May 2008. Following this he became editor for London listings magazine '' Time Out'' from 24 July 2009 until 8 July 2011, when he was succe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Channel Four Television Corporation
Channel Four Television Corporation is a British state-owned media company headquartered in London. Its original and principal activity is the British national television network Channel 4. The company was founded in 1982 as the Channel Four Television Company Limited, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the IBA, and became an independent statutory corporation in 1993. November 1998 saw Channel Four expand beyond its remit of providing the 'fourth service' in a significant way, with the launch of Film4. Since then the corporation has been involved in a range of other activities, all in some way associated with the main channel, and mainly using the '4' brand. The television company also owned The Box Plus Network, a music focused company with a network of six music television channels. One of them, 4Music, is a Channel 4-branded channel within Box Plus. It was folded into the corporation in 2019. History Towards the end of the 1980s, the government began a radical process of re- ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Box Television
The Box Plus Network (formerly Video Jukebox Network International Ltd and Box Television Ltd) was a British television company owned by Channel Four Television Corporation, it specialised in music programming. On 2 April 2013, all The Box Plus Network channels went free-to-air on satellite, apart from 4Music which went free-to-view. On 8 January 2019, Channel 4 acquired Bauer Media Group's 50% stake in the company to take full ownership of The Box Plus Network. The same year in July, operations of Box Plus moved into Channel 4’s main business operations. The company was based in Victoria in London. Current channels The Box The Box is well known for its First Play feature, where many videos often make their UK or world première. This new music is often shown through the ''Box Fresh'' show on the channel. Box Africa In July 2012, Box Television launched a 24-hour pan-African music channel. The channel focuses on international and local music from across the African con ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
