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Jessica Burley, ad manager of the Daily Express’s This Week supplement has left, to join Company magazine.

Newspaper group Trinity International has published results for the year ending December 31. The Group, which owns titles in both the UK and North America recorded pre-tax profits of £22.877 million, an increase of 15% on last year’s £19.854 million. Its publishing and printing operations in the UK increased turnover to £109.2m. Trinity’s share price… Continue reading Trinity Profits Up 15.2%

Abbott Mead Vickers.BBDO has announced a healthy set of results for the year ending December 31. Pre-tax profits were up by 73% from £4.746 million last year to £8.217 million this year. Abbott Mead’s share price rose by 2p this morning to 339p.

Channel 4 is claiming a successful February in terms of 16-34 year old viewers in particular boosted by The Real Holiday Show and Hearts and Minds.Barb figures show that 16-34s in satellite homes are viewing more Channel 4, with year on year viewing growing at over twice the rate of terrestrial only homes. February’s share… Continue reading Channel 4 Claiming 16-34 Success

The Daily Telegraph has announced it is to sponsor next year’s International Motor Show at the NEC in Birmingham.

Total TV viewing for the week ending 12/3/95 is up by 1.5% on the same week last year, but down 3.9% on last week’s viewing figures. The combined viewing figures for ITV/C4 were down 1% on last year’s figures and ITV on its own is down by 3.1%.The top non-soap opera programme on ITV is… Continue reading TV Summary Report

In a report from the Henley Centre, released today, it has been revealed that 58% of us play the National Lottery every week, and buy at least two tickets each.The lottery is currently taking £3 billion per year, equivalent to 0.5% of disposable income, or 5% of personal savings. The Lottery has created between ten… Continue reading 58% Play Lottery Every Week

The Independent Television Commission has amended its Code of Advertising Standards and Practice; it will, from April 1 1995 allow football pools advertising on television for the first time.The change was prompted by the Government; currently advertising for the National Lottery is allowed but advertising for betting and gaming, including pools has previously been prohibited.… Continue reading TV Advertising For Pools Allowed

The ITC has invited applications for a local delivery franchise for Wythall, in the District of Bromsgrove. The licence area is those areas of Bromsgrove not included in the existing Birmingham broadband franchise area. Applications must be submitted to the ITC by 12 June 1995.

Lego Toys is to sponsor Tots TV in the first pre-school television programme sponsorship on ITV, featuring its pre-school Duplo range. The 15-week series begins on 27 March and will be broadcast at 3.30pm on Mondays and Tuesdays. In addition to ITC guidelines on children’s sponsorship, ITV will only accept one sponsorship per day in… Continue reading Lego In First Pre-School ITV Sponsorship/New Tracking Research