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Tango is to replace Swatch as sponsor of The Word, when it returns to C4 on Friday. The second series of Don’t Forget Your Toothbrush keeps Polaroid as a sponsor.

Preliminary trading in London and New York of UK Cable company TeleWest yesterday valued the company at £1.8bn. Shares were six times subscribed and have been priced at 182p. TeleWest is the first UK cable company to join the London Stock Exchange.

The ITC has trialled (and hopes to make available by 1996) a system which improves picture quality for those viewers who are affected by ghosting. ‘Ghosting’ affects hundreds of thousands of homes, in built-up and hilly areas.ITC: 071 255 3000

The National Lottery draw on Saturday night attracted around 21.3 million viewers between 19.45 and 20.15pm watching BBC1, compared to 6.9 million to ITV and just over 0.5 million each to BBC2 and Channel 4. The audience for the lottery peaked at 20.02pm, when 25.88m individuals were watching. AVERAGE AUDIENCE 19.45 – 20.15 pm SAT… Continue reading Lottery Audience Peaked At 20:02 Pm

Midland Independent Newspapers, publishers of the Birmingham Post and Mail, has told the government it should continue to block the proposed acquisition of T. Bailey Forman by the Daily Mail and General Trust. The deadline for the trade secretary’s decision is 5 December. DMGT originally announced the deal on 3 June 1994 (Key 2 for… Continue reading Min Asks MMC To Block Daily Mail Bid

Lord Wakeham, the former leader of the House of Lords, was yesterday confirmed as the new chairman of the Press Complaints Commission, replacing Lord McGregor, who steps down at the end of the year.The appointment of Lord Wakeham, considered a political heavyweight, underlines the industry’s determination to defend criticisms that press self- regulation has failed.Lord… Continue reading New Chairman Of PCC Calls For Stronger Self Regulation

The ITC has issued a formal warning to Granada Television following an edition of This Morning which breached the undue prominence and competition rules of the Programme and Sponsorship Codes.The programme in question was transmitted on September 21, and featured Victor Kiam presenting and discussing his Lady Remington range of jewellery. Viewers were asked to… Continue reading Granada Receives Official Warning

Hollinger, the Canadian publishing group controlled by Conrad Black, has increased its stake in The Telegraph from 57.9% to 58.2%. On Friday it bought 200,000 shares at 348p and 200,000 at 347p, bringing its holding to 78.8m ordinary shares.

EMAP are among five bidders thought to be left in the race to take over Maclean Hunter European Publishing (publishers of BRAD) from Rogers Communications, which itself is taking over Canadian parent company, Maclean Hunter.It is claimed that up to 25 bids were made. Others remaining on the short list include Bertelsmann and Pearson.

Radio Times, which is to publish its largest single issue on November 29th (164 pages, the same size as the Xmas double issue of six years ago), could see a sales rise in 1995, according to publisher Rupert Miles, quoted in UKPG todaySales for the first six months of this year were at 1,441,280.