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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 IPA has released its latest Trends in Television Viewing Report, for Q3 1994. The decline in the overall amount of television viewed measured by BARB continues but still at the slightly slower rate observed last quarter.ITV seems to be regaining some ground, and pushing the BBC share, especially BBC2, back down a little. C4’s… Continue reading Tv Viewing Continues In Decline – IPA Viewing Report

Ladbrokes, the first bookmaker to sponsor a UK television programme has signed a deal with BSkyB to sponsor the football news programme Soccer News on Sky Sports. The 15 minute programme is broadcast twice a day Mondays – Thursdays.

Religious conversion theory and catastrophe theory were dramatically brought into play at the MRG on Monday night when Thomson Regional Newspapers, (the UK’s largest regional publisher) announced details of several new reader research techniques in their latest research into regional readership.(Media Compass).Emphasising the need to move closer to the needs of the advertiser, speaker Alan… Continue reading Media Compass – MRG Evening

Granada Group has announced results for the year ending October 1 this morning with pre-tax profits up by 50.8% from £176m last year to £265.4m. Turnover was £2.097bn. The dividend also increased by 14% from 8.75p to 10p. The TV interests doubled, to £85m.

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