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The information and publishing arm of Thomson Corporation, which includes the regional newspapers and magazines, lost £15.4m in the first quarter of 1994, down £2.68m on the same period last year.

The Radio Authority has announced this afternoon its intentions regarding the spare 105-108 MHz. It has not chosen a national network, which Virgin had called for; instead it favours a combination of ILR size services with new additional smaller local services.This option is the “population-weighted” approach, where for example 3 new services would be centred… Continue reading Virgin Unsuccessful In FM Bid

The Advertising Association has published its 1994 forecast of advertising expenditure. It analyses advertising expenditure trends, and projects expenditure by medium to the year 2006. The price for AA members is £395; for non-members it is £825.The AA has also published regional data, in the Regional Marketing Pocket Book, which gives population, economic and lifestyle… Continue reading AA Publications

BBC news programmes have been severely cutback today in the first of the one-day strikes by journalists and technicians, as a protest against performance-related pay. Radio 4’s Today programme was cut to five minutes, and Breakfast News was replaced by the film Colossus of Rhodes. The One O’clock News has been cut from 30 minutes… Continue reading BBC Strikes Affect News Output

Paragon Publishing is to launch a multimedia magazine CD ROM User on June 23. The new title will include comparative hardware and software reviews, tutorials explaining how to create multimedia presentations, troubleshooting and a buyers guide.The monthly title will launch with a print run of 50,000 and a cover price of £4.95. There will be… Continue reading Multimedia Magazine Launch

According to a Mintel survey, snooker is the most watched sport on television. The recent Embassy World Professional Snooker Championship achieved an average audience of 8 million for the final session, Monday 2nd May(BARB). The final frame achieved an estimated 13.4m audience (Billiards & Snooker Association figure.)A total of 26,000 people in a Mintel survey… Continue reading Snooker Most Watched Sport On Television

Lennox Lewis has terminated his agreement with Sky television to take up a more lucrative deal with an american cable company. The deal, which is likely to offer coverage on ITV and BBC, covers four fights. The cable company has not been named. The new deal is worth over £10m, and was not matched by… Continue reading Lewis/Eubank Coverage

Following the success of its sponsorship of the ITV Chart Show, Twix is to sponsor a 90 minute Bank Holiday Special, In The Air Tonight, a show celebrating 21 years of Virgin Records.In The Air Tonight, from Carlton Television, will be hosted by Harry Enfield, and will be broadcast at 8pm on May 30, Bank… Continue reading Twix Sponsors “In The Air Tonight”

Chic, the lifestyle magazine aimed at the forty-something woman, has released an ABC figure for January to March 1994 of 76,037. The magazine launched in October with a print run of 200,000.LOADED SALESIPC is claiming that the first issue of men’s lifestyle magazine Loaded sold in excess of 70,000 copies. The magazine launched in April… Continue reading Chic First ABC

The cable industry is planning a multimedia trial of 4,000 homes in the UK. Nynex, one of the largest cable TV companies in the UK is expected to host the trial, in the North West of England. It will test services ranging from interactive home shopping to betting on horses. The company has already announced… Continue reading Multimedia Trial