Marketing Services Group Omnicom has taken over WWAV Group.WWAV will be merged with Omnicom’s direct marketing arm Rapp Collins Partnership to form WWAV Rapp Collins London and North.Rapp Collins UK managing director Stuart Heather will become joint md with John Watson, WWAV chief executive.
This Saturday, 8 January, the Telegraph magazine relaunches.The title will be bigger, expanding to the same size as the Sunday Times magazine; this means there will be more room for editorial.The listings section will appear as a loose insert within the pages of the new magazine; this will be 32 pages and the same size… Continue reading Revised Saturday Magazine For Telegraph
Lipton Tea has signed up to sponsor Ulster Television’s The Kelly Show.
BBC Enterprises has sold its contract magazine publishing interests following the review of its activities in the Green paper “Future of the BBC”.The contract magazine business which includes titles for companies such as Marks and Spencer and American Express has been acquired by Redwood Publishing. Redwood will consist of the contract titles only. All the… Continue reading BBC Sells Contract Magazines
The Radio Authority has received 10 applications for the re-advertised FM licence for the North London (Haringey) area. Individual applications have been put forward by London Greek Radio and WNK who currently share the licence.The Radio Authority has also received 2 applications for the Thamesmead FM licence and 3 for the Brixton FM licence. All… Continue reading London ILR Licences
National Heritage Secretary Peter Brooke announced yesterday that he will be reviewing the rules which restrict ownership between newspapers, television companies and radio stations.The review will look at current ownership restrictions to see whether these rules strike a satisfactory balance. Peter Brooke explained that the convergence of technologies, and developments within the international media market… Continue reading Review Of Cross-Media Ownership
The London television station Carlton has successfully taken over Central TV, following its bid on 29 November. The acceptances of the majority of shareholders was agreed on 31 December. The change in ownership rules took effect on 1 January 1994.The deal between Carlton and Central forms the largest commercial broadcaster in Britain, with over 25%… Continue reading Carlton Takes Over Central
ITV has announced 50 programmes available for sponsorship in 1994. These include top drama series such as Cracker, Heartbeat, London’s Burning and other popular programmes such as Blind Date, Gladiators and You’ve Been Framed.ITV is offering further game shows after the success of the Daily Star’s sponsorship of Pot of Gold; including Strike It Lucky… Continue reading ITV Announces Programme Availability
PowerGen is to sponsor ITV Network Weather for the sixth consecutive year. The 1994 contract is worth more than £2.2m, and sets the record for the longest running sponsorship on terrestrial television.Diane Long, Head of Corporate Communications at PowerGen, said,”We believe the deal is beneficial to both parties. PowerGen’s awareness has risen as a direct… Continue reading PowerGen In Record Sponsorship
TSMS have released details of the 1994 ratecard, covering all of the TSMS areas; Anglia, Central, and Ulster.Ulster and Central’s standard top rates have remained the same; Anglia’s top standard rate has decreased from £25,000 to £15,000 (30″ spots). A full analysis will be available on MediaTel soon.
