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Yesterday Central Independent Television announced pre-tax profits of £16.4m for the six months to the end of June, a rise of 9% on last year.(£15.1)

The Independent Television Commission yesterday announced that it does not consider that a video on demand service needs to be licensed as a local delivery service under part II of the 1990 Broadcasting Act.The service would be where individual programmes are transmitted by means of a telecommunication system to only one household at a time… Continue reading Video On Demand Go Ahead

The government has delayed the awaited white paper on privacy and the press, amid disagreements among ministers and the complexity of issues involved.Peter Brooke has decided to wait until responses to the Lord Chancellor’s green paper on privacy have been assessed: responses to this must be in by October 15. The government white paper is… Continue reading WHITE PAPER DELAY

Panasonic has signed a deal to become the seventh sponsor for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehmmer, Norway. Pop Group Wet Wet Wet are the first British band to sponsor a football team after signing up for their home-town club, Clydebank FC. Cow & Gate is sponsoring GMTV’s weekly Mother and Baby series. Skoda Automobile… Continue reading Sponsorship Latest

Panasonic has signed a deal to become the seventh sponsor for the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehmmer, Norway. Pop Group Wet Wet Wet are the first British band to sponsor a football team after signing up for their home-town club, Clydebank FC. Cow & Gate is sponsoring GMTV’s weekly Mother and Baby series. Skoda Automobile… Continue reading Sponsorship Latest

Peter Overy is to be the new Marketing Manager for the Radio Times. Formerly Research Manager at JWT, and (more recently) an Associate Director at Research Consultancy BJM, Overy joins the Radio Times in mid-November. Denise Gardener, Research Manager at Barle Bogle Hegarty joins Leo Burnett’s Research department next week, continuing the recent exodus of… Continue reading Appointments

Peter Overy is to be the new Marketing Manager for the Radio Times. Formerly Research Manager at JWT, and (more recently) an Associate Director at Research Consultancy BJM, Overy joins the Radio Times in mid-November. Denise Gardener, Research Manager at Barle Bogle Hegarty joins Leo Burnett’s Research department next week, continuing the recent exodus of… Continue reading Appointments

IPC’s TV Times is to reduce the number of pages it carries for advertising by eight, and will switch them to editorial from 16 October.The move comes in a bid to build circulation and provide better value for readers. There will also be editorial changes such as a new family section, which will include articles… Continue reading TV Times Loses Ad Pages

The IPA has responded to the ITC Consultation document on its Code of Sponsorship.The IPA has said that it believes the code has been largely successful in striking a balance between encouraging development of sponsorship and avoiding the risk of provoking adverse viewer reactions. However, suggestions were made in areas of concern.* Advertiser Supplied ProgrammingThe… Continue reading IPA Responds To ITC Consultation Doc.

The Health Education Authority yesterday called for a ban on Embassy Regal cigarette ads because of research which shows that the ads appeal to children and teenagers.It is the first time that the government funded authority, which opposes all tobacco promotion, has attacked the advertising of one brand.The posters feature a middle-aged man called Reg.… Continue reading Call For Ban On Regal Ads