Penguin has teamed up with Classic FM in an unusual project to promote the Penguin Classics list.Launching on 13 September for 13 weeks, Classic FM’s Book Browse will read excerpts from some of the titles from the Penguin Classics list. The package also includes 21 promotional trails per week, and is worth £75,000.Classic FM 071… Continue reading PENGUIN TEAMS UP WITH CLASSIC FM
GMTV plans to ask the Independent Television Commission to change the conditions surrounding the licence it was awarded two years ago.Peter McHugh, director of programmes, said yesterday that he wants to be able to broadcast less material for children and devote more time to tabloid-style news and features.Under ITC rules GMTV has to provide 4… Continue reading GMTV To Appeal To ITC
The Radio Authority has today announced which bidders have been awarded the eight ILR licences for Greater London.LBC, which has broadcast since October 1973, has lost its franchise on both AM and FM, to London News Radio. The new licence comes into effect on 8 October 1994. The chairman of London News Radio is Peter… Continue reading LBC LOSES FRANCHISE
Penguin has teamed up with Classic FM in an unusual project to promote the Penguin Classics list.Launching on 13 September for 13 weeks, Classic FM’s Book Browse will read excerpts from some of the titles from the Penguin Classics list. The package also includes 21 promotional trails per week, and is worth £75,000.Classic FM 071… Continue reading PENGUIN TEAMS UP WITH CLASSIC FM
The Radio Authority has today announced which bidders have been awarded the eight ILR licences for Greater London.LBC, which has broadcast since October 1973, has lost its franchise on both AM and FM, to London News Radio. The new licence comes into effect on 8 October 1994. The chairman of London News Radio is Peter… Continue reading LBC LOSES FRANCHISE
Pearson today announced interim pre-tax profits of £54.6m, an increase of 57% on the same period last year.The company, which has a 17.5% stake in BSkyB, has cut its workforce by 3000 since 1990. Results were also boosted by a strong contribution from Lazards Brothers bank, where Pearson has a 50% holding. The newspaper section… Continue reading Pearson Profits Increase
Johnston Press increased their interim pre-tax profits by 24% from £4.85m to £6.02m, in the six months to June.The Edinburgh based publishing group attributed the rise to the West Sussex County Times achieving a significant profits increase, aided by the Worthing Guardian, which was acquired at the end of 1992.
21st Century Publishing is to launch the monthly magazine Satellite and Video Today on September 15. The title used to be a suppplement of Satellite TV Europe.The magazine will target all home entertainment and technology enthusiasts. It will have a cover price of £1.95 and an initial print run of 100,000.21st Century PublishingNicholas Morse 071… Continue reading Satellite And Video Launch
The Media Business Group has beaten Zenith Media to the £23m press buying business for the Book Club Associates (BCA) book and music club account. Zenith has retained the £450,000 BCA broadcast buying.Watson Ward Albert Varndell has held the account for the past five years. Ken Mansfield, who resigned as media director at WWAV earlier… Continue reading Media Business Group Wins BCA
Anna Home, Head of BBC Television Children’s Programmes, today announced the details of children’s programmes for the next year. The £59m package places emphasis on quality programmes.There is a new Sunday teatime drama called Smokescreen, starring Anita Dobson, Paula Wilcox and Joan Sims. There is also a new series of The Borrowers, starring Daniel Newman.Live… Continue reading BBC CHILDREN’S SCHEDULE
