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Paul Curtis, former sales controller of MAS, will not be moving to the LWT/YTTV sales combine to take the position of group sales manager.

ITV is strongly denying rumours that it will drop coverage of the World Cup next year if England fail to qualify. The speculation has led to broadcast sponsors, Panasonic reviewing its £4m deal.

BARB has issued the following bulletin regarding measuring audiences for satellite channels after 1st September 1993:“From September this year substantial further encryption of satellite channels is expected and many of these channels will be available as elements of subscription packages”.The BARB panel contains currently some 650 homes with satellite reception either through dish aerial or… Continue reading BARB Bulletin: Satellite Measurement

The BBC held a programme strategy meeting yesterday, with suggestions that the Corporation should now concentrate on attracting audiences not currently served – particularly C and D social groups. Meanwhile, Mark Tully, India correspondent with the BBC, slated director general John Birt yesterday claiming that he has ruined everything the Corporation stood for, placing money… Continue reading BBC Reviews Strategy & Criticism

ITV is strongly denying rumours that it will drop coverage of the World Cup next year if England fail to qualify. The speculation has led to broadcast sponsors, Panasonic reviewing its £4m deal.

BBC2’s coverage of the men’s singles final at Wimbledon makes it into the top thirty BARB programme rankings for week ending 4th July. Ranking the top thirty according to one showing only the final scrapes in at number 29 with 7.56m viewers.Compared to last year however, the BBC2 tennis event of the year shows a… Continue reading Wimbledon Scores For BBC2

London ITV company, Carlton Television, has set up a unique deal with the London Motor show, to run a series of advertorials in the form of news reports to appear in every ad break during the News At Ten. It has been stipulated, however, that each segment will be required to carry the word ‘advertisement’… Continue reading Carlton & Motor Show Advertorial

Sky One has this week launched its new autumn schedule at an estimated cost of £15m. Building on a monthly share of audience that has increased steadily since January the channel hopes the new schedule will boost its daytime female audience, as well as maintain its high male and children bias. Programmes include: Queen (mini),… Continue reading Sky One Launches New Schedule

Based on the Channel 4 programme of the same name, Transworld Sport magazine is due for release on September 18, published by the International Publishing Group and available quarterly.Publisher of the title, Richard Davis, pointed out to MediaTel this week that although the initial print run is estimated at between 80-100,000 copies, it is hoped… Continue reading Transworld Sport Enters Market

A survey conducted by Taylor Nelson Research claims that 25% of audiences watch News At Ten out of habit, 48% are regular viewers and 43% believe it commands authority.