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HTV is selling its poster and market information company, Cordmate Investments, to Alban Securities for £2.2m; although after repayment of inter-company debts the net sale proceeds will only be £500,000.

Independent Local Radio stations, Radio Tay in Dundee and Mercia Sound in Coventry have both submitted unopposed bids to retain their broadcasting licences for another eight years from January 1 1995.Both services were the sole applicants for the re-advertised FM and AM frequencies in their areas at the April 6 deadline.

Satellite and Video Today has been sold to 21st Century Publishing, which also publishes Satellite TV Europe. Recently formed Nexus Media Communications has bought Grower Publications, the family owned company which publishes The Grower. EMAP is spending an estimated £1.5m on relaunching its biking titles, which include Motor Cycle News (already the recipient of £1m… Continue reading Magazine News

Carlton Television is planning to screen a series of new commercial breaks which will be targeted at younger and more upmarket viewers.The breaks have been allocated to the slot after News at Ten and will be launched during the summer on Carlton’s regional programming.In the hope that the ad breaks will attract some of Channel… Continue reading Carlton Plans New Ad Breaks

Independent Local Radio stations, Radio Tay in Dundee and Mercia Sound in Coventry have both submitted unopposed bids to retain their broadcasting licences for another eight years from January 1 1995.Both services were the sole applicants for the re-advertised FM and AM frequencies in their areas at the April 6 deadline.

Following eleven months of discussion Eurospace, a trading division of Carat, is to take over TBWA Holmes Knight Ritchie’s £13m media planning and buying operation. TBWA’s three strong media department will be moving to Eurospace’s offices, under the control of Charlie Varley, Eurospace MD.The future of TBWA’s media department had been in doubt since 1991… Continue reading Eurospace Takes Over TBWA’s Media

The latest Spring coverage and frequency analysis on LTA’s TRAC database is now available on MediaTel. Covering underground stations, the data can be used to analyse the effectiveness of different poster sites/sizes against a wide selection of target audiences.The TRAC database is available free of charge to all MediaTel subscribers.

Teletext is to add seven new sections to its ITV and C4 service. The new sections include regional transport directories, education pages and environmental features.

According to a report in this week’s Broadcast, GMTV has been forced to return cash to advertisers, having failed to deliver the promised audience packages. Agencies have reported both cash refunds and campaign extensions free of charge. No one at GMTV was available for comment this morning.

The latest Spring coverage and frequency analysis on LTA’s TRAC database is now available on MediaTel. Covering underground stations, the data can be used to analyse the effectiveness of different poster sites/sizes against a wide selection of target audiences.The TRAC database is available free of charge to all MediaTel subscribers.