Mars Confectionery has set up its first UK television programme sponsorship deal with the ITV Chart Show, due to begin in early May. Twix will back the 60-minute show, with additional spot advertisements and on-pack communications. The Chart Show claims a 54% share of the 16 to 24 year-old audience and a 41% share of… Continue reading Twix To Sponsor ITV Chart Show
The Daily Mail & General Trust has bought 7.87 million shares in SelecTV, makers of Birds of a Feather and part owners of Meridian Television.
Classic FM has secured British Gas to sponsor a brand new programme – Classical Gas – in a package worth £200,000. The deal is set to last for six months and involves tag lines and trailers on the programme.
Publisher of the Liverpool Weekly Newspaper Group, Trinity Newspapers, has announced pre-tax profits of £16.90m for the year ending December 31 1992. Turnover fell from £135.49m to £115.39m and earnings per share increased from 15.6p to 17.1p.
Pre-tax profits for outdoor group, More O’Ferrall stand at £5.04m for the year ending December 1992, having fallen from last year’s £5.80m. Turnover increased to £62.50m and earnings per share fell from 14.9p to 11p. The final dividend came out at 10p making the total for the year 13.2p.
Pre-tax profits for outdoor group, More O’Ferrall stand at £5.04m for the year ending December 1992, having fallen from last year’s £5.80m. Turnover increased to £62.50m and earnings per share fell from 14.9p to 11p. The final dividend came out at 10p making the total for the year 13.2p.
Applications for the North West radio licence closed last week with 11 groups in the running. Contenders include North West Voice FM, run by former Granada chairman David Plowright, North West Live, headed by Owen Oyston and Heart FM which is offering “distinctive romantic mood and personality listening”. Other applicants for the licence are Apollo… Continue reading North West Applications Close
Yorkshire-Tyne Tees Television was given a warning by the ITC on Friday that it must continue to produce at least 90% of its regional programming in the North East. Tyne Tees is now believed to have reaffirmed its initial licence obligations.
According to figures published in yesterday’s edition of the Sunday Times, sales for the paper have soared to 1.291m, up 94,000 on the year. The Observer is quoted as falling to 504,000, down 43,000, with the Sunday Telegraph also dropping to 573,000 – a decrease of 16,000. February ABC figures for the papers stand at… Continue reading Sunday Times Sales Soar
American advertising group, Omnicom, is believed to be making preparations to buy leading British agency Abbott Mead Vickers (AMV). Omnicom currently owns a 27% stake in the agency and now that the initial standstill agreement has been taken off, is free to purchase the company outright. Shares in AMV rose to 465p last week when… Continue reading Omnicom Shows Interest In AMV
