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The Children’s Channel is the latest to join the encryption package at BSkyB. The satellite channel has yet to announce details of when the package will be introduced.

Pre-tax profits for Reed International were revealed today for the nine months ending December 30 1992, rising to £137.1m from last year’s £124.4m.Turn- over for the group stood at £1,196.6m and earnings per share increased to 17.2p from 15.7p. A final dividend of 7.25p was proposed, taking the total to 12.75p.

..Josh Dovey & Andy Bolden of CIA Media UK appointed to run the company’s £70m TV billing, with Dovey as buyer and Bolden as head of planning…..GGT is understood to be in negotiations with GGK Holdings to buy a stake in the Swiss-based network…..Omnicom has taken over TBWA in a share swap..TBWA, founded 13 years… Continue reading Agency Snippets

DHL will continue to sponsor the traffic plane on LBC, having renewed its contract this week for £400,000.

Lingerie and sex aid venture, Ann Summers, is to launch a new glossy title on May 6 for women. It will not, however, be on the same lines as Northern & Shell’s soft porn magazines, Women on Top and Women Only, but aims to attract readers of top glossies like Cosmopolitan.A spokesperson at A Plus… Continue reading Ann Summers Bites Back

BBC Magazines’ latest addition to the children’s market, Toybox, is due to be released on March 31.This will be the third in the series, following Playdays and Noddy, which increases the opportunity for group advertising. The new 36 page title will be similar in size to Fast Forward, catering for the 2 to 7 age… Continue reading BBC Magazines To Launch Toybox

According to leaked ratings figures for this Monday (15/3), C4’s Big Breakfast was watched by more viewers at the crucial 8-8:30 slot than either of its competitors – GMTV and Breakfast News: No. of Viewers (m) C4 GMTV Breakfast News 8:00 – 8:30am 1.7 1.5 1.3 The GMTV figure is only half that of TV-am… Continue reading Big Breakfast Outrates GMTV

Advertising agency, Joslin Shaw, is set to sponsor the English Chamber Choir performing Bach’s ‘Mass in B Minor’ in April. “The sponsorship enables us to raise the agency’s profile with an influential audience of significant net worth” says Hugh Joslin.

Grundig has signed a deal with MTV Europe to sponsor its Ski Weekend,due to be broadcast on the channel from 20-21 March

The winners of the IPA Business-to-Business Advertising Awards were announced today at a ceremony hosted by the President of the Association, Peter Mead.The category winners were:International Best Campaign Leopard Limited Corporate Jets Best One-Off Leopard Limited Advertisement Philips Components Trade & Technical Best Campaign WCRS Limited Bass Brewers for Carling Black Label Best One-Off McCann-Erickson(Bris)… Continue reading IPA Business-To-Business Awards