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Sega is making plans to transmit the company’s video games through US cable operators Telecommunications Inc and Time Warner. Should the deal go ahead Sega games will be available through networks from next year.

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.

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

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

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.

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.

According to new research carried out by The Research Business on behalf of CIA Media, advertisers who only place their advertising within ‘youth oriented’ programmes are ‘making a serious mistake’.The research, carried out amongst 15-19 year olds, suggests that adult programmes such as Drop the Dead Donkey command a higher level of respect, and are… Continue reading Youth Programming Ineffective?

Virgin Radio has lost both its Head of Marketing and its Head of Research just two weeks before launch (April 30).Head of Research and Planning, John Crowley, left suddenly last Thursday. A replacement is to be recruited.Mike Barnard, whose marketing role was just to take the station up to launch date, has left ahead of… Continue reading Virgin Departures

Tracy Waring, ex JWT and AGB, has been appointed as research manager in Redwood Publishing’s recently set up in-house research department.Headway Home & Law Publishing has appointed specialist magazine division managing director Ray Lewis as MD of its restructured Consumer, Health & Business Publishing Group, following the resignation of Peter Whelham.

QualitiesThe six-monthly ABC’s for October-March’93 do not show much difference on last month’s figures. Once again the Sundays have fared better than the dailies, with the Independent On Sunday rising by 6.5% year-on-year.The Daily Telegraph, which tops the quality table, has shown a slight decrease of 1.8% to 1,033,573 year-on-year. Despite its mid month relaunch… Continue reading National Press-Round-Up – March