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Medical agency Unipharma, with offices throughout Europe, is setting up an agency in London using staff from the recently bankrupt Porton Advertising.

The Shadow Radio Authority (071 584 7011) will next week issue a revised draft sponsorship code. The new code is expected to relax some of the old restrictions, such as the watershed on alcohol sponsorship, although alcohol-related companies will not be allowed to sponsor programmes targeted at children.

The ITC (071 584 7011) is expecting a total annual licence fee income from TV contractors in 1993 of around £20m, at 1991 prices, it announced today. Under the terms of the Broadcasting Act, the ITC is empowered to charge fees to cover its costs in licencing and regulating television services. To this end two… Continue reading ITC Licence Fees

Chiltern Radio looks set to buy Severn Sound and Three Counties Radio in a deal worth £1.3m. The takeover is subject to IBA and shareholder approval and would increase Chiltern’s hold on the West Country, where it already has a stake in FTP.

DMB&B and Yellowhammer’s media resource, Media Issues, is centralising most of its poster buying through Portland advertising.

Super Channel (071 418 9418) is planning the launch of three new thematic channels for sport, films and news. A film channel is imminent following the £30m purchase of MGM/UA programming . Super Channel is continuing talks with MGM for a 40% stake in the station.

The Court of Appeal yesterday granted TSW’s application to seek judicial review of the ITC’s decision, reversing a ruling in the High Court.This decision raises the likelihood of legal action by other losers.TVNI (bidder for the Northern Ireland franchise licence), TVNI, is expected today to seek judicial review of the ITC’s decision.

Paling Ellis KPR, the healthcare agency, has appointed its first media director – Sue Wrigley.

More money is to be put into Saatchi’s regional agency network with a plan approved by chief executive Robert Louis Dreyfus. The regional agencies will be called the Hall Harrison Cowley Group from January and the group managing director Nick Bacon claims the extra investment will be in staff.

Sunday Correspondent ad director, Rupert Miles, is to join Hatchette as publisher of the magazine Elle.