Alan Yentob, controller of BBC1, received one of TV’s top awards last night in the Royal Television Society presentation. He won the Judge’s award for reviving the channel’s popularity with programmes such as Pride and Prejudice, Ballykissangel and The Antiques Roadshow.Men Behaving Badly was voted best situation comedy and Shooting Stars best entertainment show. Helen… Continue reading BBC Chief Wins Top TV Award
The IPA has now persuaded all the main commercial television stations to phase out their handling charges. This comes after five years of negotiation which began with an undertaking by ITV in November 1992 to phase out their charges over a three year period. This was followed by Channel 4.The latest companies to agree to… Continue reading IPA Sees Successful End To Handling Charges
Euromoney Publications’ net profits before tax were £11.5 million in the six months to March 31 compared with £10.4 million in the first half of last year.Within its titles Euroweek, Asiamoney, Petroleum Economist and MedAd News all had record first half profits whilst Euromoney, Latin Finance and Financial Training made less than in the first… Continue reading Euromoney Hits £11.5m Profit
IPC’s Amateur Photographer will be publishing a special one-off Erotica issue on June 8th. The fourth annual edition will feature 40-extra pages of editorial as well as 60 pages of erotic photos.Bob Carlos Clarke, a respected and well-known erotic photographer, will be the guest editor of the issue. To get maximum point of sale the… Continue reading Erotica Issue For Amateur Photographer
Charles Kirchner has quit his post of group marketing director at the Mirror Group. Mr Kirchner had only been in the job six months after joining the media group in November as brand development director. No one has yet been appointed to replace him.Abbie Rawson will be leaving her post as head of research at… Continue reading Mirror Group And Optimedia Lose Senior Executives
24-hour cable channel The Weather Channel has signed its first major distribution deal with a UK cable operator.The channel, owned by US company Landmark Communications, has secured cable carriage with ComTel which operates across central and southern England in Andover, Oxford, Stafford, Salisbury and Coventry. A pilot service will be launched on ComTel on June… Continue reading Weather Channel Signs Distribution Deal
The PPA has announced that it will be organising a conference which addresses the opportunities for magazine publishers of new technology, especially the Internet. The theme of Magazines and New Media ’96 will be the idea that magazine publishers are beginning to see themselves as information providers not restricted by their traditional print medium.The conference,… Continue reading PPA Conference And MRG Evening
Media group Chrysalis has announced six-month figures which show that its losses after tax have dropped to £2.5m from £2.65m last year. Turnover rose from £47.1m in 1995 to £56.3m this year.Chrysalis point out that in terms of its radio interests (Heart 106.2 London, Galaxy 101 Bristol and Heart 100.7 Midlands) last week’s Rajar figures… Continue reading Chrysalis Losses Drop To £2.5m
Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO is about to sign a deal to buy Pattison Horswell Durden which could be worth as much as £5m.David Pattison, one of the owners of PHD, confirmed to MediaTel that the merger was going ahead: he said it would be complete in a matter of weeks rather than months though he… Continue reading AMV Creates Media Giant With PHD
