Hydro-Electric has announced it is to sponsor Top Club, Grampian Television’s quiz show which starts a new series on 22 February. Hydro Electric’s sponsorship includes doubling the prize money to £11,000. Hydro-Electric Chairman Lord Wilson said “We are delighted to have forged this partnership with Grampian Television which will enable us to support charities and… Continue reading Hydro-Electric Sponsors Grampian
The Mail on Sunday yesterday reported that the Express bugged the offices of its ad director, Michael Moore, as part of an investigation into financial improprieties. Moore, who resigned on July 8th last year, was completely vindicated by the investigation, say the Express.
Pearson has agreed to buy a 10% stake in Television Broadcasts (TVB), the leading Hong Kong broadcaster for £107m. The deal is conditional on approval from shareholders and the Hong Kong Broadcasting Authority.
The MRG is to hold some more evening classes covering the very basic methodologies, scopes and analyses of media research sources in the UK. A total of sixteen subjects will be covered in depth starting on March 8th and finishing on May 10th.Contact Alan Copage : 071 344 0077
Maurice Saatchi has won the first round of a series of legal battles against Saatchi & Saatchi. A court today threw out the company’s claims that he and his allies solicited other employees. Calls for an injunction to stop Maurice recruiting for his new firm were denied by the judge.
On Wednesday the BBC will publish the results of a 2 year long review of its programmes. The report led by Liz Forgan, managing director of BBC radio, and Alan Yentob, controller of BBC1, revealed the BBC, although well respected by viewers in the middle-class bracket, needs to broaden its appeal. Its main targets being… Continue reading BBC Strives To Widen Appeal
On the second day of the High Court hearing into an injunction which Saatchi & Saatchi is seeking against Maurice Saatchi, the court was told that Maurice is entitled to poach any staff from his former agency, and cause considerable damage to it, as long as he does not incite Saatchi employees to break their… Continue reading Maurice Allowed To Poach Saatchi Staff Court Is Told
Gramophone Publications Limited is to launch a new magazine on May 1st. International Classical Record Collector, a quarterly title with a cover price of £3.50 launches with an intial print run of 3,500.Editorially covering opinion and research relating to all aspects of classical recordings from the past, ICRC is expected to achieve most of its… Continue reading New Classical Magazine
National Daily NewspapersAmong the national daily newspapers, only the News International titles recorded year on year increases in their Average Issue Readership estimates for July to December 1994. The affects of the newspaper price war are again apparent, with the Times AIR increasing by 22.1% year on year to 1,558,000, and the Sun up by… Continue reading NRS Commentary Jul-Dec 94
At the debate yesterday by MPs on the Future of the BBC White Paper, Stephen Dorrell, national heritage secretary, strengthened the hopes of the BBC that the licence fee will remain its main source of finance for the foreseeable future.While under pressure from MPs calling for the ending of state funding he insisted that the… Continue reading BBC Licence Fee Backed
