In response to our article this morning on Newsline (Key 2) The Time Exchange have asked us to point out that they are not the only company responsible for the delay in TV Messages for January; the hold up is also down to Laser not informing AGB of their new ratecard factors.
Michael Heseltine has invited all interested parties to comment by March 3 on whether he should give consent to a take-over of the Independent and Independent on Sunday without any enquiry by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.The MGN consortium has asked for the consent to be granted under a section of the Fair Trading Act… Continue reading Comments Invited On Independent Deal
TV Messages (impacts) for January will be delayed this month whilst data is re-calculated by AGB.The reason for this is that the timings of commercial spots for Granada, Border and Scottish Television have been found to be incorrect between January 4th and February 3rd 1994. Provisional timings instead of actual transmission times were provided and… Continue reading TV Messages Delayed
The combined TV Revenue for December, based on agency estimates, came in at £138.32m, an increase of 8.5% on the same month in 1993. The ITV share was £111.64m, with Channel 4 at £26.6m. This is an 81:19 split.The best performance came from Central, improving its share by 1.54% points on last year to 16.09%.… Continue reading TV Revenue Share – January 1994
Marc Mendoza, WCRS media group head has been appointed media director, filling the position left by Phil Georgiadis, who has become vice president. Michael Lines, sales director of More O’Ferrall Adshel is to leave the company. Abbott Mead Vickers has promoted Alan Brydon to media director, and Paul Gummer has been promoted to international media… Continue reading Appointments
HTV has today announced that, subject to shareholders approval, Flextech will take a 20% stake in HTV for £27m. Flextech provides cable and satellite broadcasting throughout Europe, including five channels from the Sky Multi-Channel’s package. This is the first alliance in Britain between terrestrial and non-terrestrial operators.The deal should help HTV achieve one of its… Continue reading Cable Company Takes Stake In HTV
Following a misleading article in yesterday’s Evening Standard, which stated that there was a row brewing over Jazz FM’s official go-ahead to reduce its jazz output, the Radio Authority has written to the paper to correct facts.Since Jazz FM was re-awarded its licence to commence later this year, the Radio Authority has looked at the… Continue reading Jazz FM Row
The Observer magazine is to close its glossy magazine from the beginning of April, merging its contents with those of the current Life tabloid, which contains the review section. The new magazine, which will not be sold until mid March, will combine the most successful parts of the two existing magazines, as well as including… Continue reading Observer To Merge Magazines
