The ITV Network Centre has awarded the contract to Television Sales and Marketing Services Ltd to provide its programme research data. Tim Wooton, chief executive of the sales house comments: “At TSMS we have long believed in the importance of bringing this area and sales closer together to the benefit of the whole of ITV”.The… Continue reading ITV Awards Sales Contract To TSMS
Capital Radio’s sales director David Lees is to leave the company this month. His successor has yet to be announced.
..MD of BNL Grey, Ted Barker is leading a management buyout of the company from the Grey Network….The Advertising Association has predicted an end to the days of slumping adspends, claiming the growth in TV ad revenues is leading to a more confident future for the industry…. Richard Worrall, formerly with MAS, has been appointed… Continue reading Agency Snippets…
Independent Newspapers, with interests in the Republic of Ireland and the UK recorded yearly pre-tax profits as shown below (December 1992):Pre-tax profits: Ir£16m (Ir£7.97m)Operating profits: Ir£23.4m (Ir£16.2m)Total dividend: Ir5.5p (Ir4p)
Virgin Radio’s rock album chart is to be sponsored by Labatt beer. The deal, worth £750,000, gives Labatt programme credits, trails and advertising slots.Irish DJ Dave Fanning is to present a 4-hour Saturday night programme on Virgin radio. He joins Chris Evans, Emperor Rosko, Richard Skinner and Tommy Vance who have already been announced as… Continue reading Virgin Sponsorship/Presenters
Pre-tax losses for media buying group Aegis for the year ending December 1992 are as follows:Pre-tax losses: £1.9m (£54.4m)Turnover: £2.84bn (£2.1bn)Losses per share: 19.9p (+20.4p)Net average debt: £68m (£35m)No final dividend
Classic FM, the independent radio station which launched in September, has recorded March as its strongest month yet in terms of advertising revenue – up 50% on February.The classical music station is claiming that the slot between 6am and 10pm was practically sold out during the month.Estimated weekly reach for the station is said to… Continue reading Classic FM Revenue Claims
Bus Advertising Business has merged with Metro-Transad with the former taking a 50% in Transad. The new company will be called Metrobus Advertising, representing in excess of 10,000 buses. Tom Goddard will be chief executive of MA, with Terry Dyer as chairman.
The Radio Authority has re-advertised 6 of the existing ILR licences for London and also advertised 2 new London-wide AM licences. The existing services to have been re-advertised are LBC (FM&AM), Kiss (FM), Jazz (FM) Melody (FM) and Spectrum (AM). It is expected that all the incumbents will re-apply and a number of other possible… Continue reading London ILR Services Advertised
The Radio Authority has re-advertised 6 of the existing ILR licences for London and also advertised 2 new London-wide AM licences. The existing services to have been re-advertised are LBC (FM&AM), Kiss (FM), Jazz (FM) Melody (FM) and Spectrum (AM). It is expected that all the incumbents will re-apply and a number of other possible… Continue reading London ILR Services Advertised
