Yesterday the Government gave conditional consent for the Daily Mail and General Trust to acquire T Bailey Forman, publisher of the Nottingham Post. This follows the MMC ruling in October that the deal was against the public interest.In order to be able to go ahead with the acquisition DMGT has to agree to a number… Continue reading Consent Given For Nottingham Post Takeover
Northern Ireland Electricity, yesterday announcing results, said it may join a cable television consortium to serve the Northern Ireland area. The regional electricity company is talking with potential partners. Bids have to be submitted by 23 January 1995; the franchise covers 570,000 homes.Gordon Woodworth, finance director, said NIE would need partners with operational expertise in… Continue reading Northern Ireland Cable Licence – Possible Bidder
The Independent Television Commission has announced this morning that it is to reduce licence fees payable by its licensees in 1994. It has also published fee tariffs for 1995.The fees payable by all of the ITC’s licensees is to be reduced by 8.6% in 1994. This reduction, which amounts to £1.4m in total, is possible… Continue reading ITC Reduces Licence Fees
The Independent Television Commission’s complaints report for October 1994 warns TV companies to take greater care over the sceduling of commercials.Yorkshire Tyne Tees was criticised for showing an ad for the film Frankenstein (with a certificate 15) during children’s programmes. YTTV attributed this to human error. The ITC also said that Channel 4 was wrong… Continue reading ITC Warns Over Ad Timings
The ownership of the Nottingham Evening Post is expected to be resolved today. Northcliffe Newspapers, owned by the Daily Mail and General Trust announced in June it was to buy T Bailey Forman, but the deal was not approved by the Monopolies and Mergers Commission.It is believed that a deal is close to being finalised… Continue reading Daily Mail And Bailey Deal Expected Today
Keith Jones, managing director of the Specialist Publishing Group within IPC Magazines will join Reed Business Publishing on 1 January 1995 as deputy chief executive, and will succeed John Mathews as chief executive on his retirement in May 1995.Keith Jones has been managing director of the Specialist Group for four years and joined the board… Continue reading New Chief Executive For Reed Business Publishing
Henkel, one of Europe’s biggest producers of DIY adhesive products, is to sponsor the Northern Premier Football League, in a deal worth £250,000. The Northern Premier will be known as the Unibond League, after the market-leading brand. The sponsorship will initially run until the end of the 1996/7 season. The League’s previous sponsors were British… Continue reading Unibond To Be Football Sponsor
Volvo has announced a sponsorship deal with NBC Super Channel. The Volvo 960 Road Conditions Report consists of three daily 40 second reports, at 7.15am 4.10pm and 9.00pm. There aer opening and closing billboards and the series will be complemented by other on-air promotions.
Classic FM, in a bid to build on its advertising success so far, has launched a new initiative for 1995 – The Classic Creative Process 1995.Aimed at both agency creatives, and existing and potential clients, The Classic Creative Process will include the Classic FM Ad of the Quarter, Improvisation Workshops for creatives and a series… Continue reading Classic FM Continues Sales Push
October saw a leap in the popularity of cinema, with admission figures the highest this year apart from August, the traditionally peak month for cinema. October’s total admissions figure was 14,070,296, just behind August’s total of 15,062,074.Average weekly admissions for October were 3.18 million; this represents an increase of 41.2% on October last year. Three… Continue reading Cinema Admissions – October
