It was reported in the weekend press that the controlling stake in Trans World Communications, the second largest commercial radio company in Britain, is up for grabs. The opportunity has come about because Owen Oysten wishes to sell his 24% stake in the company.Trans World Communications owns four radio stations; Piccadilly in Manchester, Red Rose… Continue reading Radio Takeover Battle Begins
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 ITC has published guidelines on the conditions under which advertising and programme sponsorship by religious bodies are acceptable, to help clarify the following rule:“No advertising is acceptable from religious bodies … whose rites or other forms of collective observance are not normally directly accessible to the general public”.This also applies to potential programme sponsors.For… Continue reading ITC Publishes Religious Guidelines
According to the latest GfK Satellite Monitor, for December 1993, estimates of dish ownership are at 2.466 million dishes. This represents an increase of 90,000 dishes since the November monitor.ESTIMATES TO DECEMBER 1993 OF DISH OWNERSHIP (000’s) NET INCREASE IN OWNERHSIP % CH CUMULATIVE INCREASE CUM %CH 92 93 92 93 JUL 41 27 -34… Continue reading Satellite Dish Ownership Now At 2.5m
QualitiesThe Times began 1994 by offering to retain its reduced cover price for those who subscribe to the newspaper for a year. Its circulation rose again in January with its monthly ABC figure reaching 456,000 and its 6-monthly figure for August to January up by 14.2% year-on-year to 430,368. The only other quality newspapers to… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – January
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
