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BBC Network Radio has announced the name of its new national news and sports station; Radio Five Live. The news service will replace the existing Radio 5 on 28 March.

Today Media Week carries the first of four sections in association with MediaTel which focus on regional media.Today’s supplement focuses on the regions of Anglia, Central, HTV and Westcountry. The supplements will attempt to place all regional media within their regional context, taking into consideration each region’s strengths and characteristics.

National Magazines has recruited Maggie Goodman, former editor of Hello! to establish a new magazine development division. Reed Regional Sales has restructured: Suzanne Hassal is account manager to south, Steve Smith to the north, and Gavin Wade to the Midlands.

DMC, publisher of the dance music title Mix Mag, is to launch 2 new magazines targeting comedy and gold music fans. Deadpan, which launches on March 24, will cover all types of comedy with interviews, cartoons, features and listings. Features will include artists such as Vic Reeves, French and Saunders and Rik Mayall, together with… Continue reading DMC To Launch Comedy And Music Mags

The ITV Network Centre has made 17 people redundant, including business development director Kate Hampton and research director Gareth Morgan. The job losses have been attributed to the individual ITV companies taking over marketing, in contrast to the centralised programming department.

The combined TV Revenue for December, based on agency estimates, came in at £143.48m, a decrease of 0.36% on the same month in 1992. This is the only month apart from July when overall revenue decreased from the 1992 figure. The ITV/C4 split was 81:19.The best performance came from the joint London stations, increasing share… Continue reading TV Revenue Share – December

The Incorporated Society of British Advertisers has objected strongly to the ITC’s letter which was sent to TV companies. It confirmed that the current situation of sales houses could continue, subject to stringent conditions, until the results of the ITC’s review into advertising sales is released.ISBA called this an “indadequate” arrangement. Kenneth Miles, Director, said… Continue reading ISBA Respond To TV Sales

BBC and ITV have drawn up a complementary transmission schedule of matches in this summer’s football World Cup in America.The BBC and ITV, who together hold the exclusive rights to the World Cup, will alternate coverage completely on six of the 14 days in the first phase of the tournament.Detailed programme schedules will be issued… Continue reading World Cup Transmission

The privatisation of London Transport Advertising has attracted interest this week as the formal prospectus is due to be released.Bidders are thought to include the three largest UK poster contractors, Mills & Allen, Maiden, and More O’Ferrall, as well as the French company Dauphin. The LTA management are also expected to put in a bid,… Continue reading LTA Attracts Bidders

The ITC has written to the TV companies involved in take overs;Carlton, Central, Granada and LWT, and will be writing to Anglia and Meridian, spelling out conditions for advertising sales in the future.The ITC has confirmed that companies can continue current sales arrangements after merging, subject to existing conditions. This would mean that if Granada… Continue reading ITC Issues Statement On TV Sales