Steve Ireland has been appointed Director of Programming at UK Gold. He was Director of Programmes at Tyne Tees TV.Bruce Steinberg, commenting on his appointment, said “Programming is fundamental to the success of any channel, and Steve’s extensive experience at the BBC and Tyne Tees will be invaluable to Gold. UK Gold has been on… Continue reading New Director Of Programming – UK Gold
On 8 November the IPA is holding a meeting entitled “How To Start Up Your Own Advertising Agency”.Speaking will be Martin Boase, who will talk about the early days of BMP, and how it was built into the agency of today.The meeting will take place at 7pm. Tickets are £8 and are available from the… Continue reading IPA Meeting
Newsline-29/10 Commercial Radio RevenueThe AIRC has released a correction in the figure quoted for Oct-Dec 92. It should read £34.8m.
MTV Europe has signed a deal with Sony. Sony will be sponsoring each edition of MTV’s Big November Most Wanted show, broadcast Tuesdays to Fridays at 20.30 CET, and the Big November weekend programming.The package included a competition which ran throughout October, and a new advertisement created specifically for MTV.
The Monopolies and Mergers Commission has given its consent to Trinity International taking over Argus Newspapers, published in South London, Surrey and Berkshire, and the daily Huddersfield Examiner and other weekly newspapers owned by Joseph Woodhead in Yorkshire. This increases Trinity’s share of regional and local newspapers from 3.5% to 5.3%.COMPUTING GAINS ACCESS TO US… Continue reading Trinity Given Argus Go-Ahead
MTV Europe has signed a deal with Sony. Sony will be sponsoring each edition of MTV’s Big November Most Wanted show, broadcast Tuesdays to Fridays at 20.30 CET, and the Big November weekend programming.The package included a competition which ran throughout October, and a new advertisement created specifically for MTV.
Mintel is to release a report this week on the special interest magazine sector and the results look good for the future.The report covers 860 specialist titles covering 50 areas of interest, not including general activities such as television viewing or men/women magazines.The survey suggests that this sector of the industry seems to have been… Continue reading Good Prospects For Specialist Mags
Agony Line, the monthly women’s problem magazine which launched on 23 September is to suspend publication after only the first issue.The publisher, WW Publishing, has not ruled out the possibility of relaunch- ing the title. The decision has been blamed on poor sales; (initial figures indicate that sales were only 25,000); and the A5 size… Continue reading Early End For Agony Line
The Monopolies and Mergers Commission has given its consent to Trinity International taking over Argus Newspapers, published in South London, Surrey and Berkshire, and the daily Huddersfield Examiner and other weekly newspapers owned by Joseph Woodhead in Yorkshire. This increases Trinity’s share of regional and local newspapers from 3.5% to 5.3%.COMPUTING GAINS ACCESS TO US… Continue reading Trinity Given Argus Go-Ahead
Mintel is to release a report this week on the special interest magazine sector and the results look good for the future.The report covers 860 specialist titles covering 50 areas of interest, not including general activities such as television viewing or men/women magazines.The survey suggests that this sector of the industry seems to have been… Continue reading Good Prospects For Specialist Mags
