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Principal sponsor of the Welsh Rugby Union, Whitbread plc, has shown concern over a vote of no confidence in the general committee, passed on Sunday. The company has invested £3.1m in the League until 1996.

Zenith has issued the April edition of its quarterly “UK Television Forecasts to 2003”.Among the key points made in the report are: The UK economy is expected to grow in real terms by almost 1% this year; total expenditure by 1.4% and TV advertising revenues by 2.9% Channel 4 is expected to take £306m in… Continue reading Zenith UK TV Forecast To 2003

Ulster Television profits soared for the year to December 1992, rising dramatically from £1.95m to £4.18m with earnings per share almost doubling at 24.2p. Dividends increased from 7.5p to 10p.

Former editor of The People, John Blake, will help to produce future issues of Scallywag, the recently expanded satirical magazine. The title went national in February, with a print-run of 110,000.

The female humour magazine Bitch, which launched in August, has been forced to close having failed to meet initial sales forecasts.Bitch had an ambitious first print-run of 500,000 with claims that the first issue sold over 340,000 copies. However, due to a rapid decline in circulation the Brighton-based magazine will release the March issue as… Continue reading Bitch Faces Closure

Profits for Scottish Television for the year ending 31 December 1992 are as follows: Pre-tax profits: £10.1m (£8.6m) Turnover: £126.07m (£114.15m) Programme sales: £23.2m – up 32% Advertising sales: £90.8m – up 3% Final dividend: 8.20p (6.56p)

Pre-tax losses for Mirror Group Newspapers, announced today, stand at £84m for the year ending December 27 1992, from last year’s profits of £47.3m. Loss per share fell to 19.7p, with turnover increasing from £459.9m to £466.1m.

The society for the promotion of new music is set to sponsor Classic FM’s Sunday programme, Contemporary Classics, broadcast every Sunday from 10.00pm to 11.00pm.The radio station, which launched in September, has also recently won the ITV Award for New Product of the Year against Channel Four’s Big Breakfast and Ford Options.

Profits for Scottish Television for the year ending 31 December 1992 are as follows: Pre-tax profits: £10.1m (£8.6m) Turnover: £126.07m (£114.15m) Programme sales: £23.2m – up 32% Advertising sales: £90.8m – up 3% Final dividend: 8.20p (6.56p)

Pre-tax losses for Mirror Group Newspapers, announced today, stand at £84m for the year ending December 27 1992, from last year’s profits of £47.3m. Loss per share fell to 19.7p, with turnover increasing from £459.9m to £466.1m.