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Sony has signed a deal with Kiss FM to sponsor the Paul Anderson Original Mix Show. The contract is worth £250,000 and is due to begin this week.

City analysts, James Capel, have forecast pre-tax profits for all ITV companies within the network for the year 1993/94. The results of the report can be seen below: 1993/94 PRE-TAX PROFIT FORECASTS Anglia £ 2.5m Carlton TV £ 3.5m Central £45.0m Grampian £ 3.5m Granada TV £36.0m HTV £ 1.0m loss LWT £32.0m Meridian £… Continue reading Capel Forecasts TV Profits

Independent Radio Sales has attracted a number of potential bidders, the outcome of which will be known within the next three weeks. Amongst the interested parties are a consortium backed by an American radio sales house, KATS and another backed by David Reich formerly of Carat.

FCO is considering a merger with its sister agency, EURO RSCG, following the announcement that it is to make 10 of its staff redundant. The decision has to be faced because of a recent fall in accounts, the main loss being a £2.5m Panasonic billing, which has been moved to McCann-Erickson.

Jim Cavanagh has been appointed as deputy sales director at Carlton Television. Jeremy Hallsworth will take over as sales controller.

The group of investors bidding for ITN have today declared their offer for the company, claiming they will give “stability, skills and financial strength” to the news organisation.The new board of ITN will include Michael Green as chairman, David McCall and Stewart Purvis as editor in chief.Since announcing their bid last November, the investors have… Continue reading ITN Restructuring Announced

ITV and Diet Coke have just settled the biggest ever single broadcast sponsorship deal, with Coke planning to back 25 full-length feature films on the ITV Movie Premiere season, starting April 11. Chairman of the ITV sponsorship committee, Alan Chilton, says of the deal “It endorses ITV’s policy of theming all its big-screen film premieres… Continue reading Diet Coke To Sponsor Movie Premiere

This week sees the launch of two new gardening magazines, the monthly Your Garden from IPC and the bi-monthly Gardens Illustrated from John Brown Publishing. In their media packs both publishers emphasize that the gardening market is growing and that there is room for the new titles.The existing gardening press is split into two groups,… Continue reading Gardening Press Overview

Shares in Thames Television were suspended yesterday, following revelations that the Pearson Group is interested in taking over the production company (Newsline 30/3).As well as announcing the proposed takeover, Thames is now expected to reveal that it is making a write-down on the value of its US subsidiary, Reeves Entertainment, clearing the way for future… Continue reading Thames Shares Suspended

Following ITV’s recent decision to revamp Children’s ITV it has now been announced that children’s programmes will be included in sponsorship packages, with Saturday morning show Gimme 5 being the first up for grabs. What’s Up Doc, due to take over from Gimme 5 in August will also be available for sponsorship.