LWT chief executive, Greg Dyke, came to the rescue of GMTV on Friday after the news broke that current chairman Harry Roche was resigning from the Breakfast channel, less than two months after its launch.Good Morning Television started off on a shaky foot in January but things hit an all time low last week when… Continue reading Dyke Repeats TV-Am Revival
The Carlton-led consortium bidding for ITN has announced that it may withdraw its offer if it cannot get the freehold on ITN’s £100m headquarters. The news suppliers are currently losing up to £6m a year on the 35-year lease.
The Radio Authority has re-advertised the ILR FM and AM licences for Peterborough currently held by Hereward Radio, part of Mid Anglia Radio. The closing date for applications is May 4 1993 and the new licences take effect from January 1995.Following the re-advertisement of the FM and AM licences for Southend and Chelmsford, the only… Continue reading IR Licences
In an effort to sell off Zenith Productions, Carlton Communications is planning to sell Action Time, a subsidiary of the production company, in a deal worth £6m. The remainder of Zenith is likely to be sold to management which will involve further dealings with Paramount, the US media group which has a 49% stake in… Continue reading Carlton To Sell
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Chief executive of Mirror Group Newspapers, David Montgomery, has given his word to the four banks backing the newspaper group that the Daily Mirror will keep its left stance and that he will no longer interfere in editorial matters which could shift the paper politically.NatWest, the group’s largest shareholder, fears that a change in stance… Continue reading Montgomery Promises Left Stance
Both the April and May issues of BBC Gardeners’ World will have covermounted gifts, the first of which will be a flat packed hanging basket. The cover price will increase to £1.55 from the April issue.BBC Magazines: 081 576 2000
The ITC has demanded that Teletext UK, the ITV teletext service which replaced Oracle at the beginning of the year, does more to improve the service it offers. Thousands of complaints have been lodged by viewers with regard to missing pages, insufficient news, religious and regional pages, plus the fact that the service has not… Continue reading Teletext Warned For Second Time
Adam Crozier, media planning director at Saatchi and Saatchi, has been appointed media director. He replaces Derek Bowden, who last week became client sales director at Zenith Media Worldwide.
Shareholders of Pearson and Granada Group have endorsed the agreed deal to buy part of a 3.66% holding in BskyB from Reed International (Newline 10/2).
The former head of sales at London station Kiss FM, John Reilly, has set up a radio sales consultancy. He is currently operating from David Knight Advertising.John Reilly: 0932 227389
