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DMB&B and Yellowhammer’s media resource, Media Issues, is centralising most of its poster buying through Portland advertising.

The Court of Appeal yesterday granted TSW’s application to seek judicial review of the ITC’s decision, reversing a ruling in the High Court.This decision raises the likelihood of legal action by other losers.TVNI (bidder for the Northern Ireland franchise licence), TVNI, is expected today to seek judicial review of the ITC’s decision.

Super Channel (071 418 9418) is planning the launch of three new thematic channels for sport, films and news. A film channel is imminent following the £30m purchase of MGM/UA programming . Super Channel is continuing talks with MGM for a 40% stake in the station.

Paling Ellis KPR, the healthcare agency, has appointed its first media director – Sue Wrigley.

More money is to be put into Saatchi’s regional agency network with a plan approved by chief executive Robert Louis Dreyfus. The regional agencies will be called the Hall Harrison Cowley Group from January and the group managing director Nick Bacon claims the extra investment will be in staff.

Media director at BMP DDB Needham, Nigel Sharrocks, has been appointed executive media director of the Grey Group and deputy managing director of Grey Advertising from the new year. BMP have appointed Paul Taylor and Derek Morris as joint media directors in the wake of Sharrocks’departure; the former is TV buying director and the latter… Continue reading Sharrocks To Grey

Media Audits (071 734 4080) has developed a PC software package aimed at making TV planning easier. The CODA package looks at an allocation of spots broken down into time or channel segments. The system then trawls through the BARB panel to find individuals who match the target audiences’ characteristics. CODA then simulates individual’s viewing… Continue reading CODA TV Planning System

Rumours of heavy redundancies at Saatchi and Saatchi have been denied by the company. It was thought that cuts would come to appease the City in advance of this afternoon’s results announcement.

Saatchi & Saatchi have announced pre-tax profits of £36m for the year to September 30, this is an increase of 63% on the previous year. Revenues were £808m compared to £974m in 1989. The communications business remained strong with a 9% revenue growth to to £788m, although this includes £14m from market research activities.Trading profits… Continue reading Saatchi Results

The number of homes connected to broadband cable franchises on 1 October was up 54% on 1989 to 116,759, giving a penetration rate of 16.6%, according to the latest JICCAR figures from the Cable Authority (071 821 6161). The total number of homes passed by the new broadband systems rose to 705,363, an increase of… Continue reading JICCAR Cable TV Establishment – 1/10/90