Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO is about to sign a deal to buy Pattison Horswell Durden which could be worth as much as £5m.David Pattison, one of the owners of PHD, confirmed to MediaTel that the merger was going ahead: he said it would be complete in a matter of weeks rather than months though he… Continue reading AMV Creates Media Giant With PHD
Gruner and Jahr has confirmed that it will be launching a weekly magazine called Here! as a rival to Hello! on June 3rd.Here! will be a glossy, 68-page publication costing 70p and aimed at 20-34 year old BC1C2 women. It will have an initial print-run of 1.3 million and is aiming for a circulation of… Continue reading Gruner And Jahr Launch Hello! Rival
IPC’s Amateur Photographer will be publishing a special one-off Erotica issue on June 8th. The fourth annual edition will feature 40-extra pages of editorial as well as 60 pages of erotic photos.Bob Carlos Clarke, a respected and well-known erotic photographer, will be the guest editor of the issue. To get maximum point of sale the… Continue reading Erotica Issue For Amateur Photographer
Charles Kirchner has quit his post of group marketing director at the Mirror Group. Mr Kirchner had only been in the job six months after joining the media group in November as brand development director. No one has yet been appointed to replace him.Abbie Rawson will be leaving her post as head of research at… Continue reading Mirror Group And Optimedia Lose Senior Executives
24-hour cable channel The Weather Channel has signed its first major distribution deal with a UK cable operator.The channel, owned by US company Landmark Communications, has secured cable carriage with ComTel which operates across central and southern England in Andover, Oxford, Stafford, Salisbury and Coventry. A pilot service will be launched on ComTel on June… Continue reading Weather Channel Signs Distribution Deal
L!VE TV, the cable only channel famous for its News bunny and topless darts has announced expansion plans. It is to launch a series of City TV stations across Britain.The first will be Liverpool L!ve which will go to air on November 1st. Edinburgh L!ve launches a month later. Early in 1997 L!ve TV will… Continue reading L!Ve TV Announces Expansions
The Evening Standard is to launch a new section on Fridays. ‘Hot Tickets’, an A4-sized listings magazine, will begin this week. It will cover all events in London and feature a seven-day TV and radio guide. The Independent also recently launched a listings section on Fridays, called 24seven (Newsline 22/04).The launch of the new Standard… Continue reading Evening Standard To Launch New Section
National Heritage Minister Iain Sproat yesterday announced a further relaxation of cross-media ownership rules. The new arrangements will allow local newspapers with more than a 50% share of their market to own a radio station in the area concerned, (providing that there is at least one other independent local radio station in operation in the… Continue reading Local Newspapers Media Ownership Rules Relaxed
TeleWest has announced the launch of its own Internet access service called Cable Internet. Although currently wholly owned by TeleWest, the UK’s largest cable operator, Cable Internet is intended as a platform that would allow all cable operators to provide Internet services.According to TeleWest a number of major operators, including NYNEX CableComms, General Cable and… Continue reading TeleWest Launches Internet Service
Time Out is to apply for the last new Greater London FM radio licence to be advertised by the Radio Authority. Festival Radio, which would play alternative music, is also backed by Mentorn Films, EMAP, and the Mayfair Entertainment group, owners of the Curzon cinema chain.Tony Elliott, Time Out publisher said, “The station would reflect… Continue reading Time Out Applies For London FM Licence
