The ITC has received one application each for the local delivery franchises for Bassetlaw and Ravenshead.The applicants are: BASSETLAW Diamond Cable Ltd, to serve 32,000 residential premises and 1,050 business premises by the year 2000. RAVENSHEAD Diamond Cable Ltd, to serve 2,500 residential premises and 25 business premises by 1996. Diamond Cable Communications plc already… Continue reading Applications For Nottingham Cable Franchise
Saatchi & Saatchi has announced results for the year ended 31 December 1994; Pre-tax profits were up 69% to £32.4 million, compared to £19.2 million in 1993.Worldwide revenue was £775.4m. In the US, revenue was £314.5 million, a decline of 13%; trading was very mixed and dependent on the new business performance of individual units.… Continue reading Saatchi Announce 69% Increase In Profits
The financial future of The Independent is to be redesigned later this month in the form of a £20m rights issue.Tony O’Reilly’s Independent Newspapers and Mirror Group Newspapers will end up with 44% each of Newspaper Publishing. Of the two European shareholders, La Republicca has decided to pull out to concentrate on television interests in… Continue reading Independent Refinanced
The national newspaper ABCs for February show a similar picture overall to the last few months; News International’s titles remain steady, with the Sun up 4.5% on last year and the Times up 34.7% on last year.The Express titles continue in their decline, the Daily losing 7.8% year on year, and the Sunday Express down… Continue reading Today In Decline
Next month the Independent Television Commission publishes its annual review of programming for 1994. Channel 4 is expected to come under heavy criticism for its youth programming which includes The Word and Eurotrash. Also expected to come under scrutiny will be the Red Light Zone, a season of films focusing on erotica and deviance which… Continue reading Channel 4 Youth TV Faces Attack
BBC World Service Radio is to make its most radical scheduling changes since the 1930s, as a reaction to satellite television news channels and in a bid to increase audiences.For the first time, the single English language programming from London will be broken up into five separate streams in different regions of the world to… Continue reading BBC World Service Changes
The launch of the Republic of Ireland Target Group Index (TGI) is the basis of the next MRG Evening meeting. Held on Monday 3 April, Irish Night will look at the TGI survey in detail. Dave Harland from Initiative Media is invited to advertise a product of his choice aimed at housewives with children; budget… Continue reading MRG Evenings
… Aston Villa have signed a 4-year kit sponsorship deal worth more than £4m with Reebok.… Reebok has signed a deal with the Chinese Track & Field Federation who will wear Reebok footwear and apparel at the IAAF World Indoor Championships in Barcelona. Reebok also sponsor track and field federations from Russia, Spain, Portugal, Belgium,… Continue reading Latest Sponsorship Deals
Mike Tunnicliffe is to become sole managing director of CIA Medianetwork UK, following the retirement of chief executive Ian Rogers. Tunnicliffe was previously joint managing director.Adam Poulter, Leo Burnett’s group media director is leaving to become marketing director of London Transport Advertising.… Morgan Grampian is to become known as Miller Freeman from 1 June, as… Continue reading Appointments
More O’Ferrall’s results, out yesterday, showed pre-tax profits to December up from £7.76m last year to £9.53m. The company reported improvements in Britain and Ireland in 1994, and strong growth in the first quarter of 1995, forecast to continue for the rest of the year.
