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LWT has made a preliminary approach to take over Yorkshire Tyne Tees. The move has been confirmed by the Yorkshire board.The move follows speculation after Granada’s bid for LWT was rejected; LWT was expected to make a take over bid itself in order to block Granada.Last night in the House of Lords the measure allowing… Continue reading LWT Approaches YTTV
IPC has bought The Gardener from HHL Publishing. This comes nine months after IPC launched the monthly Your Garden. The Gardener has a circulation of around 40,000 (ABC Ju-Dc 92) and competes with Emap’s popular Practical Gardening. The deal has started fears of a price war as IPC fights for market share.BBC Good Health from… Continue reading IPC Takes Over Gardening Title
Radio Clyde has announced results for the year ending September. Pre-tax profits have increased 178% from £1.09m to £3.03m.Turnover was up 12%, boosted by exceptional credits, arising from selling some of their investments in Satellite Media Services.
The Radio Authority announced on Friday that it has awarded the Independent Local Radio licence for Central Scotland to Central Scotland Radio (Coast to Coast FM).Central Scotland Radio is a talk and music radio station, backed by Grampian and Border Television. Chairman of Central Scotland Radio is Sir David Steel. He commented; “We will be… Continue reading Radio Licences Awarded
A new satellite and cable channel is to launch on 1 February. Travel is owned by Landmark Communications, which also operates The Weather Channel and The Travel Channel in the US.The Travel channel will be dedicated entirely to holiday and travel planning with programmes for every possible taste in travel. As well as featuring programmes… Continue reading New Channel – For Travellers
The Saatchi brothers, Charles and Maurice, are understood to be attempting to launch a management buy out.Their efforts to break up the group follow a board meeting two weeks ago when Charles Saatchi stepped down as a director, and an announcement that the brothers would be leaving their offices in Berkeley Square, a move which… Continue reading Saatchis Planning Buyout
Yorkshire Tyne Tees Television will not announce its results today as expected, but has deferred the announcement until late January.The company warned last month that it was likely to announce a loss because of problems on advertising sales. It is expected that pre-tax losses are unlikely to exceed £9.5m.Meanwhile speculation is rife over any plans… Continue reading YTTV TO DEFER RESULTS/LWT SPECULATION
PPA has published two new sets of guidelines for the magazine publishing industry, for bar coding and issue numbering and for stock control and returns systems.The guidelines for stock control and the returns system have been revised by the PPA Circulation Committee; Jill Simmons, head of circulation, commented “These guidelines are part of the PPA… Continue reading PPA – Publish Guidelines
MTV’s Unplugged series is to be sponsored by Fila throughout the whole of 1994. The sports footwear manufacturer will be supporting its sponsorship deal with an on-air campaign.Frank Brown, Director of Advertising sales, said “Fila’s target audience is synonymous with that of MTV’s viewership and I am delighted that Fila have decided to sponsor MTV… Continue reading Fila To Sponsor MTV’s Unplugged Series
