Alan Bryson, ex joint MD of TVMM, has been appointed Field Sales Director of the Family Channel – due to launch on September 1st 1993.The Family Channel, owned by US company International Family Entertainment, will transmit between 9-10 hours per day of ‘positive entertainment’ – both US and soon to be commissioned UK offerings. The… Continue reading Appointment At Family Channel
The Milk Marketing Board, joint sponsor of the Milk Race 1958 to 1992 and sole sponsor in 1993 has announced it will not be renewing the deal worth an estimated £750,000. Kronenberg 1664 is to sponsor Channel 4’s coverage of the Tour de France Coverage will include all 23 daily broadcasts and 60 trailers. P&O… Continue reading Sponsorship News
Independent Local Radio group GWR has announced profits for the six month period to March up 17.9% to £4.08m, an increase of £316,000. The improvement was aided by the fact the local sales revenue increased by 19% over the period – which countered the 6% fall in national revenue.The group which owns a 17% stake… Continue reading GWR Profits
Inflation remained unchanged at 1.3% in May. The Retail Price Index for last month was 149.1, taking 1985 as the base rate. This is an increase of 1.3% on May 1992 and an increase of 0.4% on April 1993.
BSkyB and Quality, Value, Convenience (QVC) are to launch a 24 hour shopping channel to cover Europe on 1st October.QVC is the largest shopping service in the US, transmitted live, all day every day, to around 44m cable homes and 3m satellite homes. BSkyB believes the new channel will ‘add a new dimension’ to their… Continue reading BSkyB/QVC Home Shopping Link-Up
Granada Television has revealed profits of £21m for the 6-months to March 27, an increase of 19% on last year. The Granada Group as a whole recorded profits of £68.1m, up by 28% on 1992.
The Saatchi & Saatchi £73m rights issue has had a 92% take-up. The money raised will be used in a variety of ways. £36.5m will go towards reducing bank debt, £19m will buy minority stakes in European advertising subsidiaries, £10.5m will be used to strengthen media buying and £7m will be used for new technology.
Thomson Directories has signed a deal to sponsor Sky News’ weather bulletins. Thomson already sponsors Channel 4’s weather bulletins.
Portsmouth and Sunderland Newspapers has reported a 50% leap in profits to £6m, for the year to the end of March. The publisher’s titles inlcude the Portsmouth News and the Sunderland Star.
ITV’s charity raising ‘Telethon’ has been scrapped following a consistent fall in moneys raised over the past few years.Amid speculation that the cut is due to a ‘tired format’, ITV told MediaTel this morning that the cut is the result of programme scheduling difficulties arising from ITV’s intended coverage of the World Cup – the… Continue reading Telethon To Be Scrapped
