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Andrew Quinn, chief executive of the ITVA, is expected to announce today at TV93 in Monte Carlo, that Dick Emery is to take over as marketing director of the network. Emery is currently working at ITN as commercial director.

New research carried out by the Billet Consultancy, based on TV contractor revenue over the last ten years, has led the company to speculate that in order to survive in what it suggests is a stagnant market, TV sales operations will have to merge. It estimates that the first of these mergers will take place… Continue reading ITV Sales Operations To Merge?

In an attempt to repay its $150m bridging loan, WPP Group is launching a £85m rights issue. Shareholders will be asked to pay 45p a share for new ordinary shares on the basis of four for every five shares already held.The Group has stated to current shareholders that profits for 1992 have risen from £38.4m… Continue reading £85m Rights Issue For WPP

Andrew Quinn, chief executive of the ITVA, is expected to announce today at TV93 in Monte Carlo, that Dick Emery is to take over as marketing director of the network. Emery is currently working at ITN as commercial director.

Business and Technology magazine, aimed at IT directors and managers, is due to launch on April 19. The magazine will be published by Cromwell Media and is the first venture by the publishing company. B&T magazine will be A3 and aims to have a controlled circulation of 21,200.

Plans that have been in the pipeline for the past three years have finally come to fruition at John Brown Publishing with the announcement that it is to launch Gardens Illustrated on March 25th.Brown has chosen to publish the magazine himself, and hopes to place it somewhere between traditional gardening magazines such as House &… Continue reading John Brown Goes Into Gardens

LBC has introduced a new advertising initiative called Q Fax which allows listeners to obtain more information on a product or service via a fax machine. Advertisers using the service will give out a fax number at the end of their ads, listeners will then dial the number on their own fax machines to receive… Continue reading LBC Ads Supported By Fax Service

TV adspend will grow by only 2% per year over the next five years according to new research by the Henley Centre.Key conclusions of the research are: Over 40% of advertisers believe they can cut adspend by over 4% without adversely affecting sales. 30% believe they will be spending more in TV in 1997 than… Continue reading Fall In TV Adspend Predicted

President of Heinz, Tony O’Reilly, is again rumoured to be interested in buying into the British newspaper industry with the first proposed acquistion being Reed Regional Newspapers. O’Reilly made a failed bid for Mirror Group Newspapers at the end of last year and so is now attempting to etch out a new path into UK… Continue reading Irish Tycoon To Buy Into UK Press

Comedy and drama feature strongly in BBC’s spring/summer schedule, issued yesterday, with new arrivals such as Every Silver Lining, a comedy starring Frances De La Tour and Andrew Sachs about husband and wife cafe owners, six comic Strip films, a new series of The Full Wax and Have I Got News For You and regulars… Continue reading Yentob Issues BBC Spring Schedule