The Vanderveer Group, Inc., Fort Washington, Pa., has changed its name to TVG, Inc. The health care marketing services firm has also opened a new focus group facility in Fort Washington, a suburb of Philadelphia. The new facility features a state-of-the-art conference room, two-tier viewing room, video-equipped client lounge, video-conferencing studio and audio and video taping capabilities.

Spatial Insights, a Vienna, Va., geographic information services firm, recently completed a pro-bono evaluation of the geographic and demographic characteristics of donors to the Nation’s Capital Affiliate of the American Heart Association. The Nation’s Capital Affiliate serves the Washington, D.C., area by funding cardiovascular research and providing educational programs. The evaluation performed by Spatial Insights helped delineate demographic profiles and identify opportunities for additional solicitations and specific fundraising events.

Kaiser Permanente of Colorado will use The Point-of-View Survey System, a small, electronic datagathering device made by Point-of-View Survey Systems, Inc., Denver, to survey its 311,000 members in the Denver, Boulder and Longmont, Colo., areas.

FocusVision, a Stamford, Conn., provider of videoconferencing for market research, has conducted its first international transmission of live focus groups. Field Facts International, London, is the first facility with FocusVision for global service. Sites in Paris, Frankfurt, Milan and other locations are planned soon. In addition, six more facilities have signed on in the U.S., bringing to 37 the number of domestic FocusVision sites.

Market Facts, Arlington Heights, Ill., declared a quarterly dividend of 10 cents per share.

SPSS Inc., Chicago, has reached an agreement in principle to acquire BMDP Statistical Software, Inc., a Los Angeles maker of statistical software. SPSS expects to pay approximately $600,000 in cash and 13,000 shares of common stock to acquire the assets of privately-held BMDP. SPSS also expects to assume certain liabilities. The company said it expects the transaction to add about $1 million in revenue and approximately 2 cents to earnings per share in 1996.

MEMRB International, a research firm headquartered in Nicosia, Cyprus, with offices in 25 countries, joins 14 network partners in offering CSM Worldwide products in over 50 countries. CSM Worldwide products are used to measure and manage customer and employee satisfaction and loyalty. The CSM Worldwide brand, owned by Walker Information, Indianapolis, Ind., is licensed to research fh-ms who are selected and assigned to exclusive geographic territories.

ICT Group, Inc., Langhome, Pa., has opened a new call center in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada. The bilingual French/English outbound telemarketing facility will specialize in marketing to the fmancial services and insurance industries.

Decisionmark Corp., Cedar Rapids, Ia., has signed a joint-information agreement with Donnelley Marketing, Inc. Under the terms of the agreement, Decisionmark will act as a reseller of Donnelley’s DQI2 file and the ShareForce Lifestyle database, which provide information on approximately 90 million U.S. households and 150 million individuals. The information will be formatted for use with Decisionmark’s desktop software package Proximity.

Two Cleveland research firms, Decision Research Corp. and Tactical Decisions Group, have merged to form the TRIAD Research Group.

Consumer Opinion Services, Seattle, has added focus group facilities to its office at Northtown Mall in Spokane, Wash. The new facility features a tapered conference table with seating for 10 to 12. The Viewing room measures 15x12 feet and seats eight to 10 observers. Recruiting is handled on-site and supervised by office manager Ruth Rivers.

Total Research Corp., Princeton, N.J., and EXL Group, a quality management consultancy, have formed a strategic alliance to expand the scope of Total Research’s Customer Loyalty Management process.

IBC USA Publications, Inc., East Syracuse, N.Y., has acquired the assets of W-Two Publications Ltd., Ithaca, N.Y. W-Two publishes four titles on international demographics (Market: Europe, Market: Latin America, Market: Asia/Pacific and Market: Africa/Mid-East) and offers ancillary products and services.