The Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against ITV after it screened a commercial for American Express featuring a surfer riding a large wave following an ITV News report on the Asian tsunami.The complaint was made to the ASA against ITV, Channel Four, Channel Five and Sky One, with six viewers complaining that it… Continue reading ITV’s Wrist Slapped Over Tsunami Ad Placement
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GMTV will lose one of its best known faces in April as presenter Eamonn Holmes sits on the breakfast show’s famous red sofa for the final time, ending a career of more than 12 years with the broadcaster.Holmes has been the face of GMTV since it began in 1993, steering it to success and into… Continue reading Holmes Quits GMTV After More Than A Decade
The former chief executive of Five, David Elstein, has bought the Hallmark Channel’s international TV operations for an estimated £167 million. The purchase was backed by private equity group, 3i, and Providence Equity Partners, who reportedly put in half the money to buy the unit from Crown Media Holdings. Commenting on the deal, Crevan O’Grady,… Continue reading Elstein Buys Hallmark Channel’s International TV Operations
Kelvin MacKenzie’s Wireless Group is reported to be the latest interested party in the battle for Scottish Media Group (SMG) owned Virgin Radio. It is thought that Lord Wahees Alli, the media mogul fronting private equity group 3i’s bid for the station, has held talks with the Wireless Group to discuss combining Virgin’s sales unit… Continue reading Alli And MacKenzie Eye Up Possible Radio Ad Sales Merger
Commercial broadcaster, Channel 4, has announced its strongest January performance for five years, revealing a 10.3% audience share for the first month of 2005, beating rival BBC2. Channel 4 performed strongly in 2004, seeing audience share increase by 2%, year on year and January 2005 marks an 11% increase on January 2004. The last time… Continue reading Channel 4 Reports Record Performance In Five Years
The UK has experienced exceptional broadband uptake since the technology first became available to consumers, with over half the UK population having access to a high-speed internet connection, according to a new report published by internet research specialists Nielsen//NetRatings.The new data reveals that 32.3 million people have access to the internet, with the number of… Continue reading Internet Users Reach All Time High
The Sunday Times may soon undergo a partial conversion to tabloid format, if reports this morning are to be believed, with the paper understood to have produced dummy versions of tabloid travel, business, money and news review sections.The paper’s senior management team is believed to have considered overhauling all of the title’s supplements, proposing a… Continue reading Sunday Times Considers Tabloid Overhaul For Supplements
Mirror Group Newspapers (MGN) has promoted deputy director of advertising, Dominic Carter, to the position of director of advertising following the departure of Clare Dove from the role after just 14 months, overseeing ad sales for the company’s most high profile titles.The promotion will see 39-year old Carter take responsibility for the ad sales operations… Continue reading MGN Promotes Carter To Fill Ad Director’s Shoes
Capital Disney, the digital radio station for 8-14 year olds has announced the launch of its Most Requested Chart, giving listeners the first chart voted for purely by children who text in or vote via the website for their favourite song.The votes form both The Most Requested Chart Show, which will be broadcast every Saturday… Continue reading Capital Radio Launches Interactive Chart
The Financial Times has announced that it will publish a glossy colour supplement on the 24 February, building on last month’s male-focussed Business of Fashion supplement with a women’s edition.The supplement, entitled The Business of Fashion: Women’s Wear Spring/Summer 2005 will only be distributed in the UK and Europe and will explore issues within the… Continue reading FT To Launch Women’s Fashion Supplement