Beleaguered cable operator Telewest has announced the appointment of Eric Tveter as president and chief operating officer following the departure of acting chief Barry Elson last month.The appointment comes just weeks before the expected completion of the company’s crucial £3.9 million debt for equity swap, which was agreed last September after months of wrangling with… Continue reading Telewest Names New Chief Ahead Of Financial Restructuring

MegaPoster has secured a deal that will see Nissan promote the launch of its new 350Z coupe with a giant banner campaign including the newly acquired site on the Hicking building in Nottingham.The campaign, planned by Manning Gottlieb OMD, will run throughout June and July and will feature the car speeding along a main road… Continue reading MegaPoster Signs Nissan For Coupe Launch Campaign

Emap’s recently launched men’s lifestyle magazine Zoo has secured a number of high-profile sponsorship deals with Pepsi, Yates and Coral to coincide with the impending Euro 2004 football tournament.The magazine will also be published on different days throughout the championships to bring readers news on the key England games. The first Zoo football special will… Continue reading Zoo In Football Frenzy With Euro Sponsorship Deals

Emap Advertising has secured a deal with Vista Home Entertainment that will see Kerrang! become the exclusive media partner for the forthcoming launch of The Osbournes DVD box-set.The six-figure deal represents a media first for Emap Advertising with all promotional activity for the launch appearing solely across the Kerrang! portfolio of radio, television, website and… Continue reading Kerrang Secures Cross-Media Deal For Osbournes Launch

Sir Martin Sorrell’s revelation that revenues for March and April of this year have been stronger than anticipated has been taken by dealers to mean that WPP’s forthcoming financial results are likely to be higher than forecast.Speaking at a Merrill Lynch conference recently, the WPP chief executive said that March and April were stronger than… Continue reading WPP To Beat Forecasts As Recovery Gathers Pace

ITV is understood to have scrapped plans to expand its digital strategy with the launch of a dedicated digital channel for children later this year.The UK’s largest commercial broadcaster was due to unveil ITV Kids as part of a new channel package to boost its digital presence. However, the launch has been shelved and ITV… Continue reading ITV Scraps Plans To Launch Digital Channel For Kids

Fears that PVRs will transform the planning process have been confirmed by BSkyB’s admission that more than three-quarters of Sky Plus viewers skip through the adverts when watching recorded programmes.BSkyB chief executive, James Murdoch, yesterday reaffirmed his commitment to the Sky Plus personal video recorder, claiming that it supplements core viewing and provides a platform… Continue reading Ad-Avoidance High Amongst Sky Plus Viewers

High-speed Internet use grew 42% last year as 8.3 million US homes and businesses signed up for broadband services, says the Federal Communications Commission. By the end of 2003 broadband use grew to 28.2 million homes, driven largely by new residential and small-business customers. Cable-based services continued to be the most popular form of broadband… Continue reading US Broadband Internet Use Rockets in 2003

By the end of March 2004, the total number of worldwide DSL lines reached 73 million, according to Point Topic’s latest analysis on the DSL market. Growth was almost 15% for the first quarter of 2004, with a record 9.5 million absolute increase in lines since the end of 2003. This is good news for… Continue reading DSL Lines Climb To 73 Million Worldwide

ITV chief executive Charles Allen has put forward a controversial proposal that would see ITV form a joint venture with the BBC to sell their most popular television programmes oversees.Allen told the Commons Select Committee on Culture Media and Sport that the two companies could team-up to sell programmes internationally if BBC Worldwide, the Corporation’s… Continue reading ITV Boss Proposes Controversial Joint Venture With BBC