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Giant poster specialist, MegaPoster, has been selected by the British Heart Foundation to carry the outdoor executions of its controversial anti-smoking campaign, dominating the outdoor advertising market in six major cities.The campaign, employing three large-scale banner adverts in London, Leeds and Bristol, as well as smaller sites in Liverpool, Birmingham and Manchester, builds upon the… Continue reading MegaPoster To Carry Controversial Anti-Smoking Campaign

Today offers you the second chance to win £100 of shopping vouchers. MediaTel.co.uk has created a wall chart to highlight the extent of data now available. The wall chart has been sent to all MediaTel.co.uk subscribers – with the chance to win £100 of shopping vouchers on each of the first three days this week.On… Continue reading MediaTel Wallchart – Today’s Winning Number

The rumours surrounding a merger between Channel Four and Five were given another boost when RTL boss and majority owner of Five said the group would be ‘prepared to go in to a minority position’ if the television broadcasters decided to team up. RTL, which owns two-thirds of Five and United Business Media, which owns… Continue reading RTL Expresses Interest In C4 and Five Merger

The rumours surrounding a merger between Channel Four and Five were given another boost when RTL boss and majority owner of Five said the group would be ‘prepared to go in to a minority position’ if the television broadcasters decided to team up.RTL, which owns two-thirds of Five, and United Business Media, which owns the… Continue reading RTL Expresses Interest In Channel 4 And Five Merger

Flextech is planning to capitalise on the growth of Living TV’s valuable youth audience with the launch of a new spin-off channel focusing heavily on reality-TV shows and exclusive acquisitions.Living TV 2 will hit the multi-channel airwaves on 13 December and will broadcast daily from 9am to midnight with a mix of US imports and… Continue reading Living TV Launches Spin-Off Dedicated To Reality Shows

A positive day’s trading amongst media stocks saw the UK’s radio companies bounce back from a week of decline yesterday, with all but GWR seeing an increase in share price.GWR recently announced the details of its merger with Capital Radio, a move which will create a broadcaster worth £711 million controlling more than 40% of… Continue reading Sharewatch: Positive Trading Gives Boost To Radio

IPC Media is to extend the syndication of its most famous brands with the creation of a new division dubbed IPC+ to handle the licensing of its operations world-wide.The new division has been created from the company’s Content & Licensing division and is dedicated to building IPC’s brands through commercial partnerships. IPC+ will encompass brand… Continue reading IPC Focuses On Syndication To Boost Brand Power

Emap’s weekly teen magazine Sneak unveils a new look this week following in-depth research carried out over the summer to boost circulation.The revamped title will carry a new design and logo aimed at making it more eye catching on the shelf, as well as a range of new content specially tailored to appeal to its… Continue reading Emap Sneaks In Redesign Of Weekly Teen Title

Chrysalis Radio’s flagship Heart 106.2 recently revamped its image and hiked up its adspend by around 20% in an attempt to knock arch-rival Capital 95.8 off the top spot in London. The station’s head of marketing, Tina Finch, explains the strategy behind the decision…The past decade has seen the UK’s radio industry go from strength… Continue reading NewsLine Column: A Brand New Heart

During September, a number of advertising forecasts for 2004 and 2005 were revised as solid recovery in Europe and the US kicked in. Carat, the world’s largest independent media agency network, grew its 2004 forecast from 5.3% to 5.7%, while 2005 was increased from 4.4% to 5.0%. The UK’s Advertising Association (AA) also revisited previous… Continue reading INSIGHTanalysis: Media Healthcheck – September 2004