The Independent Television Commission (ITC) has announced two senior appointments, effective immediately. Chris Banatvala has been appointed head of factual programmes and Vena Raffle has been made head of advertising standards.Raffle’s new position will entail managing a team of advertising standards and advertising complaints officers, taking responsibility for handling complaint responses and ensuring that the… Continue reading ITC Makes Senior Appointments
Natmags’ She magazine is to be relaunched in February, refocusing on the 30+ age group and dealing with more emotional issues such as relationships, family and friends. The revamp has been put together by Eve Cameron, who took on the role of editor at the magazine after exchanging her position as editor of health and… Continue reading She Goes Back To The Thirties
Tim Bleakley has been appointed head of broadcast sales at Emap Advertising. The appointment comes after Bleakley, the founder and managing director of Impact, the Wireless Group’s national sales house, made a sudden departure from TalkSPORT sales last month (see Bleakley Quits Impact).Dave King, managing director of Emap Advertising, said: “I have known Tim for… Continue reading TalkSPORT’s Bleakley Goes To Emap Advertising
365 Corporation, which has recently joined its web content operation with Chrysalis-owned Rivals.net, with the possible loss of around 60 jobs (see New Media Round-Up), has announced that it has closed its Television365 division on 1 December and will concentrate more on its voice services from now on.The announcement was made as 365 released interim… Continue reading 365 Closes TV Division; Rivals Launches E-Newsletter
Anglo-Dutch publishing group, Reed Elsevier, today restated that it is on track to deliver double digital adjusted earnings per share growth this year, despite the deterioration in global economic conditions. Business to business publishing, particularly in the technology sectors, has been badly affected by the economic downturn; the Science & Medical, Legal and Education markets… Continue reading Reed Elsevier On Target For Double-Digit Earnings, Despite Tough B2B Market
Total UK advertising expenditure is set to fall slightly next year, by 1.0% to £9.6 billion, according to the latest growth forecasts from Media Planning Group (MPG), compiled last month. Whilst this is still negative growth, it represents a palpable slowing of decline, from the 7.6% fall expected by the close of 2001. These figures… Continue reading Media Planning Ad Forecasts For 2001 And 2002 Are At The Low End
The decline in the cost of advertising is set to continue in 2002, although the rate will slow, according to a new report from Media Planning Group (MPG). The report looks at the broader advertising market picture (see Forecasts), as well as covering predictions for the individual media sectors. Advertising growth MPG’s forecasts for advertising… Continue reading Media Planning Group 2002 Forecasts By Medium
The number of online advertisers in the UK increased by 3% month on month during October, to 2,710, according to LemonAd‘s latest online advertising barometer figures. The figures also show that the number of campaigns rose 1% to 5,370, although the number of actual adverts remained virtually unchanged – down just 0.1% to 12,932. The… Continue reading UK Online Advertising Shows Slight Growth In October
With adspend expected to fall by around 2% in 2002 and a tough 2001 already experienced, the outlook for advertising agencies is ‘at best lacklustre’, according to a report from ABN Amro released this morning. The broker is expecting ad spend to decline by 1.9% next year, with marketing services growth coming in at around… Continue reading Pressure On Ad Agencies Expected In 2002, Say ABN Amro Analysts
The country by country breakdown of Zenith Media’s latest set of global advertising forecasts shows an optimistic outlook for the European ad market going into 2002. Global continental forecasts, published on MediaTel Insight yesterday (see Global Advertising Forecasts From Zenith Offer Some Hope To Industry), show that whilst in constant prices growth next year will… Continue reading Zenith’s European Ad Forecasts Paint Optimistic Picture
