The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) proved that they are not wholly against controversy, deeming the latest addition to French Connection’s infamous FCUK campaign, ‘unlikely to cause serious or widespread offence’. The ASA received complaints that a cinema commercial for the FCUK brand was offensive, despite having been approved by the Cinema Advertising Association (CIA) to… Continue reading FCUK OK According To ASA
ITV Chief executive, Stuart Prebble, has demanded that the government make a commitment to the digital switch over, while accusing the BBC of wasting license fee payers money.Speaking at the annual Goodman Derrick lecture last night, Prebble accused the the government of not doing enough to promote the digital switchover. He called on the Secretary… Continue reading Prebble Demands Government Commitment To Digital
GWR chief executive Ralph Bernard suggested today that aspects of last year’s Communications White Paper expected to be omitted from the Bill going through parliament this year- namely those relating to media ownership -could still be included if the industry reaches a conclusion in time, creating a “ready-to-go” Bill.Speaking in reaction the Queen’s speech at… Continue reading Radio Group Welcomes Communications Bill Drafting
The Queen’s speech today will unveil over 20 bills for the first legislative programme of Labour’s second term, but the Communications Bill will not be among them, with a focus on reform issues such as health, education and crime being favoured. However, a bill setting up the “super-regulator” OFCOM will be included for this period.The… Continue reading Communications Bill On Hold This Year
Jupiter Slashes Online Ad ForecastsTo an assembled audience of advertising honchos in Cannes, Jupiter announced yesterday that it was cutting its global online advertising forecasts for 2001 from 47% growth to just 12% due to the extreme uncertainty of the market.Top advertising executives from around the world are in Cannes for the annual International Advertising… Continue reading Jupiter Slashes Online Ad Forecasts
Not a day goes by at present when there isn’t some mention of the dotcom boom fall-out or the advertising slowdown that have plagued media companies so far this year. Revenues at ITV have been particularly hard hit as recent figures from Granada and Carlton have shown. Shares tumble; brokers downgrade; media-land sulks.It is interesting… Continue reading Feature: National Papers’ Display Pages Hold Strong
IPC Media has announced a series of new appointments, including the promotion of former Nova publisher, Elaine Foran, to director of the newly created central international and fashion sales group.In the new role, Foran, reporting to IPC advertising MD, Georgina Crace, will manage sales strategy and client and editorial liaison across all IPC titles including… Continue reading Management Shake Up At IPC
Cable and Wireless suffered the greatest loss among media stock yesterday, with shares sliding 6.58% to finish at £4.19, a loss of 29.5p on the previous day.Maiden also faired badly in yesterday’s market, slumping 4.66% to close at £4.60, a loss of 22.5pRTL led the field among media groups yesterday, climbing 9.48% to finish at… Continue reading Sharewatch
Plans by Granada and Carlton Communications to unify their pay-TV ventures into ITV, have been halted by a dispute with smaller shareholders, according to press speculation.It is believed that Granada and Carlton, which hold nine out of the fourteen regional ITV licences and control most of the advertising revenue, have reached a stalemate situation with… Continue reading Spanner In The Works For Integrated ITV Platform
