Former New PHD TV buying controller Jim McDonald is to move to GMTV in December to work as its new group sales manager. He will replace Keith Stael who is leaving to travel the world.…The Financial Times has created a number of new appointments in its advertising department. Stephen Dunbar-Johnson has been promoted to UK… Continue reading Appointment Briefs
BARB has begun a new panel which will include five cable channels previously absent from the survey.Panel 71 will measure L!ve TV , the Travel Channel , the Box , Carlton Food Network and Carlton Select . The survey began on 29 September and will be included in BARB data releases over the next couple… Continue reading BARB Begins Cable Measurement
Propeller Marketing Communications published its latest ‘Ads That Make The News’ survey today. The survey shows that Trevor Beattie’s Wonderbra ads generated more coverage in the national newspapers than any other in the third quarter. Beattie is the creative director of BDDP GGT ad agency. The Wonderbra ads received twelve dedicated news stories in the… Continue reading Ads In The News
Abbott Mead Vickers Plc. (AMV) has bought the Craik Jones Watson Mitchell Voelkel direct marketing agency for an initial cash payment of £2.44m. AMV will make up to an additional five payments depending on the financial performance of Craik Jones over the next five years.AMV further consolidates its position as a provider of direct marketing… Continue reading AMV Acquires New Business
The number of UK homes connected to the Internet has doubled from just under 400,000 in June 1996 to 960,000 in June 1997, according to a survey by NOP – the equivalent of one in twenty five of all UK households.Overall, the survey also shows that six million adults in Britain used the Internet in… Continue reading Internet Users Double In Twelve Months
H Bauer Publishing have announced the launch of a new up-market home interest title called Beautiful Living. The magazine will go on sale early this November following a first edition which trialed in June.Beautiful Living will be edited by Penny Dash who was editor of Homes & Ideas at its inception. The Publishing Consultancy, which… Continue reading H Bauer Publishing Launch Beautiful Living
Capital Radio has told regulators that it will not proceed with plans to begin broadcasting in digital unless it is guaranteed better terms. As the UK’s largest independent radio company Capital is virtually guaranteed a London digital slot but there is still a slim possibility that it may not be granted a frequency. This, according… Continue reading Capital Radio Wants A Safer Digital Deal
Sir Robin Biggam, the chairman of the ITC, has stressed the Commission’s commitment to the regional dimension of ITV in a speech to key figures from the broadcasting, education and political worlds.In an apparent response to threats from digital TV and the increasing concentration of power among a few ITV companies, Sir Robin said that… Continue reading ITC Committed To Regional ITV
Manning Gottlieb Media (MGM) will transfer its £60m television billings to BMP DDB Needham at the end of this month ready for 1998 TV negotiations. Currently this operation is run with TMD Carat. The amalgamated billings of over £250m reportedly make BMP DDB Needham the UK’s third largest TV negotiation point.Manning Gottlieb Media: 0171 470… Continue reading MGM Moves TV Negotiations To BMP DDB Needham
