In an effort to become recognised as a marketing and communications business Saatchi & Saatchi Advertising is to become just Saatchi & Saatchi. Chief executive Kevin Roberts says that the brand will now convey communications ideas, not just advertising. This name-change follows last week’s demerger from Cordiant.Saatchi & Saatchi: 0171 436 4000
The WH Smith’s ad starring Nicholas Lyndhurst took the National TV Award for best advertisement at last night’s ceremony. Actor David ‘Del Boy’ Jason came away with three awards (most popular actor, most popular comedy performer and most popular comedy programme for Only Fools And Horses). Michael Barrymore won most popular entertainment presenter for the… Continue reading AMV’s WH Smith’s Ad Wins National TV Award
MTV Networks Europe is to combine its MTV and VH-1 sales teams in the UK.MTV Europe Press Office: 0171 284 7519
The world of the Internet offers a seemingly inexhaustible hive of information on all kinds of people’s lives, their hobbies, their clubs; it allows discussions, has chat rooms and, almost certainly, creates electronic love affairs. A young American woman however, has offered her whole private life up for scrutiny – 24 hours a day. Jennifer… Continue reading Web Round-Up W/E 10/10/97
Nestlé’s leading culinary brand Crosse & Blackwell have agreed to sponsor a second series of ITV’s Quisine show. The deal was negotiated by Carlton and Universal McCann on behalf of Crosse & Blackwell. Quisine will start on 21 October and run until 18 December.Other ITV Network programmes currently available for sponsorship are Remote Control Cooking… Continue reading Crosse & Blackwell Sponsor New Series Of Quisine
BSkyB has said that it will not be allowing ITV to show the crucial England v Italy World Cup qualifying match live on Saturday. Instead, ITV will be showing an unedited recording of the game at 10pm. The Football Association had put pressure on Sky Sports to allow live coverage of the game to be… Continue reading No Live England Game For ITV
The September Retail Price Index was announced this morning as 159.3, an increase of 0.5% on the previous month and a rise of 3.6% on September 1996.Subscribers can access RPI trends by selecting “Encyclomedia” from the drop-down box at the top of this page.
The Swedish government in conjunction with the Komsumentverket, the Swedish national board of consumer policy, are seeking the removal of alcohol advertisements by the state alcohol company Vin & Spirit from the Internet. Legal action is expected to be taken by the two state bodies against Vin & Spirit to enforce the demand. Vin &… Continue reading SWE: New Conflict Brewing
The French Spirits Federation has reported that, for the first time ever, sales of whisky in France have outstripped those of aniseed-based spirits. The Federation says that this is due to the Loi Evin’s ban on most types of alcoholic beverage advertising, which has given internationally-recognised brands, it says, a major advantage over local brands.
The EC has accepted a revised version of Spain’s Ley Digital, or digital TV law, although with some reservations. The original law caused conflict between the Spanish government and the EC as it imposed standards that outlawed a version of pay-TV set-top decoding boxes, unfairly favouring the system used by state broadcasters. The EU sent… Continue reading EU: Commission Accepts Spanish Law
