Mediapolis has won the Grand Prix prize for its Orange campaign at the 1997 Media Week Awards. The campaign also won gold for multimedia campaign of the year. Western International Media was awarded gold for best long-term media campaign and best media effectiveness for its Jack Daniel’s campaign.
Current controller of children’s and youth programmes Vanessa Chapman has announced that she will leave ITV Network Centre at the end of this year. Chapman will be replaced by Nigel Pickard who will move from Flextech where he is vice president, production and oversaw the launch of Flextech’s interactive quiz show channel Challenge TV.ITV Network… Continue reading New Controller For CITV
Wagadon’s women’s title Frank has reported first issue sales figures in the region of 131,000. The magazine launched in September with a print run of 220,000 and is hoping to settle for a circulation of around 100,000.Frank: 0171 689 2266
The PPA hosted a meeting yesterday which brought together Tessa Jowell, minister of state for public health, and the magazine industry to discuss the Government’s proposed ban on tobacco advertising. The meeting was initiated by the PPA following the Government’s Dying For A Fag anti-smoking conference.PPA: 0171 404 4166
Reuters has reported a year on year drop of 3% in its actual rates revenue for Quarter 3, from £736 million to £713m, and blamed the fall on the strength of Sterling. Underlying revenue however grew 8%.Chief executive Peter Job said: “We continue to expect underlying revenue growth for 1997 to be around current levels.”Reuters:… Continue reading Strength Of Sterling Hits Reuters
http://interactive.mediatel.co.ukDisplaying a well-balanced mixture of art images and functional design, the MediaTel Interactive site represents a showcase for the services which the company offers. The Clients section also provides a list of completed projects along with summaries of the benefits which the MediaTel Interactive sites generate. A number of high-profile clients currently have sites created… Continue reading Website Of The Week – MediaTel Interactive
Cordiant has just announced that its shareholders have agreed to the demerger plans which will see the Saatchi & Saatchi and Bates businesses split into separate companies (subscribers see Cordiant Confirms Demerger Plans).At the Extraordinary General Meeting held earlier today it was also confirmed that dealings in shares for the two companies will commence at… Continue reading Cordiant Demerger Approved
Television’s leading drama, Heartbeat has increased its audience yet again this week, (16.33 million compared to last week’s 15.29 million). Despite dropping from its previously well worn position of second place to third, the drama shows no signs of losing the momentum already gained. At the other end of the scale, the new Catherine Cookson… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 12/10/97
The Guardian and the Observer have made a series of commercial appointments. Joe Clark and Stuart Taylor, ad managers for the Guardian and Observer respectively, will swap roles from 1 November to develop their internal editorial contacts and broaden their newspaper experience. Simon Cooke has been promoted to newspaper business manager, reporting to Joe and… Continue reading Appointment Briefs
The Department of Trade and Industry has cleared the Mirror Group’s takeover of Midland Independent Newspapers after the Monopolies and Mergers Commission said that the move would not operate against the public interest.It was announced in July that the Mirror Group had made an agreed offer of £297 million for MIN (subscribers see Midland In… Continue reading MIN/Mirror Deal Gets Go Ahead
