The theme park Thorpe Park is sponsoring LWT’s Weekend Show. The deal runs for 8 weeks from July 11. The new programme, produced by LWT, features Andi Peters and Emma Forbes as they travel up and down the Thames, doing celebrity interviews and running down the events of the weekend.
Carlton is launching its new web-sites, Carlton On-Line and Central On-Line on June 26.Web-surfers will be able to indulge in virtual chat in the on-line café and purchase programme related merchandise from the comfort of their own homes. There will also be the opportunity to view programme schedules and read other channel related information.Carlton: 0171… Continue reading Carlton And Central Move Into Cyber Space
Capital 95.8 FM has won the Gold medal for the Best Top 40 Format at the New York Festival International Radio Awards. This is the second year running that Capital has picked up the trophy.Classic FM also won two Gold awards; one was for its 16 part documentary series Russian Revelation and, for the second… Continue reading Classic And Capital Take Gold
Fresh magazine, the monthly women’s glossy which launched in February (see First Issue Review – Fresh), has been suspended. The title, published by Hair & Beauty and aimed at 18-26 year olds, is believed to have struggled in the fiercely competitive young women’s market which include Minx and Now among its recent launches. A spokesman… Continue reading Magazine News
Following an uncertain start and several postponed launch dates, the youth orientated cable channel, Rapture promises to be hitting screens within the next month. The channel is now advertising for senior production staff, which adds weight to this claim.Rapture: 0171 287 0097
Details of the merger between WCRS’s media department and Mediapolis, set for July 1, are beginning to emerge with some appointments being made (subscribers see WCRS Set To Merge Media Department With Mediapolis).While the majority of WCRS’s media team will carry on with the same job titles, a few changes are reported. Marc Mendoza, media… Continue reading WCRS/Mediapolis Merger Gears For Launch
Charles Marks, an account manager at Express Newspapers, is to become New Media Marketing and Sales first sales director.Zenith Media has restructured its planning department. Deidre McNair, a planning director and Richard Skipper, a systems development director, have both been appointed to the Board. While, Clare Bugler, a consultant at the Davis Company, Lisa Hallinan,… Continue reading Movement In The Ranks
Channel 4 reaffirms its distinctive remit this summer with a £47 million schedule that is asking for criticism from the Daily Mail brigade. Cutting Edge, Renegade TV and a gay zone, Queer Street are just some of the shows bound to spark controversy. This summer also sees the most substantial multicultural season in the channel’s… Continue reading Channel 4 Reaffirms Its Remit
Mike Wood, media director at JWT, and Mandy Pooler, managing director at Ogilvy & Mather’s the Network, are going to be named as the joint managing directors of WPP Media, it is rumoured. The new outfit, which will bring together the media outfits at JWT and the Network, is set to launch on January 1… Continue reading Heads Named For WPP Media Outfit
http://www.newsworld.co.ukNews World is the annual conference for people who work in the electronic news gathering industry. The site, designed and hosted by MediaTel Interactive, contains basic information about this year’s conference, the speakers, sessions and the exhibition.The conference is held in high esteem by the news industry and is known to attract influential speakers, this… Continue reading Web Site Of The Week – News World
