EMAP Internet Sales is to represent ad sales for Lycos UK, the British member of the Lycos-Bertelsmann Gmbh group of European Internet navigation centres.Carol Dukes, managing director of EMAP Internet Sales said “With the addition of Lycos UK, not only do we represent the largest portfolio of sites in the UK, but we offer the… Continue reading Emap Internet Sales To Represent Lycos UK For Ad Sales
Michael Grade bid good-bye to the TV industry last night at a Royal Television Society gala dinner. The Guardian reports that Grade used his farewell speech to attack the management of the BBC and the industry’s regulators. “Sadly, I think things at the BBC are getting worse not better,” he said and he hoped that… Continue reading The BBC Fails To Make The Grade
Daily Quality MarketThe Daily Telegraph is still the highest selling paper in this sector, selling 1,090,505 copies in June and increasing 3.4% year-on-year. Its closest competitor, The Times saw a slightly smaller increase in sales year-on-year, rising 1.5% in this period to 735,714. The Financial Times saw the greatest increase in sales in this sector,… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – June ABCs
The managing director of Grey Advertising, Nigel Sharrocks, is reported to have resigned from the agency.Nick Kelvin, the planning director of CIA Medianetwork, has left the company, a replacement has not yet been announced.In the press, The Financial Times’ media correspondent Ray Snoddy, one of Britain’s most respected media journalists, has been poached by News… Continue reading Movement In The Ranks
Mark Fisher, the broadcasting minister, has launched a public consultation document on what criteria should be used to decide whether sporting events merit a ‘listing.’ Viewers’ organisations, sports bodies and broadcasters are being consulted in the first stage of the Government’s review of the current lists of events for which live TV coverage must be… Continue reading Which Events Merit A Listing?
From today, Bloomberg Television is available free-of-charge to Sky satellite viewers in the UK and Ireland. The 24-hour English-language news channel has started broadcasting on the Astra 1a satellite.The channel is already transmitted on a number of UK cable networks, but this deal represents a significant audience acquisition for the company, making it a more… Continue reading Bloomberg TV Arrives On Astra
Capital Radio plc has announced that David Mansfield will succeed Richard Eyre as chief executive. Eyre leaves on 30 September to become chief executive of ITV.Mansfield was formerly group director at Capital with overall responsibility for the group’s operations. Prior to this he was group commercial director.Ian Irvine, chairman of Capital Radio said: “David has… Continue reading Capital Quickly Fills The Eyre Space
The future of cinema advertising and the multiplex was the subject of yesterday’s conference hosted by Carlton Screen Advertising. The Empire Leicester Square provided the venue for a morning of intense discussion into the fastest growing medium by revenue over the last decade.Adam Poulter, managing director of Carlton Screen Adverting, opened the conference, explaining that… Continue reading The Future Of Cinema Advertising
The ITC has conducted research in to the TV coverage of the general election and found that the majority of viewers thought that the coverage was fair, but there was too much of it.By the end of the election period, viewers felt saturated with election information and 4 in 10 viewers avoided it and switched-off.… Continue reading Too Much Politics
The publishing industry’s biggest competitors, Conde Nast, IPC and the National Magazine Company have united together in a venture to increase revenue from subscription sales. The ground-breaking initiative will involve pooling information on direct-mail subscribers.IPC: – 0171 261 5000The National Magazine Company: 071 439 5000Conde Nast: 0171 499 9080
