John Major signalled at the weekend that he is ready and willing to engage in a televised debate with Tony Blair, leader of the Labour Party. While details have yet to emerge regarding the mechanics and date of the debate, senior broadcasters such as John Humphreys, Jeremy Paxman, David Frost and the Dimbleby brothers are… Continue reading Major Ready For TV Debate
Sky Television has now confirmed that it has won the rights to rugby union’s European Cup for the next five years. This gives Sky more live coverage of the game than any other UK broadcaster. Sky has been interested in acquiring rights to the coverage after ITV pulled out of a deal last year *BSkyB… Continue reading Sky Win Rugby Rights
(Updated at 3:52pm)John Major signalled at the weekend that he is ready and willing to engage in a televised debate with Tony Blair, leader of the Labour Party. While details have yet to emerge regarding the mechanics and date of the debate, senior broadcasters such as John Humphreys, Jeremy Paxman, David Frost and the Dimbleby… Continue reading Major Ready For TV Debate
The Financial Times increased its revenue over 1996 by 123% year on year to £16.5 million and increased ad revenue by 7%, Pearson announced this morning. The newspaper’s owner also announced that over the next five years up to £100m will be invested in extending the Financial Times and its brand internationally, opening new print… Continue reading FT Performs Well For Pearson
Delta Air Lines has landed Saatchi & Saatchi with its $100 million account.Ronald W. Allen, chairman, president and chief executive officer said: “We chose Saatchi & Saatchi because they are a worldwide agency with a proven track record for building global brands.”The agency’s first assignment is to launch Delta’s redesigned transatlantic business class this Spring.The… Continue reading Saatchi & Saatchi Lands $100,000
As Bob Phillis, deputy director general of the BBC put it: “This is the second long-awaited announcement to be made today, the first being the election date.” Subject to the approval of shareholders and the Department of National Heritage, BBC Worldwide Ltd, the commercial arm of the BBC, has finally concluded an Agreement with Flextech… Continue reading Flextech And The BBC Finally Shake Hands
Pearson’s financial results are released today and AMV’s finals appear on Thursday; Newsline will report on both these results.Two industry conferences are taking place this Tuesday; Marketing To Adultescents, organised by Marketing Week is taking place at the Cosmic Comedy Club and the IPA conference, Advertising Effectiveness, is being held at the National Theatre. Newsline… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Radio Ireland, the new national independent radio station, launches today on frequencies between 100 and 102 MHz.The station, whose backers include Scottish Radio and ICC Venture Capital, will air specialist items such as comedy, arts, education and Irish language programming as well as more mainstream drama. It will run an early morning current affairs programme… Continue reading Radio Ireland Goes On Air
On 7 March representatives from the European film industry met a group of EU national experts to discuss the Audiovisual Guarantee Fund being proposed to encourage audiovisual production in Europe. This project was submitted in December 1996 to the Culture Council, and provides for the establishment of an ECU 60 million fund, to guarantee loans… Continue reading EU: Audiovisual Guarantee Fund Meeting
