The Electronic Telegraph is now selling advertising for other web-sites. Chelsea Football Club is reported to be the first client of the newly established new-media sales house.The Electronic Telegraph’s sales team has been expanded to cope with the new business.The Electronic Telegraph: 0171 538 5000
Big names and bright stars form part of BBC TV’s £255 million Spring and Summer package. Auntie has fifteen brand new entertainment shows and nine new dramas lined-up for transmission.Drama addicts will be spoilt for choice, with both Channel 4 and the BBC promising a bag of goodies in this genre. Channel 4 lifted the… Continue reading The BBC Unveils Its Spring Schedule
Leopard, the Dockland’s based ad agency, has relaunched as Warman & Bannister. The new outfit, named to reflect the ownership of Roy Warman and Terry Bannister, has run ads with the tag-line “Leopard Killed In Docklands. We Name The Guilty Men.” The agency will continue to be based in Docklands.Warman & Bannister: 0171 512 1000
Nissan is to sponsor Channel 5’s coverage of the England v Poland football match on 31 May as well as the preceding England v Argentina rugby union clash. It is reported that the deal is worth in the region of £100,000.Channel 5: 0171 497 5225
There are substantial differences in the degree to which countries are preparing themselves for the new media age, according to FutureTrack – Europe, a major new study conducted in eleven European countries by the Euroquest partnership. Certain countries and regions show themselves to be very quick on the uptake of new media technologies – Scandinavia,… Continue reading Differences Revealed In Europe’s New Media Uptake
Cordiant, one of the world’s largest global advertising groups and owner of Saatchi & Saatchi, today announced that for the year ending 31 December 1996 it made a pre-tax profit of £41.8 million, compared to a loss of £22.6m for 1995. Revenue was down from £761.1m to £754.9m, though excluding the impact of exchange movements… Continue reading Cordiant Profit Turnaround
Electronic information provider MAID this morning announced financial results for Quarter 4 1996 which show turnover jumping 57% to £21.4 million. Pre-tax losses were in line with expectations at £7 million. Corporate subscriber numbers trebled however from 1,200 to 3,800 and the company expects to become profitable this year.Michael Mander, chairman of MAID, said: “Having… Continue reading MAID Announces Surge In Turnover
FutureNet , the Web site of Future Publishing, a division of Pearson New Entertainment, has signed an agreement with Music Network Classifieds to incorporate the service in the redesigned FutureNet site, to be launched on 14 April *New Address For Futurenet.The restructured site will become an entertainment and information service that incorporates an extensive range… Continue reading FutureNet Relaunches
The Scotsman newspaper is to publish a London edition. The paper, which recently appointed Andrew Neil as editor in chief, has made this move in a bid to place Scotland, and the issue of devolution, on the election agenda.Scotsman: 0131 225 2468
Flextech Television has announced its new sales and marketing department that will be responsible for the company’s multi-channel venture with the BBC.It is reported that Richard Burdett, currently the vice-president of sales and marketing at Flextech, is to become vice-president of marketing. He will be taking on a greater marketing brief and will become responsible… Continue reading Flexing Its Marketing Muscle
