Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has risen to the top of the Campaign Top 300 Agencies league with ACN MEAL billings of £306.81 million in 1996, a 24.29% increase on 1995’s figure of £246.85m.Saatchi and Saatchi (excluding K Advertising and Team Saatchi) dropped from its top spot last year to 5th, with billings of £224.34m. This… Continue reading AMV Tops Campaign League
The Independent is giving away a 64 page fashion magazine free with this Saturday’s edition of the newspaper. The supplement is being produced in association with Paul Mitchell hair-care products.The Daily Telegraph is also running a fashion promotion. The paper is offering readers the chance to enter a prize draw. One winner per day will… Continue reading The Independent Is The Font Of Fashion
The ITC has decided that, as a result of a ruling of the European Court of Justice, it will not in future license satellite services transmitted from the UK, by or on behalf of EU Persons, unless the service provider is ‘established’ in the UK.When considering whether a service provider is ‘established’, the ITC will… Continue reading ITC Responds To European Ruling
Fun For Kids is the name of a new family-lifestyle magazine launching on March 5. The title is aiming at kids between the ages of 4 and 14. The publishers, DMG, is aiming for a circulation of 100,000. A £200, 000 promotion in The Daily Mail will support the launch.DMG: 01895 677 677
The BBC has signed a £40m three year deal which will guarantee it coverage of England’s Five Nations away matches as well as all Scotland, Ireland and Wales games. BSkyB secured exclusive rights to England’s Five Nations home games last summer in a deal worth £87.5m * BSkyB Signs Rugby Deal Worth £87.5m which commences… Continue reading BBC Wins Five Nations Coverage Deal
25 jobs have gone at The Express following a restructuring of the display advertising team. Shalene Perkins, head of advertising on the Sunday paper, Charlie McCrostie, head of advertising at the Daily Star and Peter Thompson, head of advertising features are among the senior staff reported to have been taken-off the Express payroll.Andy Jonesco, group… Continue reading Major Changes At The Express
Liberty Publishing has signed a number of bulk distribution deals in a bid to turn around Punch’s depressing circulation figures *Liberty Lose Chairman And Chief Executive.Guests of Queen’s Moat and Starkis hotels and travellers on Cathay Pacific’s long-haul flights will each receive a free copy of the magazine.All bulk sales figures will be listed separately… Continue reading Desperate Punches
The ITC has decided that, as a result of a ruling of the European Court of Justice, it will not in future license satellite services transmitted from the UK, by or on behalf of EU Persons, unless the service provider is ‘established’ in the UK.When considering whether a service provider is ‘established’, the ITC will… Continue reading ITC Responds To Ruling
Complaints were made to the Broadcasting Standards Council following the screening of Michael Jackson’s Thriller video on TOTP2. The BSC’s February Complaints Bulletin reported that: “The Committee took the view that the nature of this video made it inappropriate for inclusion in the pre-Watershed programme.”There were also complaints upheld about ITV’s The Knock; the BSC… Continue reading More Complaints About Michael Jackson
The Mirror is launching a stand-alone regional recruitment section with tomorrow’s paper. The new weekly section will be between 8 to 12 pages and has a 50:50 ad/ed ratio. The main recruitment areas covered are retail, IT, clerical, catering, leisure, telecommunications and nursing.This is the first time that a tabloid paper has given a lot… Continue reading Jobs In The Mirror
