Granada Sky Broadcasting will be launching a new masthead programme called the Zest Beauty Show on 31 March after tying up a deal with National Magazines’ Zest title. The show will go out on GSB’s Health and Beauty channel and will be presented by Julia Carling.The show will be the second programme to take advantage… Continue reading GSB To Launch Masthead Show
Rocket, a member of the PHD group, has instigated a management shake-up. John Harlow, previously the associate media director at Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, has joined Rocket as media director, and Tim Forest becomes the third member of the agency’s management team. Rocket is now looking to recruit a fourth senior executive. Rocket is hoping… Continue reading Rocket Takes More People On Board
Laser sales house has reorganised its management. Simon Pardon and Gary Knight, Laser’s executive sales directors, have both taken on new responsibilities. Knight is now commercial director, he will oversee a new commercial department, concentrating on licensing, merchandising and sponsorship.Pardon retains his original title, but has added London agency sales to his list of responsibilities… Continue reading Laser Changes Directors
BSkyB is planning to bring forward its plans for pay-per-view football matches in the face of possible competition from digital bidder Digital Television Network, according to trade press reports.DTN, the consortium led by International CableTel and backed by Merrill Lynch, is understood to have a large amount of cash set aside with which it will… Continue reading BSkyB Faces Battle For PPV Football
Cable channel TLC, owned by Discovery Communications, will be rebranded as Discovery Home And Leisure from 31 March.The move is aimed at dispelling confusion over what the channel represents. TLC was previously called The Learning Channel and it is believed that many adult viewers were put off from watching the channel because they thought it… Continue reading TLC To Be Rebranded
Following a recent price-cut promotion *Express Cuts PricesThe Express on Saturday put its price up by 10p to 30p last Saturday. It will remain at the 30p price this Saturday, although it will still be on sale for 20p in Scotland. The price is being reviewed on a weekly basis.The 20p edition had apparently given… Continue reading Express Price Cut Ends
Agency estimates put the total terrestrial television revenue for January at £166.65m. Of this, ITV brought in £128.15m, up 1.06% year on year, and Channel 4 came in at £38.5m, up 9.47%. Among the ITV franchises Carlton performed well with a year on year increase of 1.58% points to reach a share of 18.13%. The… Continue reading TV Revenue – January
The weekend edition of the Financial Times is to have a facelift. The traditional masthead will be replaced by the initials FT and the new look will be unveiled on March 8.The move is intended to differentiate the paper from the daily editions. Each section will be colour-coded and the publishers hope that the editorial… Continue reading Weekend FT Booked In For A Facelift
A report carried out by Datamonitor concludes that the European CD hardware market will almost double over the next five years. By 2001 this market is expected to reach 16 million units, 24% of which will be accounted for by business purchases.The consumer sales sector currently accounts for 79% of sales, while education and business… Continue reading CD Market To Nearly Double By 2001
The Evening Standard has lost two staff this week; Jill Guthrie, the client sales manager and Vicki Beazley, ad manager at ES Magazine have both departed. Richard Wilson, head of advertising at Emap Nationals will fill Guthrie’s shows.Meanwhile, Sunday Business‘s editor Anil Bhoyrul has left the paper; it is hoped that a new editor will… Continue reading Media Moves
