Keith Jones, managing director of the Specialist Publishing Group within IPC Magazines will join Reed Business Publishing on 1 January 1995 as deputy chief executive, and will succeed John Mathews as chief executive on his retirement in May 1995.Keith Jones has been managing director of the Specialist Group for four years and joined the board… Continue reading New Chief Executive For Reed Business Publishing
The Independent Television Commission’s complaints report for October 1994 warns TV companies to take greater care over the sceduling of commercials.Yorkshire Tyne Tees was criticised for showing an ad for the film Frankenstein (with a certificate 15) during children’s programmes. YTTV attributed this to human error. The ITC also said that Channel 4 was wrong… Continue reading ITC Warns Over Ad Timings
October saw a leap in the popularity of cinema, with admission figures the highest this year apart from August, the traditionally peak month for cinema. October’s total admissions figure was 14,070,296, just behind August’s total of 15,062,074.Average weekly admissions for October were 3.18 million; this represents an increase of 41.2% on October last year. Three… Continue reading Cinema Admissions – October
Henkel, one of Europe’s biggest producers of DIY adhesive products, is to sponsor the Northern Premier Football League, in a deal worth £250,000. The Northern Premier will be known as the Unibond League, after the market-leading brand. The sponsorship will initially run until the end of the 1996/7 season. The League’s previous sponsors were British… Continue reading Unibond To Be Football Sponsor
Volvo has announced a sponsorship deal with NBC Super Channel. The Volvo 960 Road Conditions Report consists of three daily 40 second reports, at 7.15am 4.10pm and 9.00pm. There aer opening and closing billboards and the series will be complemented by other on-air promotions.
Classic FM, in a bid to build on its advertising success so far, has launched a new initiative for 1995 – The Classic Creative Process 1995.Aimed at both agency creatives, and existing and potential clients, The Classic Creative Process will include the Classic FM Ad of the Quarter, Improvisation Workshops for creatives and a series… Continue reading Classic FM Continues Sales Push
The Sunday Express is to revamp its colour supplement on January 15; the supplement will change from the current glossy format to the same style as the current Classic section. The move follows the Mail on Sunday’s revamp of its You magazine, designed to attract the female reader. The Sunday Express’s revamp will remain a… Continue reading Sunday Express Revamp Magazine
The combined ITV/C4 revenue figure for October, based on agency estimates was £190.5m, an increase of 4.5% on October 1993. The ITV figure was £151.7m, up 1.1% on last year; C4 came in at £38.7m, up 20.7% on last year. This is an 80:20 split. These figures represent highest ever revenue figures so far for… Continue reading TV Round-Up – October
British Sky Broadcasting is in detailed talks with Reuters, according to an article in today’s FT, about a possible partnership between Sky News and Reuters.Reuters appears to have taken over in the running from ITN as a future partner for loss-making Sky News. For some time Sam Chisholm, BSkyB chief executive, has been looking for… Continue reading BSKYB In Partnership Talks With Reuters
The London Interconnect Group of Cable Operators has appointed Katz International to manage its cable advertising sales, Independent Cable Sales (ICS).ICS was set up two years ago to sell the ad time that cable operators in London receive from the TV channels which broadcast on their networks; ICS also sells advertising on Channel One.Katz International… Continue reading Katz To Sell London Cable
