Omnicom is expected to takeover the agency Griffin Bacal. Omnicom subsidiary DDB Needham Worldwide is expected to complete the takeover within a fortnight. Griffin Bacal will operate as an independent, wholly owned subsidiary of DDB. The two agencies are said to have been in talks since the beginning of the year but the deal has… Continue reading Omnicom Take Over Griffin Bacal
London Transport has shortlisted four bidders for the final stage of the sale of LTA Advertising Limited; they are: Management and Employee Buy-out Team headed by Brian Robinson, LTAAL’s managing director More O’Ferrall, the UK’s largest outdoor advertising contractor A consortium led by Transportation Displays Inc, the largest transport advertising company in the US. The… Continue reading LTA Bidders: 4 Shortlisted
The combined TV Revenue share for April, based on agency estimates, came in at £157.89m, an increase of 5.6% on last year’s April figure. The ITV share was £125.55m, with Channel 4 at £32.33m. ITV’s figure is up 2.1% on last year’s figure; Channel 4’s figure is up 22.1% on last year’s figure. This is… Continue reading Television Revenue – April
The BBC is seeking commercial partners to join in a pan-media enterprise, French Challenge. French Challenge is a season of broadcasting on BBC1 and 2 as well as BBC national and local radio stations, due to start in September.On offer to commercial supporters is the chance to sponsor a range of promotional, off-air activities, such… Continue reading BBC Seeks Marketing Partners
Bernard Steel, group marketing manager of the European has left, just two months after the departure of sales director Jeremy Reed for The Independent. Bernard is leaving to join Reed Business Publishing’s monthly title International Management. Don Thomson, former managing director of The Radio Sales Company, has been appointed sales director of Heart FM, which… Continue reading Appointments/Sponsorship
The Radio Authority has told the government it would like to see longer licences for commercial radio companies, to give the industry more stability. The Authority believes that the present eight year licences are too short to give an adequate return on investment.It also wants the government to look at anomalies in the way television… Continue reading Call For Longer Radio Licences
The trade and technology minister, Patrick McLoughlin, has made it clear that the government will not ban “lookalike” products. After consultations on the issue, he rejected pressure from manufacturers to amend the Trademarks Bill to crack down on goods that resemble well-known brands.Mr McLoughlin said the Goverment agreed with the “overwhelming majority”of views received that… Continue reading No Ban On Lookalikes
Rupert Murdoch is planning to launch on-line consumer services later in the year. National newspapers; The Times, Sunday Times and Today would be on-line as well as other information and services…
The IPA has relaunched its Media Appraisals Committee as the Media Research Quality Committee, “to reflect the changing trading conditions of the 1990s.”In the future, an IPA Seal of Approval will be awarded to surveys that meet the IPA’s minimum technical standards; the IPA hopes to establish an easily identifiable quality benchmark for media planners… Continue reading IPA Revamps Media Appraisals Committee
The Department of Trade and Industry has issued a consultation document on whether copyright protection should be extended to programme formats. A programme format comprises “the common unifying features” of a game show or comedy.Back in 1989 it was decided that the unifying features of Opportunity Knocks, which had been copied by the New Zealand… Continue reading Copyright May Be Extended To Programme Formats
