Red Hot Television (formerly Red Hot Dutch) has failed to change a court decision to ban the sale of decoders needed to access the station. The ban will begin on Saturday while the issue is referred to the European Court of Justice.
Rumours have re-emerged about a merger between Granada TV’s sales arm and Media and Airtime Sales. A report in this week’s issue of Campaign suggests that the two companies will finally merge in August with managing director of MAS, Craig Pearman, heading the company.
ITN’s news contract with Channel 4 has been extended to the end of 1996. The deal is worth £15.5m a year to the news organisation.
Digital Equipment Company is to sponsor the British Library for a sum of £1m to install computer systems, it has been announced. It is the library’s largest private sponsorship so far and Digital’s largest deal to date.
At yesterday afternoon’s Marketing Week seminar entitled “The Value of Quality Television” Phil Gullen, managing director of Carat Research, presented the topline findings of some new research into this area.Two studies were undertaken: the Carat Foretel Attention Study, which measured quality of viewing to over 3,000 programmes; and the Foretel Advertising Recall Study, which was… Continue reading Research The Value Of Quality TV – Seminar
At yesterday afternoon’s Marketing Week seminar entitled “The Value of Quality Television” Phil Gullen, managing director of Carat Research, presented the topline findings of some new research into this area.Two studies were undertaken: the Carat Foretel Attention Study, which measured quality of viewing to over 3,000 programmes; and the Foretel Advertising Recall Study, which was… Continue reading Research The Value Of Quality TV – Seminar
Publisher of Woman’s Own and Woman’s Weekly, IPC magazines is planning to run a ‘shopper’s survey’ during July and August to examine reader attitudes to advertising areas such as holidays and motoring.Each questionnaire will be inserted into 250,000 issues across 15 of the company’s titles, but it has yet to be decided which magazines will… Continue reading IPC Shopping Survey Aids Advertisers
Due to hit the airwaves on Friday, Virgin Radio has just finalised a £2m deal with Nescafe to sponsor its new Saturday morning show, hosted by Big Breakfast star Chris Evans. The deal is one of the largest ever negotiated on UK radio and will last for three years.The Big Red Mug Show is the… Continue reading Virgin Finalises £2m Deal With Nescafe
Having sponsored independent radio’s Video Review for three years, Panasonic has decided to withdraw from the £500,000 a year deal, feeling that radio sponsorship no longer fits into its plans. The Video Review claims to have weekly audiences of 6 million listeners.
Having sponsored independent radio’s Video Review for three years, Panasonic has decided to withdraw from the £500,000 a year deal, feeling that radio sponsorship no longer fits into its plans. The Video Review claims to have weekly audiences of 6 million listeners.
