Following a failed attempt by Thames to persuade the Independent Television Commission to reconsider its decision not to award the Channel 5 licence to C5 Holdings, the TV company looks set to restructure its request – asking the ITC to re-advertise the licence earlier than planned.Time Warner, the consortium’s main backer, has assured the Commission… Continue reading Thames To Request C5 Re-Advertisement
Rick Plata has been appointed Media Director of Burkitt Weinreich Bryant, taking effect from the beginning of April.
Marie Therese Doran, a planner/buyer with O&M Media has been announced as overall winner of the IPA Media Awards. Three others were highly commended – Phil Georgiadis of WCRS, Denise Gardiner of Bartle Bogle Hegarty, and Nick Emery, also with O&M Media.
Janet Street-Porter has been tipped as inside favourite for the position of Controller of BBC1 Television.The favoured external candidate for the job is thought to be Steve Morrison, currently director of television at Granada.
With the announcement that Martin Strivens is to leave his position as financial director at Kiss FM, further moves have been revealed, with the head of sales John Reilly deciding this week to quit the radio station.National sales will be taken over by Gordon Drummond and local sales by John Devine. Striven’s former position is… Continue reading Sales Changes At Kiss Fm
Trevor Southerden is to take over as advertisement manager with Morgan- Grampian monthly, Tunnels and Tunnelling. He was formerly an ad representative with the title.
The owner of Business India magazine, Ashok Advani has bought out Euro- business magazine, the monthly title that closed in 1991. A relaunch is being planned for late April, and the owner is hoping to attract advertisers with the promise of a circulation of 30,000. Charles Raw will act as editor on the relaunched title.
Broadcast Director of Young & Rubicam, Greg Turzynski has been promoted to Deputy Media Director of the company. Media Director Simon Matthews intends to become more involved with European issues while both will share in the running of day-to-day business.David Hughes steps up to fill the role of Media Planning Director; the shake-up is a… Continue reading Young & Rubicam Promotions
The fifth national sponsorship conference held by Stragic Sponsorship began yesterday and is continuing throughout today, with the emphasis yesterday being on sports and arts sponsorship and how these could be made more innovative.Speaking at the morning session,’Sports Sponsorship: A Game with too many Players?’ the question was raised that although sport has the biggest… Continue reading Fifth National Sponsorship Conference
Marie Therese Doran, a planner/buyer with O&M Media has been announced as overall winner of the IPA Media Awards. Three others were highly commended – Phil Georgiadis of WCRS, Denise Gardiner of Bartle Bogle Hegarty, and Nick Emery, also with O&M Media.
