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.
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 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
Marcus Plantin’s ambition to revolutionise Sunday night television on ITV has been tainted slightly with the announcement that the blockbuster movie slot is to terminate on February 21. ITV’s further stockpile of films cannot be broadcast until 1994 and so it is unable to keep the airtime filled with suitable material. The blockbuster slot claimed… Continue reading Plantin’s Blockbuster Slot Threatened
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
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.
The battle of the tabloids continues with the Sun reporting the Daily Mirror to the Press Complaints Commission for its report on the Queen sueing the paper for publishing her Christmas speech. In response the Mirror has been told it can either settle the matter directly with Kelvin MacKenzie, editor of the Sun, or it… Continue reading Sun Reports Mirror To PCC
A sponsorship deal has been set up with Britannia Music to back the radio coverage of the Brit Awards, covering the production costs in return for airtime on the 22 stations which are broadcasting it. The awards will cover an hour, the night before ITV broadcasts the event. The deal was organised by Unique Broadcasting.
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
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.
