At its recent Council meeting, the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) elected a number of new companies into membership. Ellison Communications, HDM Agency, i-level and Wieden & Kennedy join the IPA to take its total number of agency members to 204.The IPA has also awarded Fellowships to a number of members as recognition of… Continue reading IPA Elects New Members
There was much enthusiasm for media stocks yesterday: Financial Times publisher Pearson rose 117p to its best-ever price of £16.38p amid a host of rumours, particularly in the internet department. The group has been developing its Net presence lately, its most recent venture a deal with online auction house icollector (see Sharewatch). Current rumours include… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Guardian Media Group has joined with the GWR Group and Scottish Radio Holdings to bid for the second digital radio multiplex licence for London. The three groups are united under the Score Now consortium, which was formed in November (see GWR And Scottish Radio Unite In London Licence Bid)The Radio Authority decided to make… Continue reading Guardian Media Group Joins Bid For Digital Radio Licence
As news emerged that cable company Telewest has been holding merger talks with Flextech, shares in the latter shot up 182˝p to 1,532˝p. Telewest’s prices closed up 12p to 351źp.Shares in broadcaster BSkyB fell as it announced a deal with German pay-TV group Kirsch (see BSkyB Moves Into German Pay-TV Market). Prices closed down 6˝p… Continue reading Sharewatch
Guardian Unlimited has appointed David Rowan as editor. He takes over from Simon Waldman, who was made head of the newspaper’s nine sites in October (see Guardian Unlimited Appoints New Head).Rowan has been at the Guardian for over ten years and is currently editor of the digest magazine, Editor. David Rusbridger, editor of the Guardian,… Continue reading Guardian Unlimited Gets New Editor
Pay-TV group Flextech and cable operator Telewest Communications have this morning confirmed that they are in talks which could lead to the merger of the two groups and the creation of a £10 billion TV and telecommunications company.In a statement the two companies said: “These discussions, which include the possibility of a combination of the… Continue reading Telewest And Flextech Reveal Merger Talks
The breakfast show has long been the lynchpin of a station’s schedule, seen as the point at which listeners will either stick with the station for most of the day or wander off down the dial to a competitor’s broadcast. It is not surprising that the breakfast slot is so important as it attracts by… Continue reading Feature: The Importance Of The Breakfast Show
EMAP On Air is to offer advertisers a cohesive sponsorship and promotions package based around its Big City Network of radio stations. For the first time the Big City stations, which target 15-34s in large cities, will be launched as a national brand by EMAP.The Big City Network, part of EMAP’s new Performance Network of… Continue reading EMAP To Promote Big City Network As National Brand
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising (IPA) has said that it is not satisfied with undertakings made by the Birmingham Post & Mail (BPM) to offer advertisers compensation for six years of inflated circulations for three of the group’s newspapers.Last month it was discovered by BPM’s parent company, Trinity Mirror, that the Birmingham Evening Mail,… Continue reading IPA Unhappy With Plans To Handle Birmingham Papers’ False ABCs
FIFA, the international governing body for football, has announced that it is to allow pay-television channels to bid for the broadcasting rights to the 2002 World Cup. The move raises the possibility of all but a handful of matches being broadcast solely by pay-TV cable and satellite companies, although FIFA has guaranteed that matches involving… Continue reading FIFA Signals The End Of Free To Air World Cup
