Nationwide Building Society is set to increase its links with football by announcing a major new sponsorship programme. The building society today revealed details of deals with the England team, the Football League and the Football Conference.The building society is to be the main sponsor of the England team for the next four seasons, and… Continue reading Nationwide To Sponsor England
Mobile phone company One2One’s ad campaign attracted the most national press coverage, according to a survey carried out by Propeller Marketing Communications.The quarterly ‘Ads That Make News’ survey found that the One2One campaign attracted even more attention than the controversial ad ran by the Committee For Racial Equality last year (see Newsline).One2One’s campaign saw current… Continue reading One2One Draws Attention To Itself
The Radio Authority announced today that it is to replace its Promises Of Performance with Formats as a means of regulating commercial radio output. The replacement is set to begin in February, on a region to region basis, starting with the London commercial radio stations.The Formats are expected to set out more clearly and concisely… Continue reading Radio Authority Replaces Its Promises Of Performance With Formats
NTL, the cable company currently bidding for Newcastle United Football Club, announced a partnership today with 3Com, the US telecoms group. The venture will give the cable operator’s customers super-fast access to the internet with a new cable modem.The new modems use the latest fibre rich cable TV networks which use digital signals and lasers… Continue reading NTL Announces Service Advancements
Mirror Group-owned cable TV channel, Live TV, has launched a website at www.livetv.co.uk. Associated Newspapers has given the £1.5 million advertising campaign for its new London Metro newspaper to Mustoe Merriman Herring Levy. Virgin Net showed just over 10 million page impressions in its latest ABC//electronic audit for 1-30 November. The UK site was launched… Continue reading Newsline Brief
@Home, provider of high speed internet access, announced this week that it is to buy Excite, the loss-making internet search company, in a $6.7 billion deal. The deal is the biggest merger yet in the internet sector, and follows the acquisition of Netscape by AOL last year (see Newsline).BT owns a 50% stake in Excite… Continue reading @Home Acquires Excite In Largest Internet Merger Yet
Express Newspapers has dismissed the Express On Sunday‘s editor, Amanda Platell, following the paper’s publication of an article which detailed the private friendship between Peter Mandelson, former Trade Secretary, and a Brazilian student. Ian Walker, the paper’s news editor, has also been given the sack.The dismissals have fuelled the debate that the Labour government has… Continue reading Express On Sunday Editor Dismissed Following Mandelson Story
The latest IPA Trends In Television Report, for the fourth quarter of 1998, shows that the commercial television sector drew in 59.3% of audience share, increasing its share of viewing against the BBC channels.The report also shows a gradual increase in the amount of television being watched, with viewing up to an average of 3.61… Continue reading Commercial TV Channels Increase Share, According To IPA Report
Stuff, the magazine which was closed by its current publishers Dennis at the beginning of the month, has been rescued by Haymarket Magazines which intends to continue with production of the February edition where Dennis left off.Dennis decided to close the magazine after circulation did not grow at the rate that was anticipated (see Men’s… Continue reading Haymarket Saves Stuff From Closure
Adding to the company-wide redundancies announced last week (see 200 Jobs To Go In IPC Restructure), IPC Magazines has just announced the closure of its monthly women’s title, Options. Despite a makeover last year (see IPC Gives Options A Makeover), the magazine for 20-30 year old ABC1 women has failed to reverse a long-term decline… Continue reading IPC Closes Options After Long-Term Sales Decline
