http://www.challengetv.co.ukLet’s face it, Challenge TV is pretty tacky. Repeats of old gameshows hosted by ageing second-rate celebrities is never going to be anything but gaudy. But that’s okay because it’s funny: attempting to lend more gravity to what must be the first ever (or, at most, second) Challenge TV Gameshow Awards ceremony by referring to… Continue reading Website Of The Week – Challenge TV
The Radio Authority (RA) will begin the formal process of licensing commercial digital radio by advertising the only national multiplex on 24 March.The existing national commercial stations (Classic FM, Virgin Radio and Talk Radio) are already guaranteed a place on the multiplex but there is also room for up to five new digital radio stations… Continue reading National Digital Multiplex To Be Advertised By RA
IPC Magazines has announced that Andy Sutcliffe, group editor of the three IPC cycling titles, is being seconded to the company’s Music & Sports special projects department for a twelve month period. As a result a number of post changes have been effected.Robert Garbutt has been promoted to editor of Cycling Weekly, from deputy editor.… Continue reading Post Changes At IPC Cycling Titles
A report by The Billett Consultancy claims that the great demand for ABC1 audiences by advertisers has caused ITV to overtrade in this area resulting in the provision of more discounts than its inventory will allow for. The ramifications of this are that other advertisers are effectively subsidising the ABC1 discounts.The increase in demand for… Continue reading ITV Underestimates Ad Demand For ABC1 Audience, Says Report
Dishy Dr Doug’s dad died in E.R. this week, meaning that the whole episode was set away from the hospital. 3.45 million people tuned in to see Doug and Mark Green travel down to Mexico to collect the body and have some male bonding along the way. Over recent weeks the once mighty American import… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary w/e 22/02/98
Mike Bloxham, chairman of the Internet Research Company, told the 3rd Media International/Objective Research Conference that bad websites do more to harm a brand than bad ads.Speaking at the conference, held at London’s Landmark Hotel, Bloxham also pointed out that while the potential for positive ad impacts on websites is high, the potential for negative… Continue reading Bad Websites Hurt Brands, Conference Is Told
IPC’s pilot makeover magazine, Made Up! , has gone back into research and will be relaunched in the Autumn. A spokesman for the publisher told Newsline that the title of the magazine will probably remain the same while some aspects of the editorial will need altering. While no figures were available, IPC said that the… Continue reading Made Up! Magazine To Get Autumn Relaunch
Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has retained its place at the top of the Campaign “Top 30 Agencies” table, with AC Nielson MEAL billings of £355.86m for 1997.Ogilvy & Mather move up a place from last year to number 2 with £271.08m while Saatchi & Saatchi makes it to number three from last year’s position of… Continue reading AMV Tops Campaign Agency Table
Titanic, The Jackal, Starship Trooper and Devil’s Advocate helped boost January’s cinema admission to 14.53 million, an increase of 23% on the same month last year. The average weekly admissions for the month came in at 3.28 millionSubscribers can access the Cinema database by selecting “Cinema” from the drop-down box at the top of this… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Rise 23% In January
Channel 5 will be running a dedicated science-fiction weekend on April 4th and 5th. The event is to be sponsored by Columbia’s Men In Black film, which is released four days later on video.Highlights include Steven Spielberg’s director’s cut of Close Encounters of the Third Kind, Jeff Bridges in Starman, a specially themed Mag and… Continue reading C5 To Run Men In Black Weekend
