John Willis has joined the shareholder board of Channel 5 Broadcasting, replacing Clive Hollick as the United News & Media representative. Willis was formerly director of programmes at Channel 4 and has recently been appointed as managing director of United Film & TV Productions. He quit the post at Channel 4 in September last year… Continue reading Channel 5 Gets New Board Member
Katz has sub-contracted its TV sales operation to Laser due to its wish to concentrate on radio and international business (subscribers see Katz Restructures Away From TV) .Laser Satellite & Cable will now take on the national advertising and sponsorship sales for Channel One , the Performance Channel and Asianet , as well as the… Continue reading Laser Takes On Katz TV Business
Following the sale of a number of titles to CMP Media (subscribers see Emap Computing Sells Titles), Emap Computing is to redistribute its remaining computing and telecoms titles throughout a number of Emap divisions before Emap Computing closes in April.It is believed that a new Emap company will be set-up in order to take on… Continue reading Emap Reorganises Its Computing Titles
Channel 5 has signed a major multi-year movie deal with Buena Vista International.Following earlier deals with Fox and Warner Bros, the new partnership will secure key releases from Walt Disney, Touchstone and Hollywood Pictures from 1996, 1997 and 1998.Films which will see their terrestrial premieres on 5 will include Con-Air, The Rock and Phenomenon.The deal… Continue reading C5 Signs New Movie Deal
The long-planned national sports daily newspaper, Sport First, has taken a step closer to launch with the appointment of David Emery as its editor. Emery will leave his post at the Press Association, where he is editor of its page production unit, on 16 January. He also regularly writes sports features for the Mail On… Continue reading Sport First Appoints Editor
Quality Market The quality market performed steadily in July-December, with an increase of almost 3% to 5.841 million sales. Only two titles showed drops in sales while most of the others reported modest increases.The Sunday Telegraph‘s July-December circulation showed the largest year on year increase of all the nationals, with a rise of 14% to… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – December
St Luke’s has won Campaign‘s 1997 Agency of the Year award, after seeing off competition from the likes of BMP DDB and Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe. According to the magazine the agency had put in an “outstanding all-round performance”.Elsewhere, Michaelides & Bednash won the Media Agency prize despite the fact that it does not buy… Continue reading St Luke’s Is ‘Agency Of The Year’
ITV Network Centre has announced that Nestlé has renewed its sponsorship of the children’s programme Potamus Park. This sees the association running for the third consecutive year. The food and drinks company is to cannily associate its Hippo Fromage Frais with the kids’ show which is shown twice a week on Tuesdays and Thursdays.Andy Thompson,… Continue reading Nestlé Teams Up With A Hippo
The Express On Sunday is to launch a 48-page sports paper this weekend in an attempt to increase its target audience of young males. The papers are to be printed separately but will be combined by wholesalers for sale together. The Express Sport On Sunday will replace the paper’s current sports supplement, Sport.Express Newspapers: 0171… Continue reading Express On Sunday Launches Bumper Sports Section
