ITV director of programmes David Liddiment has now completed his new team of programme controllers with the appointment of Sky’s Jeremy Boulton as controller of acquisitions.Boulton will join ITV in January from Sky where he holds the position of director of acquisitions.ITV: 0171 843 8000
Manning Gottlieb Media and CIA’s former BT buyer Nigel Allmond are to set up a new operation called The Allmond Partnership. MGM will hold a 51/49 majority in the Partnership which is reported to be targeting larger clients than MGM.The Allmond Partnership is set to open for business very soon, although staff are yet to… Continue reading MGM To Launch Sister Operation
With the relaunch of BBC Online this week the Corporation made the rather grand claim that it would have the best Website in Europe within a year. A quick butcher’s at the Online site however would probably lead you to dismiss this as promotional flannel. The pages are slow to download, it isn’t graphically that… Continue reading Website Of The Week – BBC Online
EMAP Online has launched what it claims to be the biggest Internet travel information and booking service for the UK at http://www.a2btravel.com/.A2bTravel’s features include online price comparisons and booking for scheduled flights and holiday packages for three months ahead; bookable access to a directory of over 33,000 UK hotels, guesthouses and B&B establishments; and access… Continue reading Travel Website Launches
The BARB board has decided to further extend its current measurement contract until the end of 2001, due to the fact that digital TV systems will not launch until next year.BARB says that the extension will “ensure stability over this period for the measurement of existing broadcast channels as well as making the provision for… Continue reading BARB Extends Measurement Contract
Findings from the fourth CATV survey have been released by Helen Harrison & Co. They show that cable households have more people (2.92) compared to all TV households (2.39), are more likely to have children (44% compared to 28%) and are younger (86% under 55 years old compared to 74%).Other findings show that cable households… Continue reading CATV IV Survey Released
The Pearson Group issued a trading update statement this morning which points to a slowing of growth next year. A number of factors, says Pearson, will result in continued growth in principal markets but that it is liable to be less than the previous two years. Changes in exchange rates are to affect the group’s… Continue reading Pearson Growth To Slow
Well, it looks like Coronation Street and Heartbeat are now taking alternate weeks at holding the top spot. The Street is back on top this week, attracting an average audience of 16.72 million over its four episodes. Eastenders again remains the great pretender, not only in terms of viewing figures (average of 15.04 million), but… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 07/12/97
BBC Magazines has closed its Clothes Show Magazine due to insufficient returns on investment. The BBC anticipates that most of the personnel will be ‘redeployed’ within the corporation. BBC Worldwide is planning two new monthly magazines in the science and home interest sectors for launch early next year.The Clothes Show Magazine‘s last ABC audit put… Continue reading BBC’s Clothes Show Magazine Closes
Bill Gates and Microsoft inevitably feature in every Web Round-Up so we may as well get their slot out of the way first. This week Mr. Gates’ empire has been mostly losing its court case with the US government to the effect that Microsoft must now change its marketing practices for the Internet Explorer browser… Continue reading Web Round-Up W/E 19/12/97
