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This week is the last week to grab the chance of winning a Nintendo 64. If you haven’t yet filled out the MediaTel questionnaire then do so post-haste in order to be entered into the draw. Good luck…

British households are becoming more and more technologically wired up according to a new Omnibus Survey from the Office for National Statistics (ONS). Mobile phones, answering machines, faxes and the Internet are becoming the norm with over half the households in Britain having at least one of these devices. 29% of households have a home… Continue reading Britain Is Getting Connected

Billett’s, the advertising consultancy group, has issued a report detailing its opinion of the new ITV airtime sales policy which offers deals in terms of share of total broadcast spend (subscribers see ISBA Consults IPA On ITV Sales Policy). The consultancy believes that agencies should resist this policy and should receive the support of their… Continue reading ITV Sales Policy: There May Be Trouble Ahead

Carlton Television’s music show Videotech is to be broadcast on the Internet and ITV simultaneously on Thursday 27 November at 10.40pm. The hour-long event is to be used as a test case for the problems of issuing rights licences for webcasts on the Internet. The Performing Rights Society (PRS) and the Music Copyright Protection Society… Continue reading Videotech In First Live ITV ‘Webcast’

Titan Magazines is to launch a title dedicated to the extra-terrestrial beast in the Alien sequence of films. The magazine, Aliens Comic Magazine, will launch to coincide with the opening of the fourth film in the series, Alien: Resurrection. The first issue will feature a guide to all the Alien films as well as the… Continue reading An Alien Launch

Thursday Newsline interview with Capital Advertising’s group sales director, Fru Hazlett. Also, overnight viewing figures for Channel 4’s screening of Trainspotting.Friday Report from the Channel 5 And Other New Television Prospects Admap Conference. Perfect 10 magazine launches.Also this week: A TV round-up for October will appear on Newsline.

Abbott Mead Vickers (AMV) has announced the acquisition of The O’Connell Partnership for an initial cash payment of £700,000. The marketing company’s Ordinary share capital was bought by Momentum Integrated Communications Ltd., an AMV Group company. O’Connell provides marketing solutions to UK clients including Avon, Kerrygold and Next.AMV will make a series of three additional… Continue reading AMV Acquires O’Connell Partnership

A study published today by the independent Social Affairs Unit has denounced women’s magazines as all of the above. This damning indictment is the result of The British Woman Today: A Qualitative Survey of Images in Women’s Magazines. The survey was conducted by a panel of journalists and academics which came to the conclusion that… Continue reading Women’s Mags: Selfish, Superficial & Obsessed With Sex?

Future Publishing is launching a one-off publication on December 18 as a companion to its Official PlayStation Magazine . The Official PlayStation Tips magazine will be a detailed inside guide to PlayStation games this Christmas.The 116-page issue will contain “vital gaming information” and retail for £3.99.…Future will also be heavily promoting its Official Playstation Magazine… Continue reading Future Launches One-Off Title

An ad by insurance company Direct Line has been suspended by the ITC following a number of complaints from rival businesses. The ITC is investigating the legitimacy of the complaints which argue that the ad portrays traditional insurance brokers in a damaging way. Broadcasters have been told not to transmit the advertisement until the ITC… Continue reading ITC Suspends Insurance Ad