AGB’s Commercial Director Peter Marsh is leaving for a senior marketing position at Laser Sales at the beginning of October. The post is to be filled by Nick Burfitt, presently AGB’s Television Bureau Business Development Director.Steve Hibbert has joined the company from BMRB as Technical Support Manager, reporting to Nick Burfitt. AGB promises a number… Continue reading Personnel Changes Within AGB
Pearl & Dean are to host the only UK screenings of the winners of the Cannes Lions ’97 Advertising Awards Festival. The first of three screenings will be held at Warner West-End, Leicester Square on 25 September. Further screenings are to be shown at Manchester Corner House Cinema, Oxford Street on 1 October and Edinburgh… Continue reading Pearl & Dean Host Cannes International Advertising Festival
Agency estimates put August’s terrestrial television revenue at £143 million. ITV brought in a total of £104.8m, up 3.9% year on year, while Channel 4 came in at £31.5m, up 0.5%. Channel 5’s revenue was estimated to be £6.7m, down from £8m last month. GMTV’s revenue fell 8% to £5.3m.There were relatively minor year on… Continue reading TV Revenue – August
ISBA has said that it is “disappointed” with the ITC’s decision not to extend the amount of advertising minutage on commercial TV (see ITC Rejects Extra Minutage Proposal). The advertiser organisation believes that its submission, which ran to over sixty pages, actually called for “little more than the regulatory formalisation of what is already widespread… Continue reading Industry Reacts To ITC Minutage Decision
Speculation mounted at the weekend that Chime Communications, the public-relations group headed by Sir Tim Bell, was in takeover talks with Howell Henry Chaldecott Lury. It is reported that Chime would be looking to spend up to £20m on acquiring HHCL, best known for its work with Martini and Tango. Chime owns nine businesses, including… Continue reading Takeover Of HHCL Rumoured To Be Near
IPC has launched an Internet web site for Yachting and Boating World magazine. The site will contain a searchable web directory allow users to know which are boats available to buy, articles from current issues, some web only material, a feature called ‘The Confessional’ which allows users to share their experiences on the internet and… Continue reading Yachting And Boating World Goes Online
The Independent will reveal a revamp tomorrow which, according to editor Andrew Marr, will “shock” many people. As well as “looking different” by being “fresher and sharper looking”, the broadsheet will also be edited and written in a “different” way. According to Marr the move is the result of ‘soul-searching’ by the paper’s team who… Continue reading Revamp For Independent
Lynne Robinson, media director at the IPA, has called for more frequent ABC consumer magazine audits as well as changes to the National Readership Survey. Robinson believes that there is a lack of data on section readership and that additional titles should be included on the NRS. She also questioned whether quality of reading should… Continue reading MRG Evening Meeting – More Data Wanted From ABC And NRS
According to press reports the electronics manufacturers Pace Micro Technology, responsible for the production of digital television decoders, has said that it has not yet received any firm orders for the set top boxes. It is reported in the Times newspaper that the microchips for the decoders are not likely to be ready until Christmas.… Continue reading Lack Of Demand For Decoders Could Delay Digital TV
Bob Phillis is joining the Guardian Media Group to take up the post of Chief Executive, leaving his post of Deputy Director General at the BBC.Guardian Media Group: 0171 239 9552
