Newcastle United’s Wednesday night European football match didn’t have the same appeal with the viewers as an old episode of Inspector Morse, only attracting 6.91 million viewers compared to 9.47 million for the detective show. The match was a preliminary round match to the Champions league which last season attracted audiences of above 9 million… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – W/E 17/08/97
The Lucozade ad which featured the Fat Slags from Viz was withdrawn and replaced with a different version after hundreds of viewers complained about the use of the word “slags”.180 complaints were initially received before the BACC imposed a post-7.30pm timing restriction. Lucozade then withdrew the ad and created a new version which replaced “Fat… Continue reading “Fat Slags” Ad Withdrawn
TDI has recruited seven new sales staff to cope with the growing bus advertising market. Lynne Blackwood from the Scotsman, Nick Forster from Cellnet, Garry Hobson and Steven Reid, both from Yellow Pages, Jeff Keating from Initial Textile Services, David McCallum from Independent Radio Group and Robert Shepherd from Thomson Newspapers will all be regionally… Continue reading TDI Expands Sales Team
The CIA Group plc has announced details of a restructuring of the company European operations. The company will now be universally known as CIA Medianetwork Europe across the continent. The renaming will see Mainardo de Nardis promoted to the position of Chief Executive Officer.CIA Medianetwork: 0171 803 2254
A new web site has launched aimed at advertisers interested in outdoor media by Poster Publicity. The site is broken down into five different sections called: PPL News & Views; Presentation & Market Report; Outdoor Opportunities and Company Info. Access around the site is a bit tricky, it is very easy to lose your place… Continue reading New Outdoor Web Site
Web advertising revenue reached $217.3 million through the first six months of 1997, a 256.2% increase over the $61.0 million in the first six months of 1996, according to a report by Cowles/Simba Information.The industry is now set to reach the $446.0 million total in Web advertising expenditures predicted by Cowles/Simba earlier this year. Quarter… Continue reading Web Ad Revenue Continues To Grow
Reed Elsevier is rumoured to be thinking of offloading its consumer magazine business IPC as part of a planned withdrawal away from the sector, according to a press report. The company is said to have contacted a leading City merchant banker to assess the feasibility of selling IPC.A spokeswoman for Reed would not make any… Continue reading Reed Planning To Sell IPC
Andrew Ketteringham has been appointed the new Communication Director at the Broadcasting Standards Commission. Andrew takes up his position in 1 September and he will oversee media relations, public affairs and publications policy.
The deadline for applications to run the new FM licence for Great Manchester, Merseyside and the south and central parts of Lancashire has passed. Twenty-one applicants submitted proposals for the new station that will be able to broadcast to around 4.3 million.The applicants are: 105.4 Ace FM (Capital Radio North West Ltd) (0171 766 6019/… Continue reading 21 Applicants For New North West Licence
Despite Ulster TV seeing a drop in its profits on Thursday, the announcement that there could be a share buy-back lifted the broadcaster 38.5 to 237.5p. This could be a defensive move to block any attempt by Scottish Media to mount a hostile takeover.Granada benefited from a positive note by Dresdner Kleinwort Benson, which praised… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 22/08/07
