TDI, the transport advertising specialist has appointed its first commercial sales director, Andrew Oldham. Oldham was sales director at the now extinct Media Sales & Marketing, he takes up his new position next month.TDI: 0171 482 3000
Capital Radio London has announced the results of a youth research study which examines the unique role that radio plays in young Londoners’ lives. The research has received full IPA approval.Media in general and radio in particular were found to fulfill different needs for young people as they pass through puberty. During pre-puberty media tends… Continue reading Radio Tunes Into Youth
Chris Rayner of BMP DDB Needham spoke yesterday at the Daily Telegraph Internet 97 Conference about the problems facing new web sites.Many companies have jumped on the New Media bandwagon, spent a great deal of time and money developing exciting and interesting web sites and then waited for a flood of visitors. A large number… Continue reading Promote or Die
Capital Radio London has negotiated a deal with LWT; the TV company is to make a Friday-night TV show, Live From The Capital Café (subscribers see Laser Joins Capital Radio For TV Show). The show will be co-presented by Dani Behr and Jason Bradbury from the Capital Radio Café and will run for four consecutive… Continue reading Capital Gets Itself Seen On TV
Channel 5 has decided to appoint a controller of sport due to its growing ambition to acquire rights to more sporting events.Robert Charles, formerly controller of sport at Yorkshire Television, takes on the newly created role. Sporting output was previously handled by Nick Wilson, who was also in charge of children’s programming. He will now… Continue reading 5 Strengthens Commitment To Sport
Granada will buy Yorkshire Tyne-Tees Television for £711m it was announced this morning. This puts a value of £11.75 on each YTTV share.For the implications of the Granada/YTTV merger, subscribers should click Granada Confirms YTTV Interest.Granada: 0161 832 7211
IPC has announced that Derek Harbinson is to be the new editor of Loaded . Harbinson, who was previously sub-editor of the title, replaces James Brown who left Loaded earlier this year to join GQ.Of his plans for Loaded Harbinson said: “It will continue to do whatever it wants, covering the things we and our… Continue reading New Editor For Loaded
ITV will no doubt be disappointed that its new peaktime glossy drama Bliss failed to outdo BBC1’s “fly-on-the-wall” documentary Airport in terms of audience figures.On the evening of Thursday 12 June Bliss had a consolidated TVR of 13 (6.883 million) while Airport pipped it at the post with a TVR of 14 (7.805 million). While… Continue reading Programme Analysis: Bliss – W/E 15/06/97
As already reported on Newsline today, the digital terrestrial TV licences for multiplexes B,C and D have been awarded to British Digital Broadcasting PLC, jointly owned by Carlton Communications and Granada Group.The licence to provide the service on the Guaranteed Place Multiplex has been awarded to Digital 3 and 4 Ltd, representing ITV and Channel… Continue reading The Multiplex Awards
Mirror Group has decided to leave the Newspaper Publishers’ Association. In a statement the group said it had “reluctantly” decided to resign because it found the NPA “unsupportive of its aims both individually and collectively for the industry.”Sir Frank Rogers, chairman of the NPA, commented: “I regret the Mirror Group’s decision. The Association will continue… Continue reading Mirror Group Leaves NPA
