Karen Ward, national sales manager at London News Radio, is to become sponsorship and promotions manager at Classic FM.National Magazines has made some changes to the team behind House Beautiful. Rachel Crowe, the title’s senior sales executive, has been promoted to sales development manager. While, Jo Boffey has moved over from Clothes Show Magazine to… Continue reading New Recruits
The TBWA/Simons Palmer Clemmow Johnson merger will be finalised this week, despite rumours last week that the deal was faltering.The boardroom difficulties now appear to have been settled, and Andrew Ward and Simon Hunter remain part of the new company.The company will be headed by Simon Clemmow, with Robert Senior from Simons Palmer and Neil… Continue reading TBWA/Simons Palmer Merger Gets Go-Ahead
Amra’s regional and magazine sales house, Sales and Media Services, has been sold to Clacksons Northern. Clacksons has repitched to all former clients of the newly acquired business. Steve Cadwell and Dan Woods, regional sales executives at SMS, have been retained by the new owners.Amra: 0171 820 1000
The ITC has today announced a new revised Code of Programme Sponsorship which it hopes will widen the scope for sponsorship without the risk of sponsors “excessively diverting the editorial agenda for commercial purposes.”The main changes to the code are as follows: Masthead programming to be permitted on all ITC licensed channels apart from Channels… Continue reading ITC Publishes New Sponsorship Code
UK Gold has said that it will begin screening Yorkshire Television’s massively successful Darling Buds Of May this year.The programme, set in the idyllic countryside of Kent and featuring the laid-back Larkins, regularly attracted massive audiences when it was screened in 1991. One of its highest viewing figures was 18.35 million in May 1991.The Darling… Continue reading Darling Buds Of May Goes Gold
.net magazine has banned X-rated advertisements. The April issue will be the last to carry adult adverts.The decision was taken following a meeting between .net’s editorial and advertising departments, at which concern was raised about the explicit nature of certain sites advertised. Although the Web sites and bulletin boards advertised require age verification before users… Continue reading X-Rated Fail To Hit The .net
Following yesterday’s The End Of The Line For Liberty item, Liberty Broadcasting has clarified the situation regarding its 963 Liberty Radio station.It says that unless the Radio Authority assists it in solving the station’s transmission difficulties as well as providing options for improving the distribution of the signal, the station may be forced to close.… Continue reading Liberty Latest
A new report, by management consultants Datamonitor, forecasts rapid growth for broadband interactive services in the European consumer markets.The report predicts that eight million European homes will receive broadband interactive services by the year 2000. These services are defined as broadband online services, e.g., high-speed Internet access and digital broadcasting services like video-on-demand, home-shopping and… Continue reading Interactive Demand Increases
Channel 5 kicks off at 6pm on Sunday. This Is 5 is the first show, a host of fresh faces, hoping to become household names, introduce us to the schedule. It is then time for Family Affairs, the channel’s new soap, to make its debut.The Two Little Boys arrive at 7pm, this traces the party… Continue reading This Is 5
The proposed TV debate between the most likely new residents of 10 Downing Street is in doubt after talks between the broadcasters and the parties reached a stale-mate and broke-up.The Scottish National Party has already taken legal action, because the proposals excluded its leader Alex Salmond from the debate. The Liberal Democrats will follow suit… Continue reading TV Debate In Doubt
