ITV has 6 nominations for the Golden Rose of Montreux awards and 4 of these nominations are for Carlton productions.In the Variety category, Carlton’s An Evening With Lily Savage and Talking Telephone Numbers have been nominated. While, Is It Legal? and The 10%ers are contenders for the Comedy award.Carlton: 0171 240 4000
Andrew McIntosh, media intelligence manager at New PHD, has been poached by Flextech. McIntosh takes up his new position as research and market intelligence controller on April 21.Media Solutions has also been out poaching, John Carter, director of planning at WCRS joins the company next month as a managing partner. Peter Williamson, currently MD and… Continue reading McIntosh Leaves New PHD
By the usual industry measures, Zenith Media has calculated that advertisers spent $24 billion on European TV last year, of this figure, $21 billion is thought to have been received by broadcasters. This represents 30% of total display media ad spend, a share that is slowly rising.By 2006 Zenith predict that 98% of European homes… Continue reading The Billion Dollar Answer
Europe’s only dedicated food channel, Carlton Food Network , has signed a £100,000 sponsorship package with Neff, the kitchen appliance manufacturers.Neff will become CFN’s official kitchen equipment supplier. The promotion package also includes on-air advertising and promotions, and dedicated Neff teletext pages.Carlton: 0171 432 9000
ITV has announced its proposals to broadcast the first ever televised debate between the Tory and Labour leaders.Its plan allows for two 90 minute debates in front of an invited audience, allowing time for at least four major issues to be addressed in some detail. Each programme would see John Major and Tony Blair going… Continue reading ITV Announces Plans For Leadership Debate
It is rumoured that Leagas Delaney is planning to cut its ties with its parent company, Abbott Mead Vickers Group. A management consultant is reported to have been called in to value the business for a buy-out.Leagas Delaney has experienced a conflict of interest with AMV and this is likely to have influenced this decision.… Continue reading Leagas Delaney Want Out
The April issue of IPC’s Family Circle magazine will go on sale tomorrow with a new editorial focus and a new section devoted to supermarket shopping.IPC says that there will be a “re-focus of the magazine’s core values to concentrate on a number of key elements”. These include more of a focus on real life… Continue reading Family Circle To Get New Focus
The February edition of Mediapolis’s Media Monitor reports that box office takings for the top 5 grossing films in 1996 were up more than 50% year-on-year. Accordingly, cinema admissions showed an overall 8% increase year-on-year, reaching 123.5 million. In 1996, 12 films grossed more than £10 million at the box office, the previous year only… Continue reading Box Office Takings Up 50%
Advertising Works 9, the latest in the IPA Advertising Works series, is available from the IPA priced £48.A separate training manual and video, based on the 1996 winners and targeted at the academic community, are also now available from the Institute.IPA: 0171 235 7020
LWT’s one-off dramatisation of Jane Eyre came in as the top drama of the week, with an audience of 12.52 million. Considering the amount of new period drama we’ve seen recently it’s about time this classic had the treatment. It makes a nice change to move away from the ‘wit’ and ‘sophistication’ that is found… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 09/03/97
