Saatchi & Saatchi has announced the appointment of John Fitzgerald as President and Chief Operating Officer, responsible for worldwide operations. John Fitzgerald joins from McCann-Erickson, where he was Chairman and CEO of McCann-Erickson Japan.Fitzgerald will be responsible for new business, finance and profitability, reporting to Ed Wax, Chairman. Bob Seelert, recently appointed Chief Executive of… Continue reading Saatchi & Saatchi Appoint New Chief
CIA MediaLab’s latest Sensor study indicates that Britain’s adults would still like to see more documentaries and films on TV in 1996. When asked which types of programmes they would like to see more of, documentaries (58%) and films (52%) were the top choices.Older viewers are more keen than average on documentaries; sixty-five per cent… Continue reading Viewers Call For More Documentaries And Films For 1996
Nestle has signed a sponsorship deal with ITV for its new Hippo Yogofrais brand. Nestle will sponsor ITV’s new pre-school children’s programme – Potamus Park. The twenty-five programmes in the series, which begin broadcasting on 3 January 1996, are 10 minutes long and will be broadcast on Wednesdays at 3.30pm. The programme is made for… Continue reading Nestle In Network Sponsorship Deal
Northcliffe Newspapers have announced a new group circulation support team; Carolyn Mackinnon-Ure is appointed Assistant Group Circulation Director, Darron McLoughlin and Gerry Eagle are appointed Group Newspaper Sales Development Executives (North and South) and Malcolm Cocking is appointed Group Reader Holiday Executive.All the above positions will report to Richard Dodd – Group Circulation Director who… Continue reading Northcliffe Newspapers Sales Appointments
Carlton Television and Granada Television, who both had to dispose of shares in ITN by 31 December 1995 have solved the problem by “parking” the shares in two new companies.Under the Broadcasting Act of 1990, no ITV company can hold more than 20% share of ITN; however, Carlton and Granada both owned 36% following their… Continue reading ITN Shareholding Maintained By Carlton And Granada
The ITC has expressed concern over changes to regional programming proposed by Yorkshire and Tyne Tees Television. These changes will result in increased amounts of regional programmes in peak-time, but the ITC doubts whether the new programmes will improve services, with two major concerns.The first is an increase in co-productions and the second is the… Continue reading ITC Doubtful Over YTTV Programme Changes
Today’s Independent carries predictions for 1996 from the media industry. Among those from the television world, Michael Grade, chief executive of C4 predicts legislation to provide for the abolition of the Funding Formula, and “lots of great British films because of C4 investment”. Will Wyatt, managing director of BBC TV predicts more homes will switch… Continue reading 1996 Media Predictions
Mike Baker, advertisement marketing controller of IPC Magazines has been promoted to divisional advertisement marketing director, to take effect from 1 January 1996.Nigel Davidson, IPC Weeklies and SouthBank Publishing Group Managing director, commented, “The service Mike’s department now provides, within IPC and to clients and agencies, is second to none – and the work he… Continue reading Mike Baker Promotion
In what was an eventful month for national newspapers generally, their circulation figures did not reflect turmoil, but rather maintained the general trends of the past year.The biggest news of November was Murdoch’s decision to close the Today newspaper; high costs and rising losses were blamed by News International. Ironically the Today’s last circulation figures,… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – November
ITV has clocked up seven of the top ten sports programmes in 1995, according to data they have released today. Marcus Plantin, ITV Network Director, said, “This proves conclusively that ITV is still very much the home of top quality sport.” Programme Channel Date Millions 1 The Big Fight Live ITV 25.02.95 13.1 Benn Vs… Continue reading ITV Scores Seven Out Of Ten For Sporting Events
