Bartle Bogle Hegarty was presented with the ITV Award for Best Commercial of The Year last night at the Golden Arrows Awards, for its Levi Strauss advertisement “The Swimmer”.Other agencies awarded include BMP for the Barclaycard campaign starring Rowan Atkinson, GGT for Red Rock Cider and Young & Rubicam’s Fosters advertisements.
Anglia Television announced yesterday that it is to take a stake in Home Box Office, the programme division of Time Warner. The agreement will result in the creation of three partnerships which will aid Anglia in funding drama and entertainment projects. Chairman of the East of England franchise holder, Sir Peter Gibbings, is denying that… Continue reading Anglia Forms Partnership With HBO
The Periodical Publishers Association welcomed today’s decision by Norman Lamont not to add 17.5% VAT to magazines and newspapers. A spokeswoman for the Association believes that the Government heeded its warning not to jeopardize the publishing industry, realising the devastating effect it would have on jobs within the sector.The Newspaper Society, the association of the… Continue reading PPA Welcomes Chancellor’s Decision
The Periodical Publishers Association welcomed today’s decision by Norman Lamont not to add 17.5% VAT to magazines and newspapers. A spokeswoman for the Association believes that the Government heeded its warning not to jeopardize the publishing industry, realising the devastating effect it would have on jobs within the sector.The Newspaper Society, the association of the… Continue reading PPA Welcomes Chancellor’s Decision
Anglia Television announced yesterday that it is to take a stake in Home Box Office, the programme division of Time Warner. The agreement will result in the creation of three partnerships which will aid Anglia in funding drama and entertainment projects. Chairman of the East of England franchise holder, Sir Peter Gibbings, is denying that… Continue reading Anglia Forms Partnership With HBO
GMTV’s anchor-woman, Fiona Armstrong, resigned from the breakfast channel yesterday and is being replaced by former TV-am presenter, Lorraine Kelly. Viewing figures for the channel are rising gradually following the recent slump.
..Tindle Newspapers announces the buyout of the Recorder Group of free newspapers….. Keith Barwell’s Herald & Post Group buys two more TFN titles, the Bedford and the Milton Keynes Herald & Post….. The Rugby & Leamington Evening Telegraphs to reveal revamped editions including four extra pages of news….. Chief executive of the newspapers division of… Continue reading Regional Snippets..
Saturday saw The Times replace its Review section with The Times Magazine, described by the paper itself as having a “strikingly original design and format.”Readers expecting a glossy supplement similar in style to the Sunday Times Magazine would have been disappointed. Like the review section it has replaced it is stapled newsprint, slightly smaller than… Continue reading Times Magazine Launch
Following Friday’s announcement that Eldorado will cease in July, head of BBC1, Alan Yentob is considering replacements including the possibility of turning Casualty into a twice-weekly soap. The BBC, meanwhile, is redesigning its television news bulletins in an attempt to compete with cable and satellite rivals.
Managing director of Tyne Tees Television, Ian Ritchie is to leave the company this week following allegations that Yorkshire TV is considering closing down all Tyne Tees operations. Ritchie will be replaced by John Calvert who is currently group director of personnel with the company.
