Betting and gaming group bet365 is to sponsor men’s entertainment channel Bravo’s exclusive live coverage of Football Italia‘s Serie A league as part of the Flextech-owned channel’s new Autumn line-up.The deal, in excess of six figures, was negotiated between Dale Micklewright of ids and Ryan Illingworth of The Media Advisors, and will see the partnership… Continue reading Bet365 To Sponsor Bravo’s Italian Football
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MEC MediaLab, Mediaedge:cia’s consumer insight and ROI division, has undertaken research to determine product placement’s benefit to consumers and brand-owners. MediaLab says that although product placement is currently prohibited on UK television under European Union legislation, the situation could be about to change. The EU is currently reviewing its policy in this area. Consequently, Ofcom… Continue reading TV Viewers Could See Product Placement As Positive Move
By the end of the year 40% of European homes will have digital TV, according to the new Western European TV report from Informa Telecoms and Media. The report forecasts that the region will pass 100 million digital homes during 2010 and reach 116 million by the end of 2011, equivalent to a 75% penetration… Continue reading Digital TV To Reach 40% Of West European Homes By End Of Year
Greene King is to sponsor Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway in a £1 million sponsorship deal, a first for a UK pub company.The deal centres on Greene King’s sponsorship of the latest series of Ant and Dec’s Saturday Night Takeaway, with 80 seconds airtime in prime time slots, as well as additional exposure on… Continue reading Greene King Sponsors Ant And Dec In £1 Million Deal
Lego has signed a deal with ITV that will see the toy manufacturer sponsor CiTV programming from Mondays to Saturdays in the run up to Christmas, as well as activity on the CiTV website designed to maximise awareness for the breadth of the LEGO brand portfolio.The deal was negotiated by Krane Jeffery at Carat Sponsorship… Continue reading Lego To Sponsor CiTV In Run Up To Christmas
July proved to be a torrid month for the terrestrial broadcasters, particularly for ITV1 which saw its revenues plummet by 27.4% year on year, even considering that July saw the conclusion to the World Cup followed by the second series of Love Island.With revenues of just £85 million, and now a departing chief executive (see… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up – July 2006
New media rights and the exploitation of new platforms are hugely important aspects of the ongoing digital revolution in television and the subject was up for discussion at the weekend’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (MGEITF).The subjects were debated across Saturday morning in two seperate sessions, which brought together some of the most powerful individuals… Continue reading MGEITF 2006: New Media Platforms Will Not Destroy Old Media
As we enter the digital age, ratings will become less important to the nation’s main broadcasters, so said Peter Fincham, BBC One controller, at the weekend’s MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival (MGEITF).The man charged with overseeing a multi-million pound budget and handling some of the biggest names in television was bullish about the channel’s future,… Continue reading MGEITF 2006: Ratings Measures To Lose Impact In Digital Age
The slow death of ITV1 has been greatly exaggerated, although the channel does need to rebalance its schedule so that it does not suffer another period of discontent to compare with this summer’s. This was the message coming through loud and clear from Simon Shaps, director of television at ITV, at the 2006 MediaGuardian Edinburgh… Continue reading MGEITF 2006: ITV1 Rebalances Schedule After Summer To Forget
The outgoing chief executive of ITV, Charles Allen, heavily criticised Channel 4 at the MediaGuardian Edinburgh International Television Festival, saying the broadcaster may need a fundamental remodelling of its structure to bring it in line with its commercial competitors.Delivering the MacTaggart lecture on Friday night, Allen didn’t hold back, saying there was a stark imbalance… Continue reading MGEITF 2006: Allen Uses MacTaggart To Criticise Channel 4
