Channel 4 has signed a one year sponsorship deal for its Football Italia programming, magazine and website. The sponsors are to be Rivals.net, the European multi-sports website network part-owned by the Chrysalis Group.Marcus Leaver, chief executive of Rivals.net, commented, “Channel 4’s Football Italia programmes are watched by die hard football fans- the core of our… Continue reading Channel 4 Signs Rivals.net As Sponsors For Italian Football
Shares in Capital Radio ended down yesterday, by 62½p at £13.62½, ahead of today’s release of full year results (report to follow on Newsline). Another company with major radio assets, Emap, is due to release its half year results on Monday. Yesterday, shares ended up just 2p at £8.90.In an unspectacular day’s trading for media… Continue reading Sharewatch
Trials will begin this autumn for a new retail promotion channel which hopes to harness the growing popularity of mobile phones to target customers while they are out shopping. SpotFlash’s ZagMe system allows retailers to send SMS messages containing special offers and promotions to registered consumers when they are in the vicinity of stores.The trial… Continue reading Text Message Advertising System Hopes To Target Consumers On The Move
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Channel 4 has signed a one year sponsorship deal for its Football Italia programming, magazine and website. The sponsors are to be Rivals.net, the European multi-sports website network part-owned by the Chrysalis Group. Marcus Leaver, chief executive of Rivals.net, commented, “Channel 4’s Football Italia programmes are watched by die hard football fans- the core of… Continue reading Channel 4 Signs Rivals.net As Sponsors For Italian Football
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Around 50,000 new jobs are expected to be created within the UK’s creative industries over the next three years, according to Film and Broadcasting Minister Janet Anderson. Speaking at the London College of Fashion’s Millennium Conference, she said continued, saying that, “A majority of these will be skilled jobs – widening our skills base and… Continue reading Film And Broadcasting Minister Predicts 50,000 New Creative Industry Jobs By 2003
The latest radio audience figures, for the period to September 2000, show the BBC clawing back some share of listening after losing ground to the commercial sector in the previous survey in June. All BBC radio saw share rise 0.3% points to 51.4%. Commercial radio, meanwhile, dropped back by 0.5% points to 46.7%. This is… Continue reading Feature: Commercial Radio Declines In Latest RAJAR Report
Granada Media is to create a “dynamic new production group” following its acquisition of United Broadcasting and Entertainment businesses (see Future Of ITV Laid Out As Granada Seals Deal). A new management structure will oversee the combined output of LWT Productions and United Productions, headed by John Willis, currently chief executive of United Productions, as… Continue reading Granada Media Announces Creation Of ‘Dynamic New Production Group’
Following Anna Kournikova’s bra and Marks & Spencer’s Rubenesque nude, Elida Fabergé’s shampoo model has become the latest poster girl this year to get the nation’s knickers in a twist. Or rather, her knickers, and the fact that she is pictured peering into them, has got the nation aroused enough to send 211 complaints to… Continue reading Shampoo Advertisement Attracts 211 ASA Complaints
