Global advertising group, Ogilvy & Mather, has appointed Paul Simons as its group and agency chairman for the UK. He joins the agency following a string of high-profile account losses.Simons is currently chairman of TBWA UK and joins Ogilvy Group UK on 4 May. He will be responsible for O&M Advertising, Ogilvy One, Primary Contact… Continue reading Ogilvy & Mather Appoints Group Chairman
The Radio Authority has awarded the Independent Local Radio licence (IRL) for Kintyre, Islay and Jura to Argyll FM. The station will provide music and conversation to the English and Gaelic-speaking communities in the Argyll FM reception area. After considering the five applications for the new small-scale IRL on the FM waveband for the Lanarkshire… Continue reading Radio Authority Licence News
Publishing company, Cabal Communications, has teamed up with Channel 4 to produce a one-off 164-page magazine to support the channel’s coverage of the Chelsea and Royal Horticultural Society Flower Show. Celebrating Chelsea will be on the newsstands on 29 April and is edited by Sarah Stacey, executive health and beauty editor of the Daily Express.… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Portsmouth & Sunderland Newspapers (PSN) performed strongly yesterday, up by 50p to close at 1,750p. The regional newspaper group is currently the subject of takeover interest from Johnston Press, Newscom and Newsquest.Johnston yesterday purchased a further 2.36% in PSN from an institutional investor and now holds a 17.35% stake in the company. Shares in Johnston… Continue reading Sharewatch
FT.com, the website of the Financial Times, has today launched a new sports section which focuses on the international business of sports. Combining results, events news and special reports, FTSports aims to distinguish itself from other sports sites with its emphasis on the business of sport.The site is split into three sections. Business Of Sport,… Continue reading FT Launches Sports Business Website
ITV’s share of advertising revenue is falling year on year, according to the Independent Television Commission’s (ITC) review of the last five years of commercial television revenue. Total net TV ad revenue was £2.8 billion in 1998, having increased 39% since 1994.Although ITV still has the majority share of the advertising market, cornering a 63%… Continue reading ITV’s Share Of Advertising Revenue In Decline
Capital Radio has appointed Mark Frost, currently head of online at the BBC, as the managing director of its new media division, Capital Interactive. Frost has been chosen by Capital to spearhead the ‘next stage of growth’ in the group’s interactive output.Frost’s role at the BBC holds him in charge of the largest editorial team… Continue reading Capital Radio Poaches BBC Online Head To Drive Internet Development
New entertainment channel, ITV2, has signed a carriage with Cable London that will see the channel become available to all of Cable London’s residential analogue television customers. ITV2, which launched in December last year (see ITV2 – Not Entirely A Different View), will be accessible to over 96,000 subscribers in north London from 1 June.Andrew… Continue reading ITV2 Signs Carriage Deal With Cable London
Satellite broadcaster, BSkyB has held a meeting with Warburg Pincus to discuss the possible purchase of the latter’s stake in Channel 5. The acquisition of Warburg’s 18% holding in Channel 5 would represent BSkyB’s first move into terrestrial television.However, Tim Allan, director of corporate communications at BSkyB, says that there was only one meeting with… Continue reading BSkyB Dicusses Buying Channel 5 Stake
BSkyB has today launched a new service exclusively targeting the broadcaster’s clients in the commercial marketplace. Sky Business is offering a free digital satellite system to the 30,000 licensed premises which currently subscribe to Sky’s analogue service.Through the Sky Business offering, UK pubs and clubs will be able to receive programming and advertising which is… Continue reading Sky Offers Free Digital Satellite To Pubs
