BBC Worldwide has appointed a top BT boss to become its new chief executive. Rupert Gavin is currently the managing director of BT’s Consumer Division, and will take up his appointment with the BBC on 1 July.BBC: 0181 743 8000
A direct mail questionnaire conducted by GWR Group has revealed that the strength of local radio brands in clients’ advertising campaigns is gaining weight. 73% of respondents to the questionnaire agreed with the statement, ‘Local radio advertising has more credibility with my clients.’All the respondents believed that bigger brands are now advertising on local radio;… Continue reading Local Radio Brands Important To Advertisers, Says Survey
Tuesday The Retail Prices Index for March is announced.The ITC advertising complaints bulletin for February/March is released.Thursday Future Publishing will be launching a new lifestyle motoring magazine called Redline . A first issue review will appear on Newsline.Friday The Monopolies and Mergers Commission is expected to report to the Department for Trade and Industry with… Continue reading The Week Ahead
Regional newspaper group Southnews has launched a £59 million bid for Home Counties Newspapers. Southnews, which publishes over 50 local papers, said it was yet to receive a response from its target.The bid follows an attempted £52 million takeover of Home Counties by Johnston Press which ground to a halt in February following an investigation… Continue reading Southnews Launches £59m Home Counties Bid
More vehicles are being offered for sale on the internet, according to a motor trade survey published today.Motor Trader‘s ‘Business Monitor’ questioned 100 of the country’s 300 largest dealer groups and found that half had their own websites. 55% believed the internet would change the way they sold cars. Only 6% thought it would have… Continue reading Internet Car Retailing Grows
Stephen Davidson, chief executive of Telewest Communications, has said that he will be stepping down from his position following yesterday’s announcement of the merger between Telewest and General Cable (subscribers see Telewest Buys General Cable For £649m).Davidson will be replaced by David Van Valkenburg, currently chief operating officer, on a temporary basis.It is intended that… Continue reading Telewest Chief Stands Down
Mobile phone operator Orange has secured a deal with BAFTA and ITV which will see the company sponsoring both the event itself and the ITV broadcast of it. This is Orange’s first venture into broadcast sponsorship, as well as being the first time the awards have been sponsored.The deal was negotiated by Julian Rigamonti, commercial… Continue reading Orange To Sponsor BAFTA Event And ITV Coverage
The Radio Authority announced today that it will allow Scottish Radio to acquire West Sound AM because the move would not be expected to operate against the public interest (subscribers see Radio Authority Invites Comments On Scottish Radio Move).The Authority said that it had taken into account a range of views expressed by third parties… Continue reading RA Allows Acquisition Of West Sound AM
British Digital Broadcasting and BSkyB are believed to be holding a meeting today in an attempt to resolve the dispute over the compatibility of the companies’ set-top box decoders.It is believed that BDB requested the meeting following a writ issued against it by Sky. The writ claimed that BDB had broken a contractual agreement formed… Continue reading Sky And BDB Attempt To Settle Set-Top Box Dispute
A special analysis by Media Vision Research into film rental patterns during Euro ’96 suggests that, apart from when England and Scotland play, there may be an increase in rental transactions during the World Cup.While film rentals predictably fell by over a third on the Tuesday evening when England played Holland, there was a massive… Continue reading Video Rentals May Increase During World Cup
