News Direct 97.3FM has secured a sponsorship, promotion and airtime deal with Thames Toyota Dealers which is worth over £150,000. The deal is to run for six months and will associate Thames Toyota Dealers with the news station’s City Updates.The City Update reports are broadcast on weekdays between 0700 and 1000 for three minutes every… Continue reading Toyota Dealer To Sponsor News Direct
The way is now clear for digital terrestrial TV to launch next year, after the ITC granted multiplex licences to BDB, ITV and C4.Peter Rogers, chief executive of the ITC, said: “Licensing of digital terrestrial TV has been a complex and lengthy, but rewarding, process. We are delighted that, with the grant of these licences… Continue reading ITC Grants Digital Licences
The National Magazine Company’s She is to receive a revamp and refocus as from the February issue, which is released in January. The title is to redesign and add new sections in order to target more specifically the ‘thirty-something woman’: the ABC1 30-39 year olds.She‘s circulation has been gradually dropping since January 1995 and the… Continue reading She Magazine Gets New Look For New Year
Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) has completed a deal with Leo Burnett in a move to develop the BBH brand internationally. BBH’s planning is conducted by its media arm Motive; the overseas buying, however, often required a third party, said a company spokesperson. The deal with Burnetts will provide a resource for extending international buying.To allow… Continue reading BBH And Leo Burnett Forge Global Deal
EMAP Online has launched what it claims to be the biggest Internet travel information and booking service for the UK at http://www.a2btravel.com/.A2bTravel’s features include online price comparisons and booking for scheduled flights and holiday packages for three months ahead; bookable access to a directory of over 33,000 UK hotels, guesthouses and B&B establishments; and access… Continue reading Travel Website Launches
The BARB board has decided to further extend its current measurement contract until the end of 2001, due to the fact that digital TV systems will not launch until next year.BARB says that the extension will “ensure stability over this period for the measurement of existing broadcast channels as well as making the provision for… Continue reading BARB Extends Measurement Contract
Findings from the fourth CATV survey have been released by Helen Harrison & Co. They show that cable households have more people (2.92) compared to all TV households (2.39), are more likely to have children (44% compared to 28%) and are younger (86% under 55 years old compared to 74%).Other findings show that cable households… Continue reading CATV IV Survey Released
Pearson Group’s chief executive Marjorie Scardino continues her restructure of the company with news that two of its directors are to step down from the board. David Veit, an executive director and president of Pearson Inc., is to retire at the company’s annual general meeting next March. Pehr Gyllenhammar, who has been a non-executive director… Continue reading Appointment Briefs
ITV director of programmes David Liddiment has now completed his new team of programme controllers with the appointment of Sky’s Jeremy Boulton as controller of acquisitions.Boulton will join ITV in January from Sky where he holds the position of director of acquisitions.ITV: 0171 843 8000
Manning Gottlieb Media and CIA’s former BT buyer Nigel Allmond are to set up a new operation called The Allmond Partnership. MGM will hold a 51/49 majority in the Partnership which is reported to be targeting larger clients than MGM.The Allmond Partnership is set to open for business very soon, although staff are yet to… Continue reading MGM To Launch Sister Operation
