Revenue Agency estimates put the combined ITV/C4 revenue for June at £184.2m, which is down 3% year on year, while Channel 5 brought in £9.7m which is an unwelcome fall from May’s figure of £11m. ITV’s revenue was put at £140.2m, down 4.8%, while C4’s was £44m, up 3.1%. The revenue ratio between ITV/C4 was… Continue reading TV Round-Up – June
Jessica Larive’s report on the EC’s Green Paper, Commercial Communications in the Internal Market, was overwhelmingly adopted at the plenary session of the European Parliament on 14 July. There were 16 successful amendments, most of which had been approved by the Rapporteur.In summary, the report as amended generally welcomes the Green Paper and endorses the… Continue reading EU: EP endorses ‘country of origin’
Northern & Shell will be launching an Arsenal football club magazine on Monday. The 68-page title will cost £2.20.…Meanwhile, the Scottish office of Brass Tacks publishing is planning to launch a soccer title catering for Scottish football fans. The monthly title, called Fitba , is aiming for a September appearance.Northern & Shell: 0171 308 5090… Continue reading Football Magazine Launches
Clarity Communications has launched an online media planning/buying service for advertisers and agencies. The specialist new media consultancy firm has brought in Glen Yearwood, formerly of Carat Business, to run the operation.The service is aimed at clients and media independents which do not have an in-house new media planning and buying capability of their own.Commenting… Continue reading Media Planning/Buying Site Launches
Georgina Crace, ad sales director of IPC’s SouthBank Group, is to take the chair of the Advertisement Management Group (AMG) from September 1. She takes over from Sly Grice who has taken on the newly created role of managing director of IPC TV Weeklies Group.IPC: 0171 261 6575
London News Radio have announced that results to the year end 30 September 1996 were ahead of previously expected forecasts. The company made a loss of £3.094 million which was largely due the relaunch cost of LBC 1152 AM and News Direct 97.3FM , together with the company’s relocation from Hammersmith to Gray’s Inn Road.“After… Continue reading London News Radio Results Better Than Expected
Phil Cutts has become the new head of marketing at the PPA leaving his old position of head of ad marketing. His new position will mean he becomes deputy to Peter Dear PPA deputy chief executive.… Live TV have confirmed that Jane Rowe has left her position of sales director, the station have yet to… Continue reading Appointment News
Reuters has today announced the launch of an Internet service which will provide information about the commodities and energy markets.The site provides free quotations from all the major future exchanges as well as news stories from each of the core sectors. In addition, registered users will be able to retrieve weather data, view charts and… Continue reading Reuters Launches Commodities Internet Service
The EP Committee on women’s rights has adopted the Lenz draft report on women and advertising, together with various amendments that refer to the need to reject and act against inappropriate portrayals of women in advertising. The Lenz Report will be voted at the September Plenary session of the EP (15-19 September).aa net
The EC has approved a proposal for a Directive on the legal protection of services and paid-for information. The Directive would prevent MS from restricting the free movement of services and decoders within the EU; it also aims to ban and to impose penalties on all commercial activities linked to unauthorised access to an encrypted… Continue reading EU: EC proposes Encryption Directive
