The government has promised to review the listed sports events that are guaranteed to be shown on free-to-air terrestrial TV. Mark Fisher, junior National Heritage Minister told the Commons yesterday“As promised in our manifesto, the Government will carry out a review of the listed events. Many people wish to see a wider range of key… Continue reading Listed Sports Review
Katz Radio Sales, named as the sales house for new London station Xfm, has said that it will be recruiting four new staff to handle its new client.Simon Lynds, president and chief executive of Katz, told Newsline that he wanted sales people who would embody the spirit of the indie-music station who had preferably been… Continue reading Katz To Recruit New Staff For Xfm Push
The British Design and Art Direction (D&AD) interactive multimedia awards will be announced tomorrow evening in London. The awards will be presented for achievements in creativity, interactivity and technology. It is understood that of the three prestigious silver awards, two have gone to UK companies with the third going to a US outfit.The awards, scheduled… Continue reading Multimedia Awards To Be Announced
Michael Bloomberg, owner of the financial information system of the same name, is said to be considering the launch of a business newspaper in the UK.In interviews given to the FT and the Independent On Sunday on the back of his new autobiography, Bloomberg by Bloomberg, he says that the launch of a mid-market business… Continue reading Bloomberg Considering Financial Newspaper Launch
Lloyds Bank will be sponsoring ITV’s Tournoi De France football tournament between the UK, France, Brazil and Italy.There will be six one hour highlight programmes. The first goes out on June 3 and the last on June 11.The deal was negotiated by Tim Brady and Paul Vaughan at API Consulting on behalf of the Lloyds… Continue reading Lloyds Bank Do Deal With ITV
The Channel 5 9pm movie, much trumpeted as a popular alternative to other channel’s offerings, can be seen as a general indicator of 5’s success since it launched at the end of March. This is not only because 5 itself placed so much faith in it as an audience puller, but because advertisers did too.… Continue reading Channel 5 Analysis – The 9pm Movie
Prior to the FA Cup final on Saturday, research, carried out by Telewest Communications, found that only 20% of those people intending to watch the match find the half-time conversation interesting, while 37% found it quite dull.But, even if Des failed to draw the crowds, according to overnight figures, the live match coverage on BBC1… Continue reading FA Cup – The Real Score
The Guardian has announced that it will be sponsoring the prestigious Edinburgh International Television Festival. The annual event, which attracts around 1,500 delegates, will from now on be known as the Guardian Edinburgh International Television Festival. This year’s event will take place from August 22-25.Guardian: 0171 239 9696
Bad language and violence are the last no-go areas for advertising, according to new research conducted by Grey.90% of people interviewed would like to severely restrict the use of strong language in advertising, banning it at least until after the 9.00pm watershed. 90% of correspondents would similarly like tough restrictions on violence, at least until… Continue reading The Last Taboos
Channel 5 has just announced that it has signed a deal with Chelsea Football Club for exclusive live coverage of the team’s home games in the European Cup Winners Cup. The agreement also includes exclusive rights to Chelsea’s South East Asia tour to Hong Kong, Thailand and Brunei which begins this week. The first match,… Continue reading Channel 5 Secures Chelsea Coverage
