Body Shop is considering a number of new promotional options with Drum PHD. One of the topics under discussion is advertising supplied TV programming.If this idea was to bear fruit, the current ITC rules would prevent the retailer from producing a programme about the cosmetics and beauty business. Although, Body Shop may be able to… Continue reading Body Shop Considers TV Venture
Prince Alwaleed Bin Talal has bought a £17m stake in the global advertising group Cordiant. This represents a 3% stake in the company which is soon to be demerged. The Prince is reported to have said that he thought “the Cordiant management has done a very good job so far to improve the performance of… Continue reading Saudi Prince Buys Cordiant Stakes
Last night’s Guardian Media debate put the big wigs at Channel 5 on the spot. A panel of high profile media experts slowly and painfully took the new channel apart.Speaking on behalf of the advertisers, Tessa Alps, executive chairman of Drum PHD, said that she and her colleagues were, in a way, bound to love… Continue reading 5 Under Fire
Capital Radio plc has reshuffled its executive management structure.Richard Eyre, previously managing director, is now chief executive, David Mansfield moves from group commercial director to group managing director and Paul Davies, formerly managing director of media sales and marketing, is now commercial director.Capital Radio: 0171 766 6000
The ITC has published its third quarterly report on TV audience share figuresThere is very little change during this period, BBC1 is down 0.3% quarter-on-quarter to 32.2%, BBC2 is up 0.2% to 11.7%, Channel 4 is up 0.1% to 10.3% and total ITV is down 0.4% to 34.6%. Total non-terrestrial is up from 9.7% to… Continue reading TV Audience Share Figures
Visa International is sponsoring Directions, the daily travel programme on EBN, the cable and satellite business channel.The Visa brand name will feature on the programme credits and on the EBN website.EBN: 0171 653 9345
British Digital Broadcasting is reported to be considering legal action if the Independent Television Commission awards the rival Digital Television Network consortium the licence to run digital terrestrial TV services.The wrangle concerns the announcement last week (see UNM Joins Digital Bid) that United News & Media would take a stake in the DTN bid if… Continue reading ITC Digital Decision May Be Challenged
The Economist Intelligence Unit, a leading source of global business information and analysis, has announced the launch of EUI on the Net, http://www.eiu.com. This new web-based service is geared to the growing needs of companies across the world seeking to access global business intelligence.The EUI’s database of country and regional publications covers market conditions, economic… Continue reading Economists On The Web
There have been substantial drops in viewing levels to RTE TV and UTV in the Irish Republic with a reassessment of programming policy needed to get viewing levels back, according to a report from the Irish agency the Media Bureau.The Nielsen measurement system for Television viewing in Ireland has now been running for seven months… Continue reading Irish TV Suffers Viewing Drop
An NOP poll has found that 74% of British viewers consider ITV serves the needs and interests of their region better than any other TV channel. The poll found that ITV’s regional news service was more popular than the alternative offered by the BBC. 58% preferred ITV regional news to the service provided by the… Continue reading Viewers Still In Favour Of Regional Programming
