Joint sales director at Media and Airtime Sales, Paul Curtis, will move across to Laser Sales as sales manager when the new LWT/Tyne Tees operation comes into being at the start of next year.Ron Miller is believed to be the most likely candidate for the position of managing director, with Derek Hamment taking over as… Continue reading Laser Sales Appointments Confirmed
Andy Jones, media director with Glasgow-based Bridge Alliance, left the agency unexpectedly this week. His departure on Wednesday has left deputy media director Anne MacLean in charge of the department until a replacement is decided.
Chief executive of HTV Group, Charles Romaine, has resigned from the television company, after only two years in the position. He will be replaced by Chris Rowlands, formerly finance director with HTV. The recently accelerated risk of takeover by a larger ITV company is said to have influenced Romaine’s decision.
Speaking to MediaTel this morning about recently leaked RAJAR data claiming that Virgin 1215 achieved a poor reach in May of 7%, Ellie Smith strongly denied that the station was worried about the final result to be released in August, claiming that internal figures have been very encouraging so far.If the figures are accurate then… Continue reading Virgin Denies Rajar Figures
Cinema admissions are continuing to increase with the average weekly admissions figure for May up by 5.7% year-on-year to 1.74m.Major films released in May included Indecent Proposal, Groundhog Day and Cop And A Half. This compares to Basic Instict, Howards End and Waynes World which were released in May 1992.The May figure is down on… Continue reading Cinema Admissions – May
Future Publishing is approaching its latest planned launch from a different angle, giving it an elusive quality before even reaching the newsstands.The Edge will be introduced with an exceptionally low print run of 40,000 to create a niche market for the title, making it initially available to hard core computer readers and hence slowly building… Continue reading Different Angle For Future Mag
ITV plans to move News at Ten to an earlier slot (Newsline – 22/6) have met with strong resistance at Westminster where more than 50 MPs signed a motion condemning the move.Chief executives of the sixteen ITV companies are expected to ratify the change on July 5th. The ITV broadcast board has already agreed to… Continue reading Save The News At Ten Campaign
Gold Greenlees Trott plc and GGK Holdings have announced that they are forming a new advertising network, GGK/GGT Worldwide. The joint venture company will make its first investments in agencies currently wholly owned by GGKH but are considering further acquisition and development. Alec Kenny formerly of Kenny Lockett Booth, is joining Laing Henry this week… Continue reading Agency Snippets
A cinema advertisement for the Co-operative Bank achieved a recall level of 53%, according to Gallup research commissioned by RSA Advertising. The commercial, which emphasised the bank’s position against animal testing, prompted 1 in 4 of the respondents to say they would like to open an account with the bank.90% of those who recalled the… Continue reading Cinema Recall Research
Cinema admissions are continuing to increase with the average weekly admissions figure for May up by 5.7% year-on-year to 1.74m.Major films released in May included Indecent Proposal, Groundhog Day and Cop And A Half. This compares to Basic Instict, Howards End and Waynes World which were released in May 1992.The May figure is down on… Continue reading Cinema Admissions – May
