Marie Therese Doran, a planner/buyer with O&M Media has been announced as overall winner of the IPA Media Awards. Three others were highly commended – Phil Georgiadis of WCRS, Denise Gardiner of Bartle Bogle Hegarty, and Nick Emery, also with O&M Media.
Marie Therese Doran, a planner/buyer with O&M Media has been announced as overall winner of the IPA Media Awards. Three others were highly commended – Phil Georgiadis of WCRS, Denise Gardiner of Bartle Bogle Hegarty, and Nick Emery, also with O&M Media.
Trevor Southerden is to take over as advertisement manager with Morgan- Grampian monthly, Tunnels and Tunnelling. He was formerly an ad representative with the title.
BSkyB has beaten ITV to the post with a $1.65m deal to screen Lennox Lewis’ defence fight for the world heavy weight crown. ITV is reported to have bid less than half this amount for the rights.
Broadcast Director of Young & Rubicam, Greg Turzynski has been promoted to Deputy Media Director of the company. Media Director Simon Matthews intends to become more involved with European issues while both will share in the running of day-to-day business.David Hughes steps up to fill the role of Media Planning Director; the shake-up is a… Continue reading Young & Rubicam Promotions
Radio 4 long-wave fans may have won their battle to prevent the BBC from replacing it with a 24-hour news service, a move which has caused much protest and anger from those who argue that they cannot receive the station on FM (Newsline 29/9).The Corporation is now launching an inquiry which will examine potential problems… Continue reading BBC Thinking Again About R4 Move
Christopher Chataway will step down as chairman of LBC today, handing the position over to Dame Shirley Porter, whose family now owns the radio station. Chataway will remain as a non-executive director.
Channel 4 Television has set up a new trading subsidiary to sell the company’s films and programmes. Channel 4 International Ltd will take over from Film Four International and the present in-house sales arm Channel 4 International, with Michael Grade as chairman. Existing commercial activities have accumulated an average annual turnover of £10m over the… Continue reading Trading Subsidiary For Channel 4
The Sun has been given seven days to reply to a letter from the Queen’s solicitor, demanding damages for the publication of her Christmas speech two days before it was due to be revealed. The tabloid has made it clear that it will defend all legal proceedings brought by the Queen and feel confident that… Continue reading Sun To Reply To Queen’s Letter
In a study carried out by The Billett Consultancy entitled ‘TV Advertising in a Recession – Today and Tomorrow’, results maintain that continuing to advertise on TV during the recession has been worth it despite criticism to the contrary. The report finds a positive correlation between television adspend and maintaining market share during the economic… Continue reading Television Ads Survive Recession
