The biggest sponsorship deal between a British broadcaster and an internet company took place yesterday when Channel 5 signed a £3 million deal with ShopSmart.com. The one-year contract will see the Net shopping portal sponsoring the channel’s peak-time film output.ShopSmart.com plans to create a number of executions to suit each different genre of film. Managing… Continue reading Channel 5 Signs Biggest Net Sponsorship Deal
Carlton Communications has teamed up with French commercial broadcaster, TF1, to set up a joint venture to operate internet and online businesses across Europe. Each of the companies is to invest Euro50 million (ďż˝31.5 million) in the venture which will be called @lliance.@lliance is being created to acquire and develop sports, entertainment and interactive rights… Continue reading Carlton Commits 32m To Internet Venture With TF1
The Radio Advertising Bureau (RAB) has promoted its two founding members of staff – Douglas McArthur and Justin Sampson – to chief executive and managing director respectively. McArthur has been managing director at the RAB since its launch in 1992 and Sampson is currently operations director for the Bureau.The RAB’s chairman Peter Warren says: “For… Continue reading RAB Appoints Chief Executive And Managing Director
Johnston Press has joined the race to bid for Newscom today by submitting an application to the Department of Trade and Industry, just a week after US publishing giant, Gannett, tendered its own proposal for the regional publisher (see Gannett Seeks Permission To Bid For Newscom).Johnston Press, which publishes titles ranging from the Glenrothes Gazette… Continue reading Johnston Press Joins Bidding Race For Newscom
The Government’s plan to ban tobacco advertising has been ruled legal by a court this morning, following an appeal by the tobacco industry. The ban on all tobacco advertising in the UK was intended to come into force on 10 December (see Government Sets A Date For Cessation Of Tobacco Advertising), but an appeal by… Continue reading Tobacco Ad Ban Upheld By Court
London radio station BBC GLR is to be renamed next year as part of a major rebranding of the BBC’s services in the capital. BBC London Live, as it will be called, will be relaunched with increased news and speech and a reduction in music programming. The coming of the anti-Christ is just one of… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Pre-tax profits at the Daily Mail & General Trust group (DMGT), owner of the Daily Mail and Mail On Sunday, grew by 9.5% for the year ended 3 October 1999, the company announced this morning. DMGT also owns the Evening Standard and London Metro newspapers.DMGT’s national and London newspapers are run by the company’s Associated… Continue reading Daily Mail & General Trust Profits Up 9.5%
Fru Hazlitt, sales director at Capital Radio, has resigned the group to join Yahoo Europe. She is to take up the position of European sales director when her contract expires in six months’ time.Hazlitt told Newsline: “I have got the best media job in Britain at the moment and I am very sad to leave… Continue reading Yahoo Swipes Capital Radio Sales Director
Daily Mail & General Trust climbed 18p yesterday as the newspaper group prepared to release its annual financial results this morning. Prices closed at £42.18p.Cable group Telewest fell as the whole telecoms sector suffered a decline and negative rumours surrounded its proposed merger with Flextech (see Telewest And Flextech Close To Merger). Prices dropped 28žp… Continue reading Sharewatch
The Audit Bureau of Circulations (ABC) is to review the stringency of its auditing procedures following the discovery of a six year falsification of the figures for three Birmingham newspapers. The Birmingham Post & Mail (BPM) titles – Birmingham Evening Mail, Birmingham Post and Sunday Mercury – were last month found to have been reporting… Continue reading ABC To Review Audit Process Following False Circulation Figures
