David Pugh, chief executive of poster contractor Mills & Allen, has been fired, along with two other directors, by the group’s new owners JC Decaux (see Decaux To Become World’s Largest Outdoor Group With Havas Acquisition). Sales director Lawson Muncaster and finance director Helen Enright have also left the company at the behest of Jean-Francois… Continue reading Newsline Brief
Portal website operator, Yahoo! UK & Ireland, has teamed up with satellite broadcaster BSkyB to create a UK marketing alliance that will span all of Sky’s TV operations and Yahoo’s web pages.The deal will see the companies using each other’s media to promote their services. Iliane van Ees, marketing manager at Yahoo! UK and Ireland,… Continue reading BSkyB And Yahoo! Form UK Marketing Alliance
Media group EMAP has this morning announced the acquisition of Groupe Taitbout, the French publisher of Pleine Vie. The deal is the latest move in EMAP’s international expansion, following the acquisition of US groups Petersen in December 1998 (see EMAP Makes £720m US Move) and General Media’s automotive group in January (see EMAP Augments US… Continue reading EMAP Acquires French Publisher
Continuing the trend of hiring ever more elaborate surroundings to present its programmes schedule, the ITV Network unveiled its autumn offerings yesterday at the brand new IMAX Cinema in London (it can surely only be a matter of time before they hire out a space shuttle).David Liddiment, director of programmes at ITV, opened the presentation… Continue reading ITV Autumn 99 Schedule – The Bigger Picture
According to a new report by media analysts and brokers Merrill Lynch, ITV is currently missing out on a ‘tremendous’ commercial opportunity by failing to market its presence on the internet.Unlike the BBC, ITV has so far not promoted the ITV.com brand or launched another national portal site. This is because the companies which own… Continue reading ITV Is ‘Missing Tremendous Commercial Opportunities’ On The Net, Says Merrill Lynch
The RA is re-advertising the local radio licence for Bailiwick of Guernsey, which is currently held by Island FM. The licence will run for eight years from 15 October 2000. The regulator is also re-advertising the local radio licence for the Island of Jersey, currently held by Channel Radio (Channel 103 FM). This licence will… Continue reading Radio Authority News
IPC Magazines is producing a free magazine called The Islander, which will target club-goers who make their annual pilgrimage to Ibiza during the summer months. The weekly title is to run for 11 issues and has a print run of 20,000.In a deal with HMV, which is sponsoring the magazine, half the copies will be… Continue reading IPC Launches Free Magazine For Ibiza Clubbers
Sir John Birt, director-general of the BBC, is expected to announce in his New Statesman lecture this evening that he believes the digital revolution could threaten British culture. Birt, who has channelled millions of pounds of licence fee money into developing the BBC’s digital strategy, is expected to convey his qualms about the globalisation of… Continue reading BBC DG To Warn Of Digital Danger
Granada introduced a two for one share split yesterday in order to halve its share price which had climbed to over £12.00. The media and leisure group was up 9p on Friday by close last night.There are reports that analysts at Investec Henderson Crosthwaite believe that ONdigital, the digital terrestrial TV operator in which Granada… Continue reading Sharewatch
Media and hotels group, Granada, performed well at the end of last week following strong trading in its hotels and leisure businesses. Granada finished up 64p at 1,246p.EMAP continued to benefit from its acquisition of men’s and lifestyle magazine publisher, Wagadon. EMAP did not disclose the cost of Wagadon, publisher of The Face and Arena,… Continue reading Sharewatch
