Chime Communications is all set for its £20-25m buyout of the advertising group HHCL & Partners. It is expected that WPP, the largest marketing services group in the world, will be taking a 25-30 per cent stake in the enlarged Chime, thus funding the acquisition of HHCL.A deal of this nature will provide Chime and… Continue reading WPP May Aid Chime’s HHCL Takeover
Following the departure of publishing director Marcus Rich for Australia, Emap Metro are now on the look-out for someone to fill the newly-created position of marketing manager. The marketing manager will replace Andy Semple, head of marketing, who will become general manager of film titles.Emap Metro: 0171 436 1515
The latest CIA MediaLab Sensor survey has discovered that 66 per cent of the British public feel that the Spice Girls have been over-used in the promotion of products and services. Perhaps surprisingly, even more (68 per cent) of 15-24 year olds also felt the ‘Girls had been overexposed.The survey also appears to demonstrate that… Continue reading No More Spice Girls, Please
29/10/9729/10/97ITV Requests Treasury Payments ReductionThe ITV Network has put forward proposals to the ITC which argue that ITV’s licence payments to the Treasury ought to be reduced in the light of the more “fragmented and competitive marketplace” which ITV now finds itself. Its current payments total £400m per year.The Network has outlined the objectives which… Continue reading ITV Requests Treasury Payments Reduction
The UK cable music channel The Box will back The Brit Awards Best British Video Award for the second year running. In order to attract more votes The Box will be screening special Brit Awards features six times a day for the six weeks leading up to the event.The Braben Company: 0171 289 1616
Rupert Garret is to move to GWR’s newly-created national sales house (subscribers see GWR Announces New Sales Operation) as an agency group head. He is expected to leave his post as head of radio at BBJ Media Services later this year although no definite date has been set. He will report to the national sales… Continue reading Rupert Garrett To Join GWR
According to agency estimates total terrestrial TV revenue for September came in at £212.54 million. Of this ITV brought in £156.71m and C4 £46.8m.There were relatively substantial year on year losses in impacts across all categories for ITV/C4 in September. Men was the audience hardest hit, with a drop of 7.5% while the category to… Continue reading TV Round-Up – September
Following yesterday’s dramatic fall for the worse in the world’s stock market, traders around the world were bracing themselves for even worse this morning. As expected the crash went global and at one stage this morning more than £76 billion was knocked of British equities. London’s FT-SE index fell steeply first thing this morning hitting… Continue reading FT-SE’s Rocky Ride
Chief executive of Capital Radio, David Mansfield, has appointed Sally Oldham as Capital’s first managing director of group radio. She moves from the post of regional operations director where she was responsible for Capital’s stations in Hampshire, Sussex, Kent and Birmingham. Oldham will now also have responsibility for the London market as well as Capital’s… Continue reading Capital Appoints First Managing Director For Radio
Since the Cinema Exhibitors Association (CEA) agreed to recommend that its members send admissions data to the Cinema Advertising Association (CAA), the industry and advertisers have started to reap the benefits of accurate audience share data.The first ever accurate quarterly cinema admissions figures have been published by the CAA. This report, covering the period July-September… Continue reading Cinema Admissions Data Benefits Advertisers
