The Health Education Authority has chosen the Braben Company to handle its safer sex radio campaign which will roll out this summer.The campaign, designed to communicate a ‘safer sex on holiday’ message to 16-24 year olds, will run on the three Kiss Stations in London, Manchester and Leeds from 28 July to 1 August.The Braben… Continue reading The Braben Company Wins Government Account
The newly christened Department for Culture, Media and Sport has appointed an inter-departmental creative industries task force. Its members include Richard Branson; Sir David Puttnam, the film-maker; Alan McGee, the owner of Foundation Records; the designer Paul Smith and the main Board director of WPP, Eric Salama.Chris Smith, the secretary of state for culture, media… Continue reading WPP Director Joins Government Task Force
The Independent Television Commission has agreed to a change in the regional programme requirements of Central Independent Television, the licensee for the Midlands.Central TV proposed to remove the requirement for 30 minutes per week of regional drama, while increasing the news by 15 minutes, other factual material by 10 minutes and sport by 5 minutes.… Continue reading The ITC Says Yes To Central
Last night’s ITV programme Neighbours From Hell helped the Network achieve its best Monday night performance so far this year.According to overnight figures, the factual programme was watched by 10.9 million viewers, this represents a 47% share. ITV had an overall peak-time share of 42.8%, this compares with 32.3% for BBC1.ITV: 0171 843 8217
The Department of Heritage has been renamed the Department For Culture, Media and Sport. This is to reflect the change of emphasis the new government intends to bring to the department. The Department For Culture, Media and Sport intends to have a role in preserving the past, but also to look to the future. A… Continue reading Name Change
The Quality MarketThe Daily Telegraph is still the highest selling paper in this sector, selling 1,090,505 copies in June and increasing 3.4% year-on-year. The Financial Times saw the greatest increase in sales in this sector, rising 8.5% to record 326,676 in June 1997. There is no let-up in site for The Independent the paper lost… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – June ABCs
Over thirty amendments have been tabled to Jessica Larive’s report on commercial communications and the internal market, to be voted by the European Parliament on 15 July. Many of these amendments would overturn the ‘country of origin’ principle proposed by the Commission and endorsed in the report, and have raised fears that the Parliament’s supportive… Continue reading EU: Joint Industry Statement
The EC has given formal notice to the Spanish government that it must amend Spain’s ley Digital (which took effect on 3 May – see AIG Notices 18) following a complaint from the digital television provider CanalSatelite; the complaint argued that the new law was obstructing the company in its competition with rival Telefonica. The… Continue reading SP: EC takes action on decoders
The Chairman and Deputy Director-General of the AA met Lord Simon of Highbury, UK Government Minister in charge of trade and competitiveness in Europe on 14 July. The AA gave a presentation on the Green Paper on commercial communications, stressing the key importance of the home country principle.
Following an interview with the editor, Newsline reported on Friday that the troubled Sunday Business’s future had been secured Sunday Business Saved.However, the paper has drifted back onto the rocks after talks hit a stalemate this weekend. An announcement on the paper’s future is expected by the end of the day.Newsline will bring you further… Continue reading Sunday Business Still In The Soup
