Willott Kingston Smith, the advertising accountancy and consultancy firm, is setting up a new information technology consultancy. Ed Bayley, formerly head of new media at Bartle Bogle and Hegarty, has been appointed to head the new division which will give IT advice to the media industry.Willott Kingston Smith: 0171 304 4646
Laser and 95.8 Capital FM have announced a strategic alliance to create a new programme called Live From The Capital Cafe.The show will be transmitted on LWT at 11pm on Friday nights early in the summer, featuring live music, comedy, celebrity interviews and the latest trends to hit London. Martina King, Capital Radio’s station director… Continue reading Laser Joins Capital Radio For TV Show
Alexandra Tickle has joined EMAP Internet Sales as account manager. Before joining EMAP, Tickle was advertising and promotions manager at Information Hyperlink, the Internet publishing and Web design company.Away from the Net, Chris O’Donnell, sales director of Adshel has been promoted; he is now deputy executive director of Adshel Developments.EMAP Online: 0171 208 5174Adshel: 0171… Continue reading Tickle Tapped For EMAP
The Brighton Media Centre is launching 20:20 in September. The glossy magazine aims to dispel the myth that the media is a closed shop, full of ‘old boys’ squabbling with each other. Young, talented graduates are promising to produce a fresh, feisty, unpredictable magazine that brings a different perspective to the established media, and an… Continue reading 20:20 Opens Closed Shop
EMAP Radio has confirmed that it has appointed Tom Toumazis, former managing director of Eurosport, as the head of a new sales company set up in the wake of the Capital takeover of Virgin two weeks ago (subscribers see Capital Buys Virgin Radio).The new company, dubbed EMAP Broadcast Sales, will sell airtime for EMAP’s TV… Continue reading EMAP Radio Launches Sales House
The Saturday edition of The Times is to be overhauled. Nick Wapshott, formerly editor of the Saturday magazine, will be overseeing the revamp. He will be going through the paper with a fine tooth comb and making improvements where necessary. Wapshott aims to distinguish the paper from the weekday editions to satisfy the different needs… Continue reading Changing Times On Saturday
The soaps cleaned out the top spots again this week. Coronation Street was again top of the league with 15.79 million viewers. Although Eastenders achieved a higher weekly average than The Street, amassing an average of 14.45 million viewers over three nights, in comparison, Coronation Street recorded an average of 13.33 million viewers over four… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary – W/E 18/05/97
The Radio Advertising Bureau and senior commercial radio industry figures have agreed to set up a working body called the Joint Industry Commercial Radio IT Futures group (JICRIT) which will aim at standardising the buying and selling of radio airtime as well as making the medium more accountable.It was agreed at a meeting last week… Continue reading Radio Industry Sets Up JIC
Land Rover is sponsoring Sky TV’s broadcast of the British Lions Tour. Land Rover will be fully integrated into the whole package. The deal includes sponsorship, text and Internet and extends to national newspaper supplement promotions.In another motoring related sponsorship deal, Pulling Power, Central TV’s new motor show, is being sponsored by Auto Windscreens. The… Continue reading New Motor Sponsors Pass The Screen Test
Fru Hazlitt, the former head of client sales at Capital Radio is to head Capital’s new sales house Capital Sales and Marketing *Capital Buys Virgin Radio. A number of changes have already followed this appointment. Duncan George, sales director of Capital Radio and Andrew Oldham, sales director of MSM are both leaving the group, although… Continue reading Capital Restructures Sales
