Virgin Radio’s first marketing director, Rhidian Chrichton-Stuart, has left the station after only seven months at the newly created post *Virgin Poach Mirror Man. Chrichton-Stuart will be joining Express Newspapers’ as ad manager.Meanwhile, The Evening Standard’s deputy ad director, Sally Smith is now celebrating her promotion to classified ad director.*Subscribers onlyVirgin Radio: 0171 434 1215Evening… Continue reading Virgin’s Marketing Director Quits
Chelsea Football Club is reported to be negotiating a sponsorship deal with Epson, the printer company. If successful, the £7 million deal will begin next season. The current sponsor, Scottish Courage’s Coors Lager, has decided not to renew the contract.Chelsea Football Club: 0171 385 5545
GMTV and IPC Magazines have today announced that they are to launch a joint venture magazine at the end of April.GMTV Magazine will be a monthly glossy containing detailed information on programme items covered on GMTV as well as a strong mix of health, cooking and celebrity articles. Aimed at the station’s core audience, C2DE… Continue reading GMTV And IPC Join To Launch Magazine
Channel 4’s Spring schedule emerged into the media limelight yesterday; the mix of challenging documentaries, new comedy, in-depth dramas and soft-porn guarantees another provocative line-up.The new package demonstrates that 4 remains committed to new, quality drama. Alan Bleasdale brings his unique voice to the genre of the mystery detective story in a five-part series Melissa.… Continue reading Spring In At 4
ITV has written to European Commissioners expressing concern about a proposed Directive on Media Concentration and Pluralism, which will be discussed at today’s meeting of the Commission.“The Current proposals are very damaging”, said Barry Cox, director of the ITV Association, “If Commissioners agree them as currently drafted, they will pose a serious threat to the… Continue reading ITV Goes To EU
Two Way TV, a system that allows viewers to take part in their favourite quiz, sports and magazine shows from the comfort of their own homes *Interactive TV Gets Investment Boost, is to launch in the Central region on March 15. Shows being offered are reported to include Family Fortunes, Top Gear and The Great… Continue reading Two Way TV Tunes In
Youth cable channel Rapture is set to launch “very soon” according to a company spokesman. The channel, which was first announced in 1995 and due to launch in April last year, has been delayed numerous times.Newsline was told that the delay is not due to financial or carriage problems but is more to do with… Continue reading Rapture To Launch “Very Soon”
Granada, Pearson and Pathe have sold 19.5 million shares in BSkyB to BZW for an institutional placing. This equates to 1.1% of BSkyB.The agreement was handled by the companies’ joint venture BSB which holds 12.8% of BSkyB. According to reports, the proceeds from the sale will be used to restructure BSB’s share and loan capital,… Continue reading Pearson Leads BSkyB Sell
The date for the FA Cup Semi Finals between Wimbledon and Chelsea and Middlesbrough and Chesterfield has been announced as Sunday April 13th.Wimbledon will play Chelsea at Highbury with a noon kick-off and television coverage will be by BBC1. Middlesbrough will play Chesterfield at Old Trafford with a 3pm kick-off covered by Sky Sports.The Saturday… Continue reading FA Cup Semi Final Fixtures
Both of the Telegraph titles showed good sales growth in February, with the Sunday Telegraph increasing its circulation by a spectacular 25.5% and the Daily Telegraph experiencing a growth of 5.56% to 1.106 million copies sold. Both Independent titles again showed declining circulations, with the Independent On Sunday falling 12.42% to 281,660 and its sister… Continue reading National Press Round-Up – February
