CLT UK Radio Sales has appointed Tim Bleakley as sales controller of Talk Radio. He joins from TSMS where he was account director.… Kate Lynch, head of research at Leo Burnett, is leaving the company’s London office in March to join the Leo Burnett operation in Chicago.CLT UK Radio Sales: 0171 436 6363Leo Burnett: 0171… Continue reading Appointment News
ABC announced this afternoon that it will now be accepting subscription-sale copies of the Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph as “full price” sales.The row between ABC and the Telegraph first occurred on December 13 when the paper’s latest ABC figures were excluded because some had been sold on a subscription basis. Writs were issued by… Continue reading ABC And Telegraph Reach Agreement
According to the Sunday Telegraph, BSkyB is to join forces with BT, Midland Bank and Matsushita, the Japanese electronics company, in a venture which will produce the first set-top boxes needed to receive digital television transmissions.The secret venture, worth around £500m, involves BT and BSkyB having a 30% stake each while the other partners have… Continue reading BSkyB In Digital Joint Venture
Emap’s successful men’s magazine FHM is launching an Internet connection service. FHM Connect service offers Internet access, e-mail and 3,000 CompuServe services. The magazine is running an introductory offer which features free access for a month, with a £6.50 monthly charge thereafter.The title also recently launched a content-related Website. For a review subscribers should click… Continue reading FHM Launches Internet Connection
IPC has announced that Sarah Williams has joined the IPC SouthBank Advertisement promotions department as head of sales. Working with advertorials director Glyn Davies she is responsible for sales of advertorials and special projects across 16 SouthBank titles including Marie Claire, Options, 19 and Ideal Home. She was previously senior marketing and promotions manager at… Continue reading IPC And Y&R Appointments
A report by Sheffield University has revealed that violent content occupies a relatively tiny percentage of total programming minutage.The independent report, funded by all main UK broadcasters and regulators, covered ten terrestrial and non-terrestrial channels and recorded 1.08% violent minutage out of across-the-board total TV output. This compares to 1.07% last year. The amount of… Continue reading Survey Shows Little Change In Amount of TV Violence
BSkyB had a good week due to developments in the digital TV area. On Monday it was reported that the company was pushing ahead with its set-top box plans and its ratecard was approved by the OFT. Both of these developments lifted shares out of the doldrums, increasing 13 on Monday to 489p and another… Continue reading Sharewatch W/E 20/12/96
The Doritos sponsorship credits for ITV’s season of movie premieres has provoked 97 complaints, it is reported in the ITC’s monthly complaints bulletin. The credits featured still photographs of famous movie stars, but with real mouths which made crunchy sounds and jokey remarks.Most of the complainants objected to the sponsorship credits on the grounds that… Continue reading Doritos Sponsorship Draws Complaints
The Mirror Group and Independent Newspapers of Ireland, which together own 92% of the Independent and Independent On Sunday , have announced that they will increase the amount of funding for the two papers.The undisclosed sum is in addition to the extra £23m cash injection which was announced by the Mirror Group and Independent Newspapers… Continue reading Independent Gets New Funding
The BBC has spent around £200m on its winter schedule, it announced this week. Highlights include a dramatisation of Sir Walter Scott’s Ivanhoe, a new prison drama called Insiders and a time travelling police series The Crime Traveller starring Michael French from Eastenders.Christopher Lee will star in the six part Ivanhoe adaptation alongside Susan Lynch… Continue reading BBC Spends £200m On Winter Schedule
