Cordiant plc has ended its 6-month search for a new chief executive following the departure of Maurice Saatchi, by appointing Bob Seelert. Bob joins after a career with the General Foods Corporation, and more recently Kayser-Roth Corporation and Topco Associates. He has experience in advertising from the client perspective, and according to the statement, “will… Continue reading Seelert New Chief Executive Of Cordiant
In its annual report published yesterday, the Broadcasting Standards Council said that complaints had risen dramatically in the past year. The Council recorded a 31% rise in the number of complaints directed to the BSC during 1994-95.“Complaints relating to violence, sex, taste and decency rose from 1711 in 1993/4 to 2247 in 1994/95. While the… Continue reading Complaints To BSC Rise
BBC1’s decision to switch The New Adventures of Superman with Steve Wright’s People Show has seen a decline in viewing for both programmes. Steve Wright’s viewing has nearly halved and Superman lost 1.3 million. Saturday, with the exception of the National Lottery, is a bad day for BBC1 with all of its prime-time programmes being… Continue reading TV Viewing Summary W/E 02/07/95
SIS, the company that supplies bookmakers with live horse racing looks set to launch a cable channel. The channel would broadcast live coverage of horse races, with specialist analysis and the assessment of form.It will probably take the form of a stand alone subscription channel costing the viewers about £5 per week and will be… Continue reading SIS To Launch Horse Racing Channel
Bertelsmann is still Europe’s top media company, according to CIT Publications Media Map Monitor. 1994/5 turnover is up 9% at over DM20 billion, and profits are up 7% at DM1.6 billion. The top-ranking German company’s lead over its public broadcasting compatriate ARD has increased from $2.4 billion to $3.9 billion.In third place is Havas, from… Continue reading Germans Lead In European Media
The ITC has announced that it has received two applications for the local delivery franchise for Chichester and Bognor. The applicants are: Sussex Cable and Telecoms Ltd, backed by US Cable Corporation and Morgan Cable Ltd, and Nynex UK.The local delivery franchise for Haywards Heath has also been advertised; just one application was received, from… Continue reading Applications For Cable Licences Received
The National Readership Survey has issued a formal statement to the news that the COI, Leo Burnett and Express Newspapers are planning their own research into newspaper section readership.The NRS points out that they have proposed similar ventures to this one in the past but they have been unable to gain full industry backing due… Continue reading Section Readership Research Welcomed By NRS
BT and Channel 4 have announced the results of research carried out into Direct Response Television (DRTV). The research has shown that one in five British TV commercials carry a telephone number. This represents growth of 46% on 1993. The research which was launched last Friday builds on the first study which was carried out… Continue reading DRTV Research – One In Five Ads
Trinity International Holdings has bought into Thomson Regional Newspapers in a deal worth £328m, it has been announced today. The publisher is buying more than 50 local papers which include the Belfast Telegraph and Sunday Life (Belfast), The Journal, Evening Chronicle, and Sunday Sun (Newcastle), The Western Mail, South Wales Echo and Wales on Sunday… Continue reading Trinity And Thomson Papers Deal
ITV have announced that two of its Network peak-time programmes have had their sponsorship deal renewed. Midland Mortgages will once again sponsor the comedy drama series Moving Story. The deal starts from 18 July and lasts for seven weeks. The deal was negotiated by Andy Thompson of Carlton UK Sales for the ITV Network.The other… Continue reading ITV Re-Signs Two Major Sponsors
