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The Government has announced the appointment of an independent panel to oversee the BBC’s charter review, featuring six media heavyweights who will advise Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell on key issues throughout the process.The panel was agreed with Terry Burns, Tessa Jowell’s independent advisor on the charter review, and includes Trinity Mirror chief executive Sly Bailey,… Continue reading Government Finalises Panel for BBC Charter Review

The worst advertising downturn in living memory has finally come to an end and marketing spend is predicted to increase by the largest margin ever recorded, according to new research from the Chartered Institute of Marketing.The latest Marketing Trends survey of more than 100 leading media professionals suggests that confidence amongst British marketers has reached… Continue reading Recession In UK Marketing Finally Comes To An End

Earlier this month media super-regulator Ofcom published its first report on the contract rights renewal system set up to prevent the newly merged ITV from monopolising the market for airtime sales. With this is mind, Geoffrey Russell, director for media affairs at the IPA, looks at how the remedy has been working…For anyone involved in… Continue reading NewsLine Column: Contract Rights Renewal – So Far So Good

The Advertising Association today announced that the advertising market in the UK continues on the road to recovery with expenditure rising by 4.8% in the first quarter of 2004, the strongest growth since the end of 2002.The survey carried out by the World Advertising Research Centre revealed that total UK advertising expenditure for the last… Continue reading UK Adspend Increases By 4.8% In First Quarter Of 2004

The Telegraph Group has secured an innovative deal with wine brand Jacob’s Creek to broadcast the forthcoming Wimbledon tennis tournament on a giant screen at London’s Canary Wharf.In addition to the giant screen, the Daily Telegraph will include an eight-page Wimbledon supplement next Monday and a preview of the tournament entitled John McEnroe’s Wimbledon Guide… Continue reading Telegraph Nets Sponsor For Tennis Television

The BBC is currently holding talks about the possibility of launching a free-to-air digital satellite service to rival BSkyB’s proposed package of more than 200 television and radio channels.It is understood that the Corporation is in negotiations with a number of other broadcasters about launching a service to go head-to-head with the satellite package unveiled… Continue reading BBC Contemplates Taking On BSkyB With Satellite Service

The three-horse race to take control of the Telegraph titles is expected to reach its conclusion later this week amid widespread speculation that bids for the newspaper group could exceed £700 million.The last three interested parties – the Barclay brothers, Daily Mail & General Trust and a consortium of investment firms – were asked to… Continue reading Race For Telegraph Titles Could End This Week

More than 20 million sports fans tuned in to ITV1 last night to watch France clinch a sensational comeback victory over England in the first round of the Euro 2004 football championship.Unofficial overnight figures from BARB show that a peak of 20.7 million viewers stayed at home to watch the game, which saw France score… Continue reading 20.7 Million Watch England Lose Out To France

Global advertising giant, WPP has announced that it is backing the launch of media network KR Media, which will be headed by former Aegis Media Europe chief executives Bruno Kemoun and Eryck Rebbouh.WPP will hold a minority stake in the new European network which is set to launch in Paris in September.WPP has agreed to… Continue reading WPP Takes Share In Kemoun And Rebbouh’s Media Venture

The National Magazine Company has appointed Sam Baker as editor of its flagship women’s glossy Cosmopolitan, replacing Lorraine Candy who left to join Hachette Filipacchi’s Elle earlier this year.The appointment marks a return to magazine editing for Baker, who stepped down after five years as editor of Company magazine to write her first novel Fashion… Continue reading Cosmopolitan Appoints Former Company Girl As New Editor