Carlton Communications has defied calls from a powerful group of institutional shareholders for Michael Green to be removed as chairman of the newly merged ITV by noon tomorrow.The broadcaster has confirmed that it has received requests from a coalition representing more than a third of the combined ITV’s shareholders for Green to immediately relinquish his… Continue reading Carlton Defies Shareholders Over Calls To Oust Green
ITV scored a ratings victory on the weekend with the England rugby team’s crucial match against South Africa attracting a peak audience of more than 6 million viewers.Saturday’s game, which saw England defeat the Springboks by 25 points to 6, averaged 5.3 million viewers and secured a 53.2% share of the available audience for ITV1,… Continue reading Over 6 Million Tune Into ITV1 For England Rugby
Film studios are inclined to regard the web with suspicion on the basis that illegal file sharing threatens to erode revenues across the industry. However, a new report from Informa Media Group claims that piracy will only have a limited impact on sales and Hollywood will ultimately gain from internet services.Also On MediaTel Insight Today…Price… Continue reading MediaTelINSIGHT: Web An Opportunity For Movie Business
Non-broadcast advertising very rarely breaks the guidelines for marketing to children, according to new research from the Advertising Standards Agency.The latest survey into the compliance rate of marketing communications targeted at consumers under 16 shows that just 1% of non-broadcast ads aimed at children broke the current ASA guidelines during July this year.The study confirmed… Continue reading Children’s Ads Show Compliance With ASA Guidelines
Carlton and Granada remained in focus yesterday as the market continued to ponder the implications of the broadcasters’ planned £4.2 billion merger, which was given the go ahead by Trade and Industry Secretary, Patricia Hewitt, last week (see ITV Cleared To Merge With Sales Houses Intact).The ITV partners are currently hammering out detailed merger plans… Continue reading Sharewatch: Carlton And Granada Still Buoyed By Merger
The merged ITV is to retain control of the two film businesses owned by Carlton Communications, according to press reports today.The Financial Times claims that Granada and Carlton have agreed to keep the latter’s cinema advertising business and its interests in Thomson Multimedia when their £4.2 billion merger is complete.Carlton Screen Advertising sells cinema advertising… Continue reading ITV To Keep Carlton Film Assets Following Merger
Shadow Culture Secretary, John Whittingdale, has called on the BBC to scrap its commercial arm and franchise out the exploitation of its programme brands to outside companies.Whittingdale reportedly urged BBC Worldwide to scale down activities and said he did not understand why the Corporation had launched ten magazines this year, published books, or launched its… Continue reading Conservatives Call On BBC To Abolish Commercial Arm
Espotting Media, the pay for performance advertising group, has appointed former DoubleClick managing director, Matthew Colebourne, as its new vice president of operations.Colebourne will join Espotting’s senior management team and will take on responsibility for refining and improving the processes that support the company’s European advertisers and network partners.Colbourne will report directly to Espotting’s chief… Continue reading Espotting Appoints New Vice President Of Operations
TalkSPORT has secured a six-figure deal with Tetley’s beer to sponsor the station’s coverage of the current Rugby World Cup in Australia.The brand, which is the official beer of English and Scottish rugby, has secured an unprecedented sponsorship presence across the station’s seven weeks of rugby coverage.In addition to break bumpers between games, talkSPORT is… Continue reading TalkSPORT Secures Tetley’s For Rugby Sponsorship
The Telegraph Group has promoted Stephen Dunk to the position of classified sales director as part of the ongoing shake-up of its advertising department.The appointment is the first to be made by Chris White-Smith, who was promoted to group sales director as part of the changes. It also comes less than a week after Len… Continue reading Telegraph Group Appoints Dunk As Classified Sales Head
