Farah Ramzan, ex-deputy managing director of Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO, has been promoted to the role of managing director of the group, which is the UK’s largest agency.Ramzan will expand her existing role within the group and work alongside chief executive, Cilla Snowball, and the agency chairman, Michael Baulk, in an expanded management team.She has… Continue reading Ramzan Promoted To Managing Director Of AMV BBDO
The IPA has nominated Stephen Woodford, chief executive of WCRS, to succeed Bruce Haines, group chief executive of Leo Burnett, as President of the IPA next April.Woodford has had a long association with the IPA and is currently the joint chairman of the IPA diversity project. He is also the chairman of the Value of… Continue reading Woodford Set To Become New IPA President
Analysis of the latest TV revenue figures for October reveals a positive period for total UK terrestrial TV, which experienced a 13.1% year on year increase in revenue. Gains were experienced across the board, but Channel Five saw the most significant improvement, with revenue rising by 31.8% year on year despite the recent departure of… Continue reading TV Market Round-Up October 2002
Bob Wootton, director of media and advertising affairs at ISBA, has placed further pressure on Carlton and Granada by re-iterating his opposition to a merger of the two sales houses.Speaking at Starcom Motive’s media conference in London today, Wootton said he believed the sales houses should remain separate. Underlying his remarks is ISBA’s belief that… Continue reading ISBA Renews Opposition To Sales House Merger
Former Capital Radio group programme director and the ‘Headmaster’ of BBC’s Fame Academy, Richard Park, is to join Emap Performance as a consultant on London-based radio station Magic 105.4.Park, who worked at Capital for 14 years before setting up his own media consultancy, will be working in conjunction with Magic 105.4’s programme director Trevor White… Continue reading Fame Academy Headmaster To Join Emap As Consultant
AOL has secured a deal with NTL, worth £85 million, to use the group’s cable network to carry its broadband service.The deal will expand AOL broadband’s potential reach to 7.2 million broadband-enabled households on NTL’s network and marks the extension of an existing agreement.According to AOL, the company will have the largest potential customer base… Continue reading AOL Extends Broadband Offering With NTL
Sara Nathan, former editor of Channel 4 News, has been appointed acting deputy chair of the content advisory board at the new communications super-regulator, Ofcom.Although the appointment is temporary, it has been speculated she will keep the position after the initial development period, giving her one of the most powerful positions in television.The content advisory… Continue reading Ex-Channel 4 News Editor Joins Ofcom Board
The media sector was under pressure on Tuesday following the broader London equity market downwards, after a downbeat forecast from Barclays knocked investors confidence in a sustained rally.Reuters was the sector’s big story, after reportedly announcing a wave of job cuts at its broking subsidiary. Cazenove downgraded the group to hold from buy and the… Continue reading Sharewatch
Turnover at international consumer magazine group, Future Network, rose by 18% in the four months to 31 October 2001, up from the 14% rise reported for the six months to 30 June 2002.In a trading statement released this morning, Future said that earnings for the full year should be comfortably ahead of current consensus market… Continue reading Future Says Earnings Will Beat Market Consensus
The ASA has censured a series of press ads for internet service provider, Easynet, on the grounds that they condone violent and anti-social behaviour.One of the ads, which appeared in the Evening Standard, featured a man being punched in the face by another man and was headlined: “When your MD finds out you’re spending up… Continue reading ASA Gives Anti-Social Easynet Ads The Boot
