TV MONITOR: A WEEKLY LOOK AT WHO’S BUYING WHAT AND WHEN
04 Apr 1997 | by JANE OSTLER, digital communications pla
Programme: Cutting Edge, the Dinner Party
Not a new site, but definitely one deserving widespread acclaim.
Programme: Cutting Edge, the Dinner Party
In theory, this site symbolises the coming of age of the Internet in the UK, as did the appearance of the White House online in 1993 in the US.
This e-zine, Microscope, is great for looking at creative and compelling US banner advertising. Microscope offers a little critique of the top banner ads. It s updated once a week and it s on my top ten list. Despite the limitations of banner sizes, it shows you can do interesting work and integrate...
If you re a fan, it s worth looking at the Spice Shack, one of the many unofficial Spice Girls sites. Its full of all the information you d ever need to know about the Girls, with audio downloads, pictures, an interactive quiz and links to other Spice resources. There s a regularly updated news section,...
Beatrice s Guide is a joint venture between Yahoo and Women s Wire, and fills the gap between a search engine and a magazine neatly. Best of all, the whole site is written in an ironic tone that many Websites attempt, but fail at. The design is fresh and appealing, and the site has a definite personality...
The disks feature educational games for kids aged eight to 12, for pounds 4.95 per month. In February, I got a super-fit rating in the fitness quiz, created a coat of arms and put objects into Professor Plunge s tank to see if they floated. January s EYT included jumbo jets, the inner ear, and saw life...
Justice. Demand a fair deal. Inner peace. We are greeted on the home page with the Confucius school of copywriting, in harmony with the new Mazda-esque brand direction. This is to be applauded, unless you re one of those pundits who consider the new campaign a tad pretentious. Some doubt the wisdom...
Shell appears to be pursuing a two-fold strategy. Business-to-business and business-to-antagonist. On the first front, it s the usual no-brainer content that typifies large multinationals. Dull, unimaginative and lacking in personality. But the second front, or sensitive issues as the site calls it,...
It was the result everybody was talking about. A landslide. This country s finest hour for nearly two decades came on 3 May, when the nation emerged from three hours of TV viewing to hail Katrina and the Waves victory over the rest of Europe.