19 Dec 2002
The Observer is to sponsor an exhibition of Lee Miller photography at the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester. The exhibition, entitled 'Real/Surreal' runs from January 24 to April 27, and features portraits of close friends Pablo Picasso, Man Ray and Max Ernst as well as images of Dachau when she was a...
19 Dec 2002
Playboy TV has joined forces with Kingston Interactive, the broadband interactive arm of Kingston Communications to launch its first pay-per-view video-on-demand service. The service, which launched last week, enables viewers to choose from around 50 films and programmes from the Playboy TV UK video...
19 Dec 2002
The BBC has confirmed that BBC Choice controller Stuart Murphy will be the controller of BBC Three, which launches on February 9. Murphy played a key role in re-applying to Culture Secretary Tessa Jowell for permission to launch the service.
19 Dec 2002
Legoland is using Road Ads to promote its opening hours over the festive season. The campaign uses lorry-side posters carrying the strapline 'Christmas Magic' together with scenes from the Windsor-based theme park. The campaign will run throughout the Christmas and New Year period on the M4, M3 and...
19 Dec 2002
| by MARK RITSON, assistant professor of marketing at the London Business School
Two stories dominated the business press last week. Most of the media began the week by sounding...". So there we have it. McDonald's is finished, M S all powerful.
Two years ago the same media were ...
19 Dec 2002
BMRB International, the market research company, has forecast that Freeview has "a lot of catching up to do" as it battles for audience share with Sky and digital cable. In October 2002, before Freeview launched, the company reported that 41% of adults aged over 15 were able to watch digital TV, with...
19 Dec 2002
Beleaguered United Airlines has moved its global media business into Mediaedge: CIA, just a week...Mediaedge:CIA won the business from Zenith Media in countries outside the US, without a formal ...
19 Dec 2002
| by MARK KLEINMAN
Vauxhall is taking a bow to media neutrality with the restructuring of its marketing department...will ensure effective use of all marketing budgets, regardless of media selection," said Barrett ...
19 Dec 2002
Adam Novak, the high-profile managing director of Royal Mail's Media Markets unit, has been handed
19 Dec 2002
Bert Smith has been promoted to division director of Dutch-based media and marketing group, Wegener