NEWS: Anti-tobacco lobby awaits as Guernsey considers total ban
28 Jun 1996
Guernsey was this week deciding whether or not to become the first part of the UK to ban tobacco advertising.
Spots Films, the beleaguered Soho production company, has been shut down by its founding director, Barry Myers.
Guernsey was this week deciding whether or not to become the first part of the UK to ban tobacco advertising.
Zenith Media is understood to have clinched the pounds 65 million centralised Rover and BMW media buying account, although Robin Wight, chief executive of WCRS, which is also involved in the pitch, is said to be making an 11th-hour bid to force a rethink.
The National Magazine Company is close to signing a far-reaching deal with Granada Sky Broadcasting that would realise its long-time ambition to convert its brands into TV programmes.
McCann-Erickson claimed a pounds 7 million boost to its UK billings this week with the capture of a soon-to-be-launched cruise-line and extra work from the communications giant, AT&T.
Robert Ayling, the chief executive of British Airways, has been voted advertiser of the year at Cannes.
Fury at the lack of female jurors at Cannes has cornered the festival president into addressing the issue.
The press and poster jury at the 44th Cannes International Advertising Festival has compensated for the lack of awards in 1995 by handing out 38 gold lions, as well as a Grand Prix this year.
GGT s asshole commercial for Holsten Pils is tipped to battle with a Dutch Rolo ad from Ammirati Puris Lintas for the coveted Cannes TV Grand Prix.
An anti-smoking commercial from Australia has emerged as one of the prime turkeys at this year s Cannes festival.