20 Dec 1999
| by JOHN WEBSTER, Chairman Of The Jury
The criteria hinged around the interpretation of the word
best .
17 Dec 1999
| by CAROLINE MARSHALL
Cecilia Garnett, the chief executive of the Advertising Film and
Video Producers Association, has resigned abruptly after financial
irregularities came to light in the body s 1999 draft accounts.
The Institute of Practitioners in Advertising and the Incorporated
Society of British Advertisers met with Carlton and United News planned merger.
The Samaritans is launching a TV and print advertising campaign
developed by Ogilvy & Mather to coincide with the party season.
17 Dec 1999
| by RICHARD COOK
All the talk has turned to action this year as new media has made a
tangible impact across the entire advertising industry. And it s not
just the net-heads who are tangled up in the worldwide web - industry
figures across the board are wrestling with the relevance of the wired
world.
17 Dec 1999
| by ALASDAIR REID
There was a digital angle to almost everything in media over the
course of 1999 - the year which will be remembered for the fact that
Emma Thompson provisionally named her new baby, jane.com. It had to
happen - and Emma has to be congratulated for stealing such a prominent
place at the leading edge...
17 Dec 1999
| by ELEANOR TRICKETT
Though it would be rude to compare Sky One s new general manager,
David Bergg, to a horse, his departure from his last half-dozen or so
jobs has left a series of stable doors swinging on their hinges.
17 Dec 1999
| by ALASDAIR REID
Reed Elsevier has announced plans to reorganise into three global
divisions and to plough an extra pounds 150 million to pounds 200
million in to developing and marketing internet services next year.
Unveiling the plans, Crispin Davis (pictured), Reed s new chief
executive, said the company was facing...
17 Dec 1999
| by ALASDAIR REID
A confusing business, this cable lark. Doubly confusing in that
what happens in the UK is often merely the faint aftershock of decisions
taken in a far bigger global game. Business models are replaced with
such regularity that you re never very far away from inheriting the one
you first thought of.
17 Dec 1999
| by FELIX SALMON
The world of the soft-centred broadcast celebrity profile has
finally arrived in the UK with OK!TV. The concept is not completely new
in this country - children s music shows have been showing fluffy
interviews with pop groups for years. But it s in America that the art
of generating TV shows out of...