06 Jul 2001
| by Staff
NEW YORK - The Omnicom Group has signed a ground-breaking deal that will see it foot the production costs and line up the advertising for a TV music special starring Jennifer Lopez.
06 Jul 2001
| by Claire Billings
LONDON - The government has delayed its decision on whether to approve the BBC's 300m plans to launch four digital TV channels and a raft of digital radio stations using licence fee money.
06 Jul 2001
| by Staff
NEW YORK - US Aerospace giant Boeing is to review its advertising business, held by FCB Worldwide, as it prepares to shift its headquarters from Seattle to Chicago.
06 Jul 2001
| by Staff
LONDON - Sony is considering consolidating its 1bn ( 716.2m) global media planning and buying account into a sole agency, according to reports.
06 Jul 2001
| by Staff
LONDON - Motorola has cancelled its 150m ( 107m) global media review and cited the economic downturn as the reason behind its move.
06 Jul 2001
| by Staff
LONDON - News Corporation and Vivendi Universal have confirmed that they are to merge their respective loss-making Italian pay-TV services, Stream and Telepiu, in a bid to stem losses.
06 Jul 2001
| by Staff
LONDON - Richard Hopple, the chairman and chief executive of online ad company Unicast, has slammed the use of so-called pop-under ads as "bad advertising" and has called for an industry re-think.
06 Jul 2001
| by Our Parliamentary correspondent
The Government is expected to perform a surprise U-turn by bringing
in a ban on tobacco advertising in the current Parliamentary
session.
Health ministers are confident that a Bill will be introduced despite
the measure being dropped from the Queen's Speech last month.
It is understood...
06 Jul 2001
| by CAMILLA PALMER
The investment bank JP Morgan Fleming Asset Management is talking
to agencies about a pan-European campaign designed to promote its range
of products across TV, print and poster media. It is also asking media
companies to pitch for the business.
It is looking for an agency network with...
06 Jul 2001
| by IAN DARBY
Joakim Jonason, the winner of two Grand Prix awards at the Cannes
International Advertising Festival for his work on Diesel, is joining
Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper as creative director.
The founder of the Swedish agency Paradiset DDB will join Euro RSCG in
August to run its creative department...