Granada up as advertising revenues climb
27 Nov 2002 | by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Shares in ITV company Granada moved up in afternoon trading as news emerged that advertising revenues for October and November have risen by 7% and 4% respectively.
LONDON - Associated Newspapers has poached Matthew Chambers, the former Marks & Spencer marketer behind the controversial 'normal' campaign featuring a naked size 16 woman, to take on the top marketing role at the Evening Standard.
LONDON - Shares in ITV company Granada moved up in afternoon trading as news emerged that advertising revenues for October and November have risen by 7% and 4% respectively.
LONDON - Two TV advertisements for a Christmas video promoting the ITV animated satire show '2DTV', one deemed offensive to George W Bush, have been banned by the Broadcast Advertising Clearance Centre for breaking ITC privacy rules.
LONDON - Monster.com, the global recruitment and careers website owned by TMP Worldwide, is to advertise during next year's Super Bowl for the fifth year running.
LONDON - Heineken is to tell UK drinkers that 'The world approves' of the premium strength lager that launches here on February 28 in a £9m TV campaign through Clemmow Hornby Inge, that will form the backbone of the launch.
LONDON - Mother is leading the 'People's Choice' vote in the O2-sponsored D&AD 'Rewind' exhibition at the V&A with its controversial campaign for Britart.com, which was slated by the poster industry for promoting the illegal practice of flyposting.
LONDON - NTL has signed a deal with BBC Worldwide that will see a tailored version of weekly TV listings magazine Radio Times available exclusively for the cable operator's 3m residential cable TV customers from January.
LONDON - Hasbro, the toy and games company, has switched its £8m creative account from Burkitt DDB to BMP DDB as it seeks to unite its creative and media accounts under one roof.
LONDON - Emap Performance has signed a deal for carriage of its The Hits channel on all digital TV platforms.
LONDON - WPP has acquired Italy's leading independent media agency Media Club, which will become part of Mediaedge:CIA.