31 Oct 2003
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Six contestants are fighting to keep a Sky One reality TV show off the air after finding out that the woman whose affections they were competing for was, in fact, a transsexual man.
31 Oct 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON – The number of Freeview homes in the UK is believed to have passed the 2m mark just a year after it launched, a figure that looks set to rise to 4m by the end of next year, according to the BBC.
31 Oct 2003
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - George Clooney is reported to be earning almost £2m for one day's work on an television ad for Martini's sparkling wine that will only be screened in Italy.
31 Oct 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON – Sir Martin Sorrell, WPP Group chief executive, earned £2.3m in 2003, making him the 28th highest-paid person in TV and media, a long way behind number one earner Simon Fuller and Richard Desmond at number two.
31 Oct 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - The Trades Union Congress has thrown its weight behind those opposing Rupert Murdoch's plan to install his son James as the next chief executive of BSkyB, as its network of members become increasingly involved in shareholder issues.
31 Oct 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON – Premium TV, the NTL Europe-owned network of football websites, has signed a broadband content and acquisition agreement with AOL UK.
31 Oct 2003
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - A viral marketing campaign is being unleashed to promote the 25th anniversary of the classic horror movie 'Halloween', with recipients in for a trick... or a treat.
31 Oct 2003
The Office of Fair Trading is canvassing opinion from media agencies on what they believe would be a fair ITV sales operation after the merger of Carlton and Granada.
31 Oct 2003
Chime Communications has teamed up with the former Loaded editor James Brown and the presenter Richard Bacon to launch Flipside TV. The show, which will broadcast on Nation277 on Sky Digital, will offer analysis and commentary on other TV shows. Chime's head of content, Jay Pond-Jones, developed the...
31 Oct 2003
The radio group GWR has appointed Jim Cruickshank as its group marketing director. He was previously the marketing and commercial director of Norwich Union's online property business, Asserta.