PepsiCo to curb children's advertising over obesity concerns
28 Feb 2005 | by Julia Pearlman
LONDON - PepsiCo has responded to rising levels of obesity in the US with the promise that it will place voluntary restrictions on its advertising.
LONDON - Sky One has landed itself in trouble over broadcasting the word 'fucking' in a trailer for Western series 'Deadwood', even though it broadcast after the 9pm watershed.
LONDON - PepsiCo has responded to rising levels of obesity in the US with the promise that it will place voluntary restrictions on its advertising.
LONDON - McCann Erickson has lost the £19m UK account for credit card giant Capital One to DDB London, after a pitch that also included Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO.
LONDON - A raunchy three-minute animated film shown on Channel 4 before the watershed has been found in breach of two Ofcom programme codes for family viewing and sex.
LONDON - The BBC has earned over £20m from selling its reality TV format 'Strictly Come Dancing' to countries around the world.
LONDON - YouGov, the market research and opinion poll company, is to seek a listing on the Alternative Investment Market.
LONDON - A US-backed Arab-language satellite television station may be broadcast to viewers in Europe under new plans by the Bush administration, it has emerged.
LONDON - Channel 4 director of programmes Kevin Lygo will not be in the running for the coveted BBC One controller position because he is 'absolutely enthralled' with his current job.
The Financial Times has cut its losses on the newspaper to just £9m after a year of costs savings and an improvement in the City advertising market.
LONDON - Pearson's chairman Lord Dennis Stevenson is to retire after almost 20 years at the company, as the publishing giant said that profits were down by 5.9% on last year after problems at Penguin.