ITV multiplex deal under scrutiny
13 Jun 2005 | by MediaWeek
ITV’s triumphant return to the terrestrial digital arena in April has hit a snag today after the Office of Fair Trading said it would investigate whether the deal is uncompetitive.
The battle of the reality shows continued over the weekend with no sure-fire winner as Celebrity Love Island continues to challenge Big Brother for ratings.
ITV’s triumphant return to the terrestrial digital arena in April has hit a snag today after the Office of Fair Trading said it would investigate whether the deal is uncompetitive.
Trader Media Group, publisher of over 70 classified titles including Buy A Boat, Bike Trader and Top Marques, has switched its newsstand distribution operation from MMC to Comag.
LONDON - WPP Group is forming a new global marketing unit from the merger of Wunderman Media, The Digital Edge and Outrider, to be headed by Rob Norman, chairman of Mediaedge:cia UK and CEO of Outrider Worldwide.
Dennis Publishing has raided rival magazine group Emap to bring in St John Betteridge as group advertising director for its men’s lifestyle division.
The BBC has secured the UK television rights for Into the West, the latest Steven Spielberg six-part mini-series that dramatises on the US frontier during the late-19th century.
LONDON – UK businesses are taking a more American approach to a slump in sales and putting more investment into advertising, with only 6% cutting their marketing departments, according to new research.
LONDON - Almost 2.1m texts were sent to the Live 8 ticketing competition, making it the most successful text fundraiser to date.
LONDON - BBC Two has secured the rights to the Steven Spielberg mini-series 'Into the West' starring 'Lord of the Rings' actor Sean Astin and Skeet Ulrich from 'Scream'.
The recent proliferation of mobile content rolled out by media owners is to hit film-goers in the coming months with a project launched by nationwide cinema chains UCI and Odeon.