17 Dec 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - BSkyB's monopoly on the live TV rights to Premier League football has been broken by an agreement with the EU, which allows another broadcaster such as the BBC or ITV to begin screening matches.
15 Dec 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON – The government is being criticised for placing the majority of its recruitment advertising for public sector jobs with left-wing newspaper The Guardian.
LONDON - The front pages of the British press were filled with images of the dishevelled former Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein, but they eschewed triumphalism with The Sun even passing on the chance to revisit its 'gotcha' headline.
LONDON - The US put meticulous planning in place to ensure that the media announcement of the capture of Saddam Hussein did not backfire in the same way that the shooting of his two sons Uday and Qusay did in July.
12 Dec 2003
| by Staff,
LONDON - Manning Gottlieb OMD and Walsh Trott Chick Smith have triumphed in the pitch for the government's modern apprenticeships scheme.
12 Dec 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON – Government television ads aimed at boosting levels of adult literacy have been hit by their own gremlins as the campaign is banned from daytime by the TV watchdog because the boiler-suited creatures are scaring children.
10 Dec 2003
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON – The BBC has appointed Mark Byford to take on the new role of deputy director general as part of a shake-up of the broadcaster's senior management ahead of its charter review in 2006.
10 Dec 2003
| by Chris Scott,
LONDON - The advertising watchdog has banned Barnardo's controversial 'silver spoon' advertising, disappointing the children's charity, after the campaign racked up almost 500 complaints.
09 Dec 2003
| by Chris Scott,
LONDON - Media regulator Ofcom has appointed Colette Bowe from Thames Water as chair of its consumer panel as it gears up to assume its powers at the end of the year.
LONDON – The National Rifle Association, one of the most vociferous lobby groups in the US, is looking at buying a television or radio station as a way to get around rules that stop it from freely advertising in the run up to elections.