18 Dec 2002
| by Staff,
LONDON - United Utilities has put its estimated £1m media planning and buying account up for review after three years with MediaCom North.
17 Dec 2002
| by Jennifer Whitehead,
LONDON - Future Games has shaken up the editorial line-up of its videogames title Edge to give it a wider reach after it picked up a top consumer magazine award last week.
09 Dec 2002
| by Staff,
LONDON - Fuelled by the success of the console market, games magazine publisher Future Network has launched its biggest print-run for Official PlayStation2 Magazine backed by a television and print advertising campaign.
27 Nov 2002
| by Claire Billings,
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.
20 Nov 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Telegraph Group has scooped a deal with Microsoft to be the software giant's main media partner to promote the pre-Christmas launch of its new 'Amazing PC' consumer marketing concept.
14 Nov 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - UK cable company NTL looks set to complete its refinancing and emerge from Chapter 11 bankruptcy by the end of the month, as revenues and subscriber numbers continued to fall and it cuts 250 more jobs.
13 Nov 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - The Vodafone 'Get the flirting over' campaign has caused more problems for the mobile company as a raunchy advertisement featuring a partially clothed couple is slammed for encouraging text messaging while driving.
07 Nov 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - Stephen Carter, managing director and chief operating officer of cable group NTL in the UK and Ireland, is stepping down at the end of year when the company will complete the restructure of its balance sheet.
07 Nov 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - BT is considering launching a channel on BSkyB's Sky Digital that will educate viewers about broadband internet access, as part of a marketing drive to help it hit its subscription target of 1m by next summer.
06 Nov 2002
| by Staff,
LONDON - Telewest has sold its 16.9% stake in Scottish Media Group as it seeks to reduce its £5bn debt burden.