LONDON - The OFT has indicated that the Contract Rights Renewal mechanism, which was introduced to protect advertisers from the dominance of ITV following the merger of Carlton and Granada in 2003, will be overhauled but not removed completely.
LONDON - Reckitt Benckiser, owner of brands Vanish, Veet, Clearasil and Dettol, has called a review of its global media planning and buying arrangements, estimated at £800m.
LONDON - Admiral Group, the insurance company behind Admiral, Bell Direct, Diamond, and Elephant.co.uk, has awarded its £6m media business to Havas Media's MPG after a three-way pitch against MediaCom North and Feather Brooksbank.
28 May 2009
| by Anne Cassidy
LONDON - Admiral Group, the insurance specialist, has awarded its £6 million media planning and buying account to the Havas-owned MPG.
28 May 2009
| by Caroline Lovell
LONDON - Gatwick Airport has appointed Naked Communications and Mindshare to handle a £5 million summer 2009 campaign ahead of its sale later this year.
NEW YORK- WPP's Mindshare has appointed former Carat US president Scott Sorokin as head of digital, global, a new position at the media agency.
LONDON - VisitCornwall has called a review of its estimated £1m advertising and media requirements, currently handled by independent full-service agency RH Advertising.
27 May 2009
| by Staff
LONDON - The entry deadline is approaching for the Media Week Awards 2009, which will take place on 29 October, at the Grosvenor House Hotel in Mayfair.
27 May 2009
| by Richard Wood
New campaign launched between Bank Holidays helps train company raise perceptions of its offering
For anyone who hasn't heard of Rory Sutherland, a) search on the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising website, b) check out his blog and c) where have you been?