31 Jul 2006
| by by Sarah Woods
LONDON - Nestle Rowntree has unveiled an advertising campaign, created by JWT, to promote the launch of a four-finger dark chocolate Kit Kat bar, only the second time the brand has made a plain chocolate version in its 76-year history.
LONDON - The BBC has appointed Fearne Cotton and Reggie Yates as the new presenters of the Radio 1 weekend breakfast show, taking the 7am-10am slot from DJ Spoony who is bowing out from the station in September.
LONDON - Christoph Mohn, chief executive of Lycos Europe, has confirmed his backing for a major European-based internet search engine capable of taking on the might of US-based Google.
LONDON - Digital advertising company ScreenFX claims it has extended its UK network of digital screens to reach 360m consumers a year, according to its latest figures.
LONDON - Edinburgh speech radio station Talk107 has signed Carling as sponsor of its new Saturday 'Extra Time' sports show for the coming football season.
LONDON - GCap Media's urban radio station Choice FM has signed a six-figure deal with Viacom Outdoor to promote the station at London's Notting Hill Carnival, Europe's largest street festival, unveiling a new identity and logo for the station as part of the activity.
LONDON - BT Vision, BT's soon-to-launch television and online service, has recruited Marc Watson as commercial director, handing him responsibility for programming and content acquisition.
LONDON - Long-standing BBC music show 'Top of the Pops' bid a fond farewell to 3.9m viewers last night after 42 years, according to unofficial overnight figures.
31 Jul 2006
| by by Joanne Oatts
LONDON - Danish home furnishing store Ilva opens its first UK outlet store next week at Lakeside, backed by a £5m advertising campaign, as it pushes ahead with plans to become one of the country's leading household retailers within two years.
LONDON - ITV could pay out up to £10m in a mixture of severance and stock options to chief executive Charles Allen, should speculation he is due to announce his departure from the broadcaster at next week's interim results prove correct.