28 Nov 1996
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
The feud between ITV sales house Laser and CIA Medianetwork, which put
the media buying industry under the microscope, has ended after the
agency s unconditional offer of up to pounds 1.8m in outstanding
advertising revenue was accepted.
28 Nov 1996
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
The BBC and Channel 5 have joined forces in a ground breaking deal
combining their buying power to acquire a package of blockbuster films
from Twentieth Century-Fox worth more than pounds 26m.
28 Nov 1996
| by JAMES CURTIS
Coca-Cola, one of the world s biggest spending advertisers, is planning
to use data compiled during its sponsorship of Euro 96 to launch its
largest ever direct marketing campaign in the UK.
28 Nov 1996
Live TV s chief, Kelvin MacKenzie, has hit back at the ITC over its
warning on breaching the Codes of Sponsorship and Advertising Breaks. He
said sponsorship was key to original programming on cable, and called
for more relaxation of advertising rules to encourage the industry.
28 Nov 1996
Carlton s acquisition of West Country Television for pounds 85m has cast
doubts over TSMS continuing to act as the sales house for the
broadcasting franchise.
28 Nov 1996
Being bottom of the Premier League doesn t harm the marketing power of
soccer clubs, according to a Marketing survey, which found Blackburn
Rovers in the lead when responding to fans requests for information.
28 Nov 1996
Matthew Gloag & Son is to put its Famous Grouse Finest Scotch Whisky on
TV for the first time next week, as it tries to make the spirit more
accessible and halt a market-wide decline in sales.
28 Nov 1996
Whitbread is working on selling a piece of old Blighty overseas as it
tries to export the English pub.
28 Nov 1996
| by JULIAN LEE
Faced with competing against the likes of Nike, sports shoe company
Converse has turned to youth to oversee the biggest pan-European
marketing push in its 88-year history.