THIS WEEK: Ford plans lease for Ka buyers
31 Oct 1996
Ford plans to persuade customers that leasing rather than buying is an option as part of its launch campaign for the new Ka model.
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The behind-closed-doors business of TV airtime sales erupted into public this week as ITV sales house Laser said it is to sue CIA Media-network UK for almost pounds 1m for undelivered advertising revenue.
Ford plans to persuade customers that leasing rather than buying is an option as part of its launch campaign for the new Ka model.
Orange is launching its pre-Christmas sales drive with an ad campaign that points the finger at rival mobile phone operators use of clauses in phone contracts.
Holsten Pils is to take a swipe at Irish stouts and alcopops in its first TV ads since its pounds 14.5m relaunch. The pounds 7m campaign, designed by GGT, is fronted by the comedian Dennis Leary, who is seen shopping in a supermarket and attacking the fad for alcopops and beer variants. Another ad shows...
The BBC is planning to bring the Radio 1 format to the screen as part of its package of subscription channels to be launched next summer in conjunction with Flextech.
A campaign for a new loans brand is to use television for the first time to target people with bad credit ratings, which other financial companies have refused to lend to.
Rival bingo operators Gala Clubs, Top Rank and Mecca have rejected Home Office proposals for changes to regulations on the soft gaming industry and will continue to lobby to win the right to advertise on television.
Paxo is to be marketed as a food in its own right for the first time in its 86-year history, and will advertise the change with a TV campaign fronted by a chicken puppet.
Radio 3 launches a poster and press campaign this week aimed at increasing loyalty from existing classical music fans and encouraging new listeners. Sited outside concert halls and on the back of programmes, the ads, by Team Saatchi, push the specialist nature of the station as opposed to the more populist...
Carlton Communications has brought in some of its senior television sales staff to head a restructured sales operation at Cinema Media, which it acquired in July.