26 Mar 1999
| by EMMA HALL
NTL, the media and telecoms company, is to sponsor both halves of
Glasgow s Old Firm , Celtic and Rangers, in a four-year deal worth up
to pounds 13 million for the clubs. This is the first time in more than
a decade that the two clubs have worked with a joint sponsor and is the
largest deal of its...
26 Mar 1999
| by CAROLINE MARSHALL
Caroline Marshall picks the Microsoft-sponsored NSPCC advertising
campaign from Saatchi Every agency wants to raise its
profile by being associated with good works, but few do it as well as
this. Its power comes from a twist on the familiar and the comforting
but not, for once, from images of horror....
25 Mar 1999
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
News International is pulling out of Line One, the ISP it launched
with BT and United News & Media, in order to become an internet service
provider in its own right.
25 Mar 1999
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
Sega has made the surprise decision to split the pounds 60m
pan-European account to launch its new Dreamcast games console between
two creative and two media agencies.
25 Mar 1999
| by STEVE BELL
The Direct Marketing Association, facing a serious split over the
position of Mark Bowler, Royal Mail s director of media and home
shopping on its board, has sidestepped the issue by establishing a
working party to consider the constitutional implications of media
owners on the board . Outraged mailing...
25 Mar 1999
| by LISA CAMPBELL
Orange has recruited an IT expert as its new marketing chief,
following a nine-month spell without an official marketing director.
25 Mar 1999
| by ALEXANDRA JARDINE
Sony this week launches two more executions in the controversial ad
campaign used to promote its PlayStation games console. The ads build on
the brand s familiar four shapes campaign. One, called Nipples , is
aimed at the brand s core 18- to 25-year-old target audience. It shows a
sexy young couple...
25 Mar 1999
| by IAN DARBY
Nortel Networks, the networking and communications giant, is
finalising plans for a major European TV and print campaign to promote
its multimedia portfolio.
25 Mar 1999
| by IAN DARBY
The Cricket World Cup, to be held in the UK for the first time for
16 years, is pounds 8m short of its sponsorship target with less than
two months before the competition begins.
25 Mar 1999
| by NEILL DENNY
British Gas is teaming up with Vodafone to offer ten million
customers a pre-paid mobile phone for pounds 69.99 - a move that could
see mobile phone use rocket in the mass market.