31 May 2005
| by MediaWeek
BBC Good Food magazine has set up a pair of major partnerships with olive oil manufacturer Filippo Berio and Starbucks coffee retailer to cross-promote the brands.
31 May 2005
| by MediaWeek
Nobok, the recently launched global sports company, is to sponsor Sky One’s World’s Greatest Sporting Legend, a major new programme for the channel hosted by Sir David Frost and Des Lynam.
31 May 2005
| by MediaWeek
Scottish Radio Holdings has laid out £4.7m on buying Donegal Highland Radio in the Republic of Ireland.
31 May 2005
| by by Julia Pearlman
LONDON - Buxton is preparing to quench the thirst of tennis fans and players for a fifth year at Wimbledon, with a radio and print ad campaign aimed at controlling tantrums on and off the court.
31 May 2005
| by by Jennifer Whitehead
LONDON - The AA has appointed i-level to handle its digital media planning and buying account, estimated to be worth £5m, after a competitive pitch.
31 May 2005
Short but to the point. A businessman enters a lift and is asked by a colleague why he looks a little tired. "Up late? Thompson file?" he is asked but when he starts to relate the previous night's events, bleeped out and with his lips hidden by a blue Viagra pill, the other occupants of the elevator...
31 May 2005
| by MediaWeek
MediaCom's Cara McCrerie re-joins Mediaweek.co.uk to cast her critical eye over the latest incarnation of Channel 4's Big Brother - and it is so far so good.
31 May 2005
| by by Sam Matthews
LONDON - BBC One will replace coverage of the Wimbledon ladies' final with Bob Geldof's Live 8 concert, marking the first time in 35 years that the corporation will not show the final on its main channel.
31 May 2005
| by MediaWeek
The battle of the reality shows kicked off at the weekend as Channel 4’s Big Brother hit the screens with almost 30% of viewers tuning in to see the latest group of contenders enter the house.
31 May 2005
| by MediaWeek
Francis Currie has been promoted by radio giant Chrysalis to head up the programming team ahead of the re-branding of the 106 Century FM.