The ITV companies are expected to net around pounds 8 million from
Cadbury s decision to sponsor Coronation Street, confirmed this week, in
the biggest sponsorship deal ever seen in the UK.
29 Mar 1996
To continue the worryingly sporty theme, this week saw the launch of the
Laser Racing Club, set up to allow adland s many horse-racing fans to
enjoy the benefits and privileges of sponsoring or part-owning a
racehorse .
29 Mar 1996
The Street will never be the same again. Cadbury s head of PR Richard
Frost and Steve Gebbett from the confectionery giant s PR agencyCharles
Barker are feeling dead chuffed this week as members of the board
which secured the pounds 10 million sponsorship of Coronation Street.
The deal, which is the...
28 Mar 1996
| by ANNA GRIFFITHS
Cadbury this week signed the biggest sponsorship agreement in British
television history, spending pounds 10m to link its brands to Coronation
Street, in a deal revealed exclusively by Marketing in January.
22 Mar 1996
Cadbury was this week poised to agree in principle to close the biggest-
ever ITV sponsorship deal as sponsor of ITV s flagship soap, Coronation
Street.
22 Mar 1996
| by HARRIET GREEN
K Advertising is launching a fly-on-the-wall documentary-style
campaign to promote Carlsberg s sponsorship of the Euro 96 football
championships.
22 Mar 1996
Christian TV gets backing
21 Mar 1996
Tate Rocket Man Steve Bennett, as it
reviews sponsorship in the light of its legal action against former
marketing manager Robert Laird.
21 Mar 1996
| by CONOR DIGNAM
A quiet revolution appears to be going on at the Daily and Sunday
Telegraphs Canary Wharf offices. Its latest stage was signalled last
week when the Telegraph Group appointed Media Factor to head its pounds
8m media buying account, ending an eight-year relationship with John
Ayling & Associates.