17 Dec 1999
| by CAROLINE MARSHALL
bound and gagged in the boot of a
car ... on the subject of the ASA, the BBC s top administrator ...
The Sunday Times to replace
her ... Greg Dyke emerges triumphant in the rather grubby race for the BBC ...
Crispin Davis switches to chief executive of Reed
Elsevier ... Boris Johnson succeeds Frank Johnson ...
16 Dec 1999
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
September 2000.
The BBC is to rename BBC GLR94.9 BBC London Live as part of a plan to
create ...
plans announced in August to invest
pounds 5.5m in strengthening the BBC s local and regional services ...
13 Dec 1999
| by LEXIE GODDARD
their launch in 1998 - is a
likely contender.
Steve Davis, head of marketing at BT Payphones, said ...
13 Dec 1999
| by MARK TUNGATE
Crispin Davis made the
announcement, saying Reed would spend an extra pounds 200 million next
year ...
10 Dec 1999
| by JADE GARRETT
Government plans for the BBC to carry ads on its internet service,
BBC Online (Campaign, 2 July...Government plans for the BBC to carry ads on its internet service,
BBC Online (Campaign, 2 July), could fall foul of European Commission
rules limiting mixed state-private funding, the culture secretary, Chris
Smith, told a Commons committee. Sir John Birt, the BBC
director-general, warned ...
02 Dec 1999
| by JANE BAINBRIDGE
-Kat.
1936 - BBC begins broadcasting. It broadcasts to 400 homes in the London
area from Alexandra Palace ...
in the UK.
1980 - IBM chooses Microsoft to write the operating system for its new
computers ...
.
1983 - Breakfast TV launches as BBC Breakfast Time.
1984 - Richard Branson starts Virgin ...
02 Dec 1999
| by GAIL KEMP
popular that the BBC s Watchdog lines were jammed with angry customers
unable to find a Boots store ...
26 Nov 1999
GOLD
Title: Vauxhall Fleet
Agency: Lowe Howard-Spink
Authors: Joanna Bamford, Nikki Sherrard
Creative Director: Charles Inge
Art Director: Brian Campbell
Copywriter: Ben Priest
Client: Vauxhall Motors
Product: Fleet cars
25 Nov 1999
| by Ken Gofton
forest fire if they are not countered (see Microsoft
panel).
Just how important digital ...
for the first time.
MICROSOFT
It s no secret that Bill Gates, the world s richest man and founder of
Microsoft, is a hate figure to many computer buffs, who accuse his
company of abusing its ...
25 Nov 1999
| by JANE BAINBRIDGE
.
BRITISH BRAND OF THE CENTURY: BBC
The BBC, not least because of its phenomenal branding and its ability to
develop and expand, came out on top in this category.
The BBC has established itself ...
, drama and
sports coverage.
John Reith, the BBC s first director general, set the standard ...