19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
for culture, media and sport, to express
concern about the way radio licences are awarded. It follows...The Commercial Radio Companies Association is writing to Chris
Smith, the secretary of state for culture, media and sport, to express
concern about the way radio licences are awarded. It follows allegations
by BBC 2 s Newsnight last week over the Radio Authority s award of the
east of England licence.
...
19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
The Independent Television Commission is deciding whether to impose
a statutory sanction, in the form of a fine, on Carlton for the
documentary, The Connection, which was exposed as a fake by The
Guardian.
19 Dec 1998
| by IAN DARBY
The Patent Office has posted the United Kingdom Trade Marks
Register on the internet, making it possible for anyone with a web
browser to access the register without any extra charge. The new
service, www.patent.gov.uk, will be of use to those who need to verify
the ownership or status of a trade mark...
19 Dec 1998
| by IAN DARBY
Royal Mail is putting a listing of postcodes and addresses on its
site, www.royalmail.co.uk, so that direct marketers can check the
accuracy of postcodes. It will be based on the Royal Mail s Postal
Address File database, which holds 26 million UK addresses.
19 Dec 1998
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
network
chairman, pointed to a recent survey by Zenith Media as evidence of the
scale of the corporation s commercial activity.
The survey of the top 20 UK media owners by commercially generated ...
19 Dec 1998
| by CONOR DIGNAM
On January 12 a High Court hearing will begin which could have
far-reaching implications for the televising of major sports events in
the UK.
19 Dec 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
outdoor media buying business, held by
Concord....The Central Office of Information is conducting a statutory review
of its pounds 3m centralised outdoor media buying business, held by
Concord.
It has invited Portland, Poster Publicity ...
. It is out of
kilter with the COI s media buying business, which was reviewed in June
1997.
Last ...
19 Dec 1998
| by NEILL DENNY
Kellogg Europe has handed a large chunk of its pounds 153m media
buying account to Carat following...Kellogg Europe has handed a large chunk of its pounds 153m media
buying account to Carat following a pitch against the incumbent,
MindShare. Carat picks up the business in Germany, Austria ...
its pounds 4m media planning and buying account to
Universal McCann as it prepares to roll out a ...
19 Dec 1998
| by LISA CAMPBELL
pounds 20m. It
will be encouraged to look on itself as a media owner, with use of its
distribution ...
18 Dec 1998
| by JOHN TYLEE
Howell.
Media buying is handled by MindShare.
...