19 Dec 1997
| by A PUNTER
watching television at home, walk out of
the room during the commercial break and listen to the ads...Call me a scrooge if you like, but what exactly is happening to
Christmas? The next time you re watching television at home, walk out of
the room during the commercial break and listen to the ads. They are all
the same. This Christmas, why not drop into big warehouse-type
retailer ...
19 Dec 1997
| by CLAIRE BEALE
on
advertising in the UK. However, the retailer unveiled a major TV
campaign at the end of September, its first UK TV work, as part of a
more aggressive marketing strategy.
The company appointed a new ...
18 Dec 1997
| by DANNY ROGERS
-the-line firm Communications Innovation Group as commercial
director.
Live TV has won its High Court ...
will be
added to the 2.1 million homes that already receive Live TV.
ITV has appointed Jeremy Boulton as controller of acquisitions. Boulton
currently works at Sky Television as director of acquisitions ...
18 Dec 1997
| by DANNY ROGERS
TV
ads. However, Waitrose s marketers recognise the need to develop a
distinctive personality ...
12 Dec 1997
| by ALASDAIR REID
transactional television - television as
a direct sales medium. And we re not just talking about...transactional television - television as
a direct sales medium. And we re not just talking about ...
-shopping
channels, direct response television (DRTV) and its extended format
cousin, the 30-minute infomercial ...
of transactional TV is missing the point
somewhat. A few weeks back there was a lot of fuss about the latest leap ...
12 Dec 1997
| by KAREN YATES
-awaited assault on
the British digital TV market following revelations that senior
personnel from his company ...
The Independent Television Commission has ruled that flight prices
advertised on Teletext, Oracle or other ...
11 Dec 1997
| by ANNE-MARIE CRAWFORD
December 21 to 27. It was negotiated
by Carlton and Universal McCann.
The Independent Television ...
05 Dec 1997
| by KAREN YATES
such as televisions.
While Radio Rentals conducts most of its rental business through high
street retail ...
04 Dec 1997
| by KEN GOFTON
The Office of Fair Trading is launching an unusual interactive
CD-ROM. It is intended to give teenagers the low-down on their shopping
rights, and is called Shopping Sussed.
The interactive game includes footage from BBC TV s Short Change. It
sets questions, encourages role play, and asks ...
04 Dec 1997
| by DRAYTON BIRD
A weekly look at the ten most advertised brands, where they
appeared and which agencies bought the campaigns.
Audiences are expressed as TV ratings (TVRs), which is the size of an
audience expressed as a percentage of the relevant population - here all
adults (based on 30-second, ITV equivalent ads ...