LONDON – BBC One’s ‘The Secret Life of Elephants’, revealing the behaviour and emotional lives of elephants in Kenya’s Samburu reserve, attracted 4.2m viewers on BBC One, according to unofficial overnight figures.
LONDON – The London Evening Standard is today (15 January) set to be sold to the billionaire former KGB agent Alexander Lebedev in a dramatic deal, according to reports.
LONDON – ITV has welcomed a recommendation from the Office of Fair Trading that Contract Rights Renewal, the mechanism which covers ITV’s activity in the ad market, be relaxed.
LONDON – Havas Media has appointed Gabriel Saenz de Buruaga and Anthony Rhind to run Havas Digital, the group that manages all Havas Media’s interactive companies.
LONDON – The Office of Fair Trading has called for a relaxation of contract rights renewal, the mechanism that aims to curb ITV1’s dominance of the ad market.
LONDON – Pablo Gonzalez, currently general manager of CBS Outdoor Spain, has been appointed to the role of CBS Outdoor international chief sales officer.
LONDON – The Office of Fair Trading has said it is provisionally recommending the relaxation of the contract rights renewal obligations applying to ITV.
LONDON – Victoria Beckham’s first sultry shots for Emporio Armani women’s underwear have been released, echoing husband David’s revealing ads for the designer.
LONDON – Alexander Lebedev, Russian billionaire and former KGB officer, is reportedly close to finalising a deal with Daily Mail & General Trust to buy a controlling stake in the London Evening Standard.
LONDON – Steve Jobs, Apple co-founder, is taking six months leave from the company after admitting his health problems are “more complex” than he claimed ten days ago.
LONDON – Toilet tissue brand Velvet is focusing a new £5m campaign to show that three trees are replanted for each one it uses.
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LONDON – The Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission, the new name for the Child Support Agency, is looking for an advertising agency.
LONDON – MPs have called on the Government to ban a poster campaign that declares “there’s probably no God”.
LONDON – PSA Peugeot Citroën, the French automotive company, is reviewing its estimated £350 million pan-European media planning and buying arrangements.
LONDON – Paul Bainsfair, the former president of TBWA\Europe, has been named as the European chief executive of Iris.
LONDON – BMW has called a review of the estimated £70 million global advertising account for Mini.
LONDON – New figures from the AAR have revealed a sharp rise in digital pitches in 2008, while advertising reviews fell by more than 6 per cent.
LONDON – Spin Palace, the online gaming company, has appointed Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R to its UK ad account.
LONDON – Thomson, the TUI-owned travel operator, is seeking a direct marketing agency to handle its £2 million account.
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