ITV has taken the rather brave step of appointing Sir Peter Bazalgette (below) as its new non-executive chairman, taking over from Archie Norman who oversaw the revival of the channel alongside CEO Adam Crozier. Bazalgette is well qualified: he sits ...
Read More »Will Comcast/NBC spark a bidding war for ITV?
ITV shareholders may be in for a 2016 bonanza if the Mail on Sunday’s report that US giant Comcast, the biggest cable operator, is planning an £11bn bid for the British broadcaster via its NBC Universal film and television offshoot ...
Read More »Peston for ITV – a coup or an own goal?
ITV has secured a coup – or has it? – by poaching the BBC’s high profile economics editor Robert Peston (left) as its new political editor. Apparently Pesto is to present an ITV Sunday morning show, up against the Beeb’s ...
Read More »George Parker: Brian Palmer, Gibbs SR, London first Mad Men agency and me
With the recent MAA piece on the UK’s first TV ads I am reminded that I actually owe a great deal to Brian Palmer (creator of the Gibbs SR spot and a performer in another, see below) who was head ...
Read More »JWT’s ITV 60th survey: people like ads more than ever
JWT has entered the lists of people mulling over 60 years of ITV and its mighty engine advertising – and has produced some rather startling ‘findings.’ Just over 1000 18+ adults were surveyed in September last year by JWT Intelligence ...
Read More »ITV surfs buoyant UK ad economy
There is still plenty of evidence that the UK adland boom is motoring on: figures from the Advertising Association and WARC show that adspend hit a record £4.7bn in the first quarter of 2015 – up 8.2 per cent on ...
Read More »Less is more for ITV as media agencies all seem to be asking for the same price
I note that ITV’s ad revenue continues to go up even as its audience share declines, ad revenue up 11 per cent to £1.7bn while audiences are down three per cent. Might this have something to do with the bizarre ...
Read More »ITV profits: never mind the ratings – feel the money
How can you increase revenue and profits (by around eight per cent and 30 per cent respectively while your market share is falling? Run the UK’s biggest commercial terrestrial broadcaster of course. In other words, be ITV. ITV’s ad revenue, ...
Read More »BBH hijacks ITV’s ‘Loose Women’ in breakthrough campaign for domestic abuse charity Refuge
Refuge is a charity supporting female victims of domestic violence and Loose Women is an ITV show featuring a trio of voluble ladies. So Refuge’s agency BBH had the bright idea of hijacking the show (with permission of course) to ...
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