Month: April 2003

Viacom announces profits

Marketing Week

Viacom, owner of MTV, Paramount Pictures and CBS, has announced net profits of 283m for the first quarter of 2003 compared to a loss of 710m for the same period last year. Turnover was up seven per cent to 3.87bn.

Microsoft Agility

Marketing Week

Ipm Airspace has booked an airport campaign for Microsoft Agility, aimed at business decision-makers. The campaign will appear in airports in seven European countries, including the UK.

Plastic population?

Marketing Week

Loyalty schemes have suffered a dip in popularity in the past few years, though some, such as Tesco, seem to buck this trend. Can these schemes re-invent themselves to cater for changing demands, or is the UK card-weary? By Phil Dourado When Michael Moore, the activist film director, turned his attention towards loyalty schemes recently, […]

Farm wins 2m Sci-Fi campaign

Marketing Week

The Sci-Fi Channel has appointed Farm Communications to handle a 2m advertising and marketing campaign to promote its Ultimate Gamer gaming championship. The campaign will include cinema and press ads, and online and in-store activities. A 60-second cinema ad will be shown in 35 UCI Cinemas in mid-May, while press ads will appear in Empire […]

Book sections in need of a thorough spring clean

Marketing Week

As newspaper book sections reveal this spring’s must-reads, the book publishing industry’s propaganda machine is becoming sickeningly cosy, says George Pitcher The “Spring Books” sections of the weekend newspapers make me laugh. For a start, the only people with the time to read these kinds of lists are the people in the books sections of […]

Online advertising boom bucks marketing trend

Marketing Week

As the advertising industry continues to struggle, online marketing’s growth continues and will not repeat mistakes of the past, says Danny Meadows-Klue The online industry enjoyed a full and rapid recovery in 2002. The latest wave of tracking data from PricewaterhouseCoopers has provided a wake-up call for marketers who thought their online presence finished at […]