TITLE

LIFELINE

PUB. DATE
February 2005
SOURCE
Campaign (UK);2/18/2005, Issue 8, p9
SOURCE TYPE
Trade Publication
DOC. TYPE
Article
ABSTRACT
This article profiles the consultancy agency Zip. Launched as a consultancy, Zip is on its way to becoming an interactive TV advertising agency. Launched by Andrew Howells in 2002 as a consultancy, Zip runs a survey � sponsored by Channel 4, Sky, Claritas and Diss Promotional Marketing, as well as the Direct Marketing Association � to examine the advertising potential of interactive TV. Zip signals the serious nature of its ambitions when it secures the services of Scott Gronmark, previously the head of interactive television programmes at the BBC.
ACCESSION #
16282658

Tags: ZIP Television (Company);  INTERACTIVE television;  DIGITAL television;  TELEVISION;  ADVERTISING -- Television programs;  TELEVISION advertising;  INTEGRATED marketing

 

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