Chime Communications (United Kingdom)

Chime Communications (United Kingdom): This is an article about a public relations and advertising company based in the UK. For the Australian telecommunications company, see Chime Communications (Australia)

Chime Communications plc (LSE: CHW) is a public limited company based in London, UK and listed on the London Stock Exchange. Chime is the holding company for a portfolio of 35 companies which include public relations, advertising, digital, marketing, deliberative research, corporate responsibility and design.

Chime started as a private company in 1989 following a management buyout from Lowe Howard Spink and Bell to form Lowe Bell Communications and subsequently floated in 1994 as Chime Communications plc. Chime now employs over 1,500 staff in offices around the UK and from 29 worldwide offices.

Contents

1 Board of directors

2 Subsidiaries

3 References

4 External links

Board of directors

The company is governed by a board of directors. The board consists of: Lord Bell (chairman), Piers Pottinger, Christopher Satterthwaite (chief executive), Mark Smith, Julian Seymour, Paul Richardson, Dave Allen, Catherine Biner-Bradley. Bell and Pottinger have given their name to a significant subsidiary of the firm.

Former directors include Lord Hannay of Chiswick (left the Board on 31 December 2006^{[citation needed]}) and Dame Sue Tinson (left the Board on 31 December 2006)and Sidney Fogg (left the Board 2001)

Subsidiaries

Chime's major subsidiaries are VCCP (advertising), Bell Pottinger Group (public relations), Fast Track and Essentially Group (sports marketing and sponsorship), Opinion Leader and Facts International (insight and engagement) and Stephens Francis Whitson ("creative agency"^[1]).^[2] VCCP, founded in 2002, has created a number of campaigns, including Aleksandr Orlov (meerkat).

In 2003 Chime Communications plc acquired 55% of Naked Eye Research, a UK based research company that specialises in ethnography. Specifically video ethnography.^[3]

References

^ Stephens Francis Whitson

^ http://www.brandrepublic.com/News/928999/Chime-Communications-reports-highest-ever-pre-tax-profits/?DCMP=ILC-SEARCH

^ Bloomberg

External links

Chime group corporate homepage

Flying Fish: Interview with Lord Bell of Chime Communications. May 8, 2001. By Sathnam Sanghera

Hemscott - Company Summary: Chime Communications PLC

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Cinema

Production companies
and studios

Aardman Animations • BBC Films • British Lion Films • Ealing Studios • Film4 Productions • Goldcrest Films • Hammer Film Productions • HandMade Films • The Pinewood Studios Group (Pinewood Studios • Shepperton Studios) • Warner Bros. Studios, Leavesden • Working Title Films

Newspapers, magazines and other periodicals

Newspapers

National

Berliner: The Guardian • The Observer • Broadsheet: Financial Times • The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph • The Sunday Times • Compact: i • The Independent, The Independent on Sunday • The Times • Middle-market: Daily Express, Sunday Express • Daily Mail, The Mail on Sunday • Tabloid: Daily Mirror, Sunday Mirror • Morning Star • The People • Daily Star, Daily Star Sunday • The Sun • Sunday Sport

Regional and local

Local newspapers in England • Regional newspapers in England • Newspapers in Northern Ireland • Newspapers in Scotland • Newspapers in Wales

Other resources

Canary Wharf • Defunct newspapers • Editors • Fleet Street • History • Journalists • Specialist newspapers • List by circulation

Magazines and
other periodicals

Arts magazines • Business magazines • Comics • Defunct magazines • Fashion magazines • Literary magazines • Political magazines • Satirical magazines • Science and technology magazines • Women's magazines • List of magazines by circulation

Radio

National stations

BBC

Analogue/digital: Radio 1 • Radio 2 • Radio 3 • Radio 4 • Radio 5 Live • Digital: Radio 1Xtra • Radio 4 Extra • Radio 5 Live Sports Extra • 6 Music • Asian Network • BBC National DAB (multiplex)

Commercial

Analogue/digital: Absolute Radio • Classic FM • Talksport • Digital: Absolute 80s • Absolute Radio 90s • Absolute Radio Extra • Amazing Radio • BFBS Radio • Digital One (multiplex) • Jazz FM • Planet Rock • Premier Christian Radio • Smooth Radio UK • UCB UK

Regional and
local stations

BBC

List of BBC Local Radio stations • List of BBC Regional Radio stations

Commercial

List of community radio stations • List of local commercial radio stations • List of semi-national analogue and digital stations

Other stations

List of hospital radio stations • Pirate radio • Restricted Service Licence (List of RSL stations) • List of satellite radio stations • List of student and schools radio

Facilities and
places

Broadcasting House • MediaCityUK

Other resources

British radio people • British radio programmes • FM broadcasting in the UK • Radio Academy • Radio broadcasting companies • Radio Independents Group • RAJAR • Sony Radio Academy Awards • List of most-listened-to radio programs

Television

Principal channels

BBC

Analogue/digital: BBC One (BBC One Northern Ireland • BBC One Scotland • BBC One Wales) • BBC Two (BBC Two Northern Ireland • BBC Two Scotland) · Digital: BBC Three • BBC Four • BBC News • BBC Parliament • CBBC • CBeebies • BBC Alba · HD: BBC HD

BSkyB

Digital: Challenge • Pick TV • Sky1 • Sky2 • Sky 3D • Sky Arts • Sky Atlantic • Sky Betting and Gaming • Sky Living • Sky Livingit • Sky Living Loves • Sky Movies • Sky Movies Box Office • Sky News • Sky Sports • Sky Sports News

Channel 4

Analogue/digital: Channel 4 • Digital: E4 • Film4 • More4 • S4C

Channel 5

Analogue/digital: Channel 5 • Digital: 5* • 5USA

Discovery

Digital: Animal Planet • Discovery Channel • Discovery History • Discovery Home & Health • Discovery Real Time • Discovery Science • Discovery Shed • Discovery Travel & Living • Discovery Turbo • DMAX • Investigation Discovery • QUEST • HD: Discovery HD

ITV Network

Analogue/digital: ITV (ITV1 • STV • UTV • Channel Television) • Digital: ITV2 • ITV3 • ITV4 • CITV

UKTV

Digital: Alibi • Blighty • Dave • Eden • GOLD • Good Food • Home • Really • Watch • Yesterday

Services and
platforms

4oD (Film4oD) • Analogue (Analogue terrestrial) • BBC iPlayer • blinkbox • BT Vision • Cable • Demand 5 • Digital (Digital terrestrial • List of channels) • Freesat (Freesat+ • List of channels) • Freeview (Freeview+) • Freewire (List of channels) • High-definition (List of channels) • ITV (ITV Player • STV Player) • Restricted Service Licence • Satellite (List of channels) • Sky (Freesat from Sky • Sky Anytime • Sky Anytime+ • Sky+ • Sky+ HD • List of channels) • Smallworld Cable (List of channels) • TalkTalk TV (List of channels) • Top Up TV • TVCatchup (List of channels) • Virgin Media (FilmFlex • TiVo • V+ • List of channels) • WightCable • YouView • Zattoo (List of channels)

Facilities and
places

BBC Pacific Quay • BBC Television Centre • Broadcasting House • Broadcasting House (Cardiff) • The Fountain Studios • The Leeds Studios • MediaCityUK • Granada Studios • New Broadcasting House • Roath Lock • Teddington Studios

Other resources

Awards • Defunct channels • Edinburgh International Television Festival • History (List of years) • Production companies • Programmes • Student television • Viewing statistics (Most-watched broadcasts)

Companies and organisations

Companies

Major companies

Aegis Group • Archant • BBC (BBC Worldwide) • Bloomsbury Publishing • British Sky Broadcasting • BT Group • Channel 4 • Chime Communications • Chrysalis Group • Daily Mail and General Trust • Economist Group • EMAP • EMI Group • Endemol UK • Global Radio • Guardian Media Group • Haymarket Group • Informa • IPC Media • ITN • ITV • Johnston Press • Mecom Group • News International • Newsquest • Northern & Shell • Pearson (Penguin Group • Pearson Education) • Press Holdings • Reed Elsevier • Reuters • STV Group • Syco • TalkTalk • Trinity Mirror • UBM • UTV Media • Virgin Media • WPP • Yell Group

Other resources

Broadcasting companies • Defunct media companies • Publishing companies (List of largest UK book publishers) • Record labels

Education and
museums

BBC Academy • National Film and Television School • National Media Museum

Government and
regulatory bodies

Advertising Standards Authority • BBC Trust • British Board of Film Classification • British Film Institute • Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee • Department for Culture, Media and Sport • Ofcom • Press Complaints Commission • UK Film Council • Welsh Fourth Channel Authority

Industry bodies

British Academy of Film and Television Arts • British Phonographic Industry • Clearcast • Digital TV Group • Digital UK • Federation Against Copyright Theft • The Publishers Association • Royal Television Society • United Kingdom Independent Broadcasting

Trades unions

Broadcasting, Entertainment, Cinematograph and Theatre Union • Equity • National Union of Journalists

Regional and student media

Regional media

Media in England (Media in Birmingham • Media in London • Media in Manchester) • Media in Northern Ireland • Media in Scotland (Media in Aberdeen • Media in Dundee • Media in Glasgow) • Media in Wales (Media in Cardiff)

Student media

Student television

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