The Department for Transport’s THINK! campaign has launched a new anti-drink driving film targeting young men which is set in a pub toilet. Leo Burnett London, the agency behind the campaign, adopted covert tactics to produce a TV ad that would resonate with young males, traditionally an ad-weary, media savvy audience. The agency took over […]
Twitter and WPP have signed a deal that will see the ad giant integrate Twitter data into its media and analytics platforms, and will include the launch of data products. The global strategic partnership spans a number of WPP companies, including GroupM, Kantar and digital agencies including Wunderman. Sir Martin Sorrell, WPP chief executive, said: […]
SKIN-CARE brand Nivea has created a solar-powered mobile phone charger. The bizarre move from the folks at Nivea was made to ensure people read its sunscreen ad – its solar-powered sunscreen ad. The company took out a full-page ad in a Brazilian magazine and decked it out with solar panels and a charging port you […]
Panasonic UK has launched an online campaign to promote its new Smart Viera TV range and Lumix TZ40 camera. The campaign has seen review content for both products from TrustedReviews.com and whatdigitalcamera.com appear within custom made online advertising unit, Amplify. The Amplify unit will host teaser videos and advertising content about the products, links to […]
Telegraph Media Group has partnered with Halifax to create the first campaign on its Google Currents edition. The deal, brokered by MEC, is also the first to use The Daily Telegraph’s integrated tablet proposition, which offers brands access to its rapidly growing iPad, Flipboard and Google Currents subscribers. The partnership runs for one month, and […]
The International Food and Beverage Creative Excellence Awards are delighted to announce that JWT London has been named the 2013 Agency of The Year. The award is presented to the Agency that has scored the maximum points taken from the number of nominations, FAB Awards & FABulous Awards on the night. The creative agency bagging […]
International Food and Beverage Creative Excellence Awards are pleased to announce the various winners of 15th FAB Awards. The ceremony for the 15th edition of the Awards was held last night at the quintessentially British – The Hurligham Club in London. The Awards evening was attended by several clients ranging from McDonald’s, Doritos, Heineken, Baccardi […]
Rolls-Royce, the luxury car brand owned by BMW, is reviewing its global advertising business, currently held by Partners Andrews Aldridge. The account, which mainly covers digital work such as online films and direct marketing, is being reviewed through AAR in a procurement-led process. Requests for information were sent out last week and Partners Andrews Aldridge […]
Twitter has revealed its latest marketing tool Twitter Amplify which allows media companies to promote small video clips, for example sports highlights, which are accompanied by a brief video ad as a pre- or post-roll. Launch partners for Twitter Amplify include the likes of Clear Channel, New York Magazine, VEVO, Warner Music, and VICE, as […]
Some Android users swear by task-killing apps, but most feel that the OS has matured to a point where you can let it manage itself without the need to meticulously close every open app on your phone. That hasn’t stopped German automaker Audi, of all companies, from releasing its own task-killer app called Audi Start-Stop. […]