Lexus Races Real IS Hybrid On Virtual Track

Lexus Races Real IS Hybrid On Virtual Track

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slETbZ7FIs0 A mashup of video game, online promotion and Formula racing is the basis of a new Lexus online film and broadcast ad effort called “Trace Your Road,” in which an F1 driver attempts to drive a virtual track in a real Lexus IS Hybrid. As he drives around in a gigantic airplane hanger, the […]

Facebook users ‘witness a stabbing’ with Red Cross app

Facebook users ‘witness a stabbing’ with Red Cross app

The British Red Cross has launched an app that lets users witness a knife attack on a bus, using Facebook data to personalise an online film. The charity’s ‘Witness’ app integrates with a viewer’s Facebook account and inserts information from their profile into the film, which features a young man being stabbed on a night […]

Samsung launches spot in ‘Design Your Life’ campaign for Galaxy Gear & Note 3

Samsung launches spot in ‘Design Your Life’ campaign for Galaxy Gear & Note 3

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m4sTLfTKOGo Samsung has launched the first film in its ‘Design Your Life’ campaign for the Galaxy Gear and Note 3. The ad – ‘Sweet Dreams’ – was created by Leo Burnett LA and Chicago and features a woman making use of the gadgets to help her modernise her grandfather’s toyshop, ending with CGI technology delivering […]

In London, Billboards ‘Direct’ MINI Drivers To Garages That Give Out Freebies

In London, Billboards ‘Direct’ MINI Drivers To Garages That Give Out Freebies

Part of the “MINI Not Normal” campaign, the ad agency Iris Worldwide has come up with an elaborate way to reward MINI drivers. Using technology, many “highly-trained” spotters were asked to look out for MINI drivers along London’s Cromwell road, changing the color and text of the billboards with an iPad. MINI drivers were then […]

Nissan Unveils Nismo Smart Watch Concept

Nissan Unveils Nismo Smart Watch Concept

Nissan will become the first car manufacturer to create a smartwatch designed specifically for drivers of Nissan Nismo cars. The Nissan Nismo Concept Watch will be the first smartwatch to connect a driver to the car and will provide drivers with real-time biometric data. The watch, unveiled on September 9 ahead of its display at […]

Sky & Pixar Team Up for ‘Toy Story of Terror’

Sky & Pixar Team Up for ‘Toy Story of Terror’

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3vJcd2OPkDE Sky has teamed up with Disney Pixar to create a brand new TV ad featuring characters from the popular Disney Pixar’s Toy Story movie franchise to promote its superfast fibre broadband service and celebrate the arrival of the all-new 30-minute Toy Story OF TERROR! TV special, which will premiere in the UK & Ireland […]

BMW app delivers virtual test drive to promote its first electric car BMW i3

BMW app delivers virtual test drive to promote its first electric car BMW i3

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oLFPn4Fq_xs BMW’s first electric car, the BMW i3 is to be promoted through an interactive 360 degree film developed for smartphones and tablet audiences, aiming to offer a virtual test drive of the vehicle. The campaign, created by WCRS, Mustard Films and Tool has been developed to promote the BMW i3, the first model within […]

TV Ad Spend Up in the US, National Radio Also Rises

TV Ad Spend Up in the US, National Radio Also Rises

Thanks to higher TV spending, total U.S. advertising expenditures perked up some in the second quarter from the same period a year ago. Second quarter was up 3.5% to finish the period at $35.8 billion, with total spending over the last six month 2% higher, getting to $68.9 billion. The second quarter of a year […]