Everybody who’s watching this year’s FIFA World Cup is talking about just one thing: the “VAR” or for those of you who are not football fans: the “Video Assistant Referee”. The system is the ultimate tool to help on-field referees make the right call on any given shot, using video replay technology – and so […]
Wavemaker has won the multi-stage pitch of international fashion group ESPRIT. In competition with a group of other well-known global agency networks, Wavemaker landed the global double-digit million range budget. This means that Wavemaker Germany will continue to lead planning and buying of TV, out of home and print in Germany, and that the agency’s […]
ROTHCO see the ex-premier league managers settle a 20-year rivalry between two Gaelic football clubs with an infamous past for Allied Irish Banks. In 2017, 10 million viewers tuned in to watch the 8-part online series documenting Premier League football commentators Jeff Stelling and Chris Kamara, as they took the journey to Croker to commentate […]
Leading global marketing and corporate communications company Omnicom Group, Inc. (NYSE: OMC), today announced the roll-out of Omni, its people-based precision marketing and insights platform, designed to identify and define personalized consumer experiences at scale across creative, media, CRM as well as other Omnicom practice areas. Omni delivers a first-of-its kind, single view of the […]
Independent media agency The Specialist Works has been appointed by Psyonix to deliver global media and creative for soccer video game Rocket League. The creative kicked-off in the UK on ITV in the World Cup 2018 semi-final between France and Belgium (10/07/2018) with further slots during last night’s crucial England semi-final and it will also […]
Nearly half (49%) of all advertising agencies undertake programmatic media buying with their own technology, while 34% combine their own with third party technology and 17% rely exclusively on third party offerings. Agencies in EMEA lead the way, with 58% in the region relying solely on their own technology; this drops to 56% for North […]
Shell’s multi-sensory journey through their iconic brand history at The Museum of Brands has drawn in droves of visitors since it opened in London in spring. The interactive exhibit telling the history of Shell’s iconic brand, showcasing the company’s rich history and how it plans to play a key role in a cleaner energy future, opened […]
The feud between Martin Sorrell and his former employers is set to deepen after the ousted boss of WPP won the battle to acquire Dutch-based digital production company MediaMonks. Sorrell has reportedly secured a €300 million deal, holding off rival bids from WPP and Accenture Interactive. The acquisition will rile WPP and create further animosity between the […]
Wild Card has been appointed by the UK’s leading youth homelessness charity, Centrepoint to handle PR for the mass activation phase of its latest fundraising initiative, the Big Broth, following a competitive pitch. The Big Broth kicked off in early 2018 with a search to find the nation’s tastiest homemade soup to raise money for […]
Today, Mindshare, part of WPP, and Tommy’s, a charity funding research into baby loss, launch a campaign to challenge the cultural silence around the issue using one of the loudest tools at our disposal: social media. At a time when we are more connected than ever before, there remains a deafening silence around baby loss […]