“We Are the Countervirus”, meant to help promote practices to minimize the spread of the coronavirus. Independent agency, Madwell, launched it in collaboration with digital outdoor trade association DPAA Global. The campaign will be running starting this week in the US, Canada, United Kingdom, Mexico, Brazil and beyond, via digital media and a variety of digital OOH, ranging […]
Comment Ian Stevens, Head of Media at Wavemaker
What does it mean for established TV platforms? Pay TV platforms face a dual threat from SVOD services. First, there is a decline in viewing caused by the streaming services and second, the downward pressure on prices as SVOD offer a lower cost alternative for consumers. In response to this, we are seeing Pay TV […]
Genocide Targets wants to draw attention to the high number of deaths among the black population in Brazil
Coronavirus will contaminate a large portion of the population, disrupt production chains and plunge economies into unprecedented chaos across the planet. In Brazil, this gruesome outlook will be even greater among the black population that is massively at the base of the Brazilian social pyramid and is the target of murders or abandonment that lead […]
SHN_1 from St Luke's on Vimeo. Following Prime Minister, Boris Johnson’s address to the nation last night, and triggered by the very poignant Dr Jack interview on LBC Radio on Saturday 21 March where he discussed the public’s responsibility to stay at home in the wake of the COVID-19 Pandemic – St Luke’s have created a […]
This weekend, Ocean Outdoor’s Our Local Heroes campaign broke across 12 of Ocean’s cities and appears on Landsec’s Piccadilly Lights in London this week. Our Local Heroes focuses on all the professions that are on the front line, keeping our cities going. The campaign is supported by a series of straplines which reference each city […]
Survey of UK consumers highlights reliance on trusted, traditional media brands and live TV
UK consumers are gravitating towards trusted, traditional media brands and live TV in response to the Covid-19 situation, according to a new study from Havas Media Group. Havas Media Group’s Covid-19 Media Behaviours Report, a new research study into consumer behaviour and media consumption based on a survey of 1,478 UK respondents, shows that the BBC […]
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M&C Saatchi is launching a range of e-cards to encourage people to stay at home and share their love virtually this Mother’s Day, as people take action to protect themselves and others from the coronavirus. With many being asked to self-isolate or practice social distancing, M&C Saatchi wanted to create something to encourage people to avoid […]
New consumer sentiment analysis shows the impact that the spread of the global Covid-19 virus is having on UK brands, from private healthcare to social media. Private healthcare firms, such as HCA, are experiencing the most significant drop in consumer sentiment, according to data intelligence gathered by brand management agency proquo ai. Stockpiling has seen consumers turn […]
WPP’s media investment group GroupM has appointed Ashutosh Srivastava as CEO of Asia Pacific. Ashutosh will be based in Singapore and take responsibility for all other GroupM Asia Pacific markets, excluding China, Hong Kong and Taiwan. Srivastava joined WPP in 1997 in India with J. Walter Thompson, leading the Unilever relationship until 2001. He was […]
- Appointment follows global launch of Mx methodology in 2019 - Lyons joins from Carat, where she was Planning Partner
Havas Media Group has announced the appointment of Jackie Lyons to the newly-created role of Head of Media Experience, following the global launch of its Mx (Media Experience) methodology in 2019. Lyons joins the group following over five years at Carat. As Planning Partner, she was responsible for leading the agency’s planning output, working across a number of […]