Commercial Break is a new app launched onto the market this week aimed at those who spend ad break hopping channels, only to go back to their programme and realise they have missed half of it. The free iPhone app alerts viewers in real time when their TV programme comes back from commercials by using […]
Hot off the back of directing the massively successful O2 ‘Be More Dog’ Keith Schofield is back with yet another brilliantly bit of oddball fun. In it, we drive through what at first appears to be an average bit of suburbia, however in this Wisteria Lane, everything has been souped-up to mass effect, ‘driving’ home […]
How do you showcase a new adventure car to a target audience that spends their time outdoors? You take the website to them. This is what Toyota Africa did to bring the new Toyota RAV4 product site to life on an outdoor bike trail at the Bryanston Cycle Park in Johannesburg. The 1.8-km cycling track […]
Ladbrokes is “making punters an offer they can’t refuse” in its latest TV ad campaign, which features the familiar pairing of Tiziano Crudeli and Chris Kamara in activity inspired by ‘The Godfather’. The change of direction was prompted by a strategic decision to “boost the role of Ladbrokes’ offers and products in the narrative”. The […]
Sir Martin Sorrell has poured cold water on the so-called “merger of equals” between rival agencies Omnicom and Publicis Groupe, which was announced on July 28, questioning the value to the former’s shareholders. Speaking on the ‘Today’ programme on BBC Radio 4, Sorrell questioned the value to Omnicom shareholders, who will receive 50 per cent […]
Peugeot has engaged OMD UK to carry out a print campaign that will see nail wraps tipped on to print display pages to launch the new Peugeot 208 XY. Available in four distinctive colours, including Purple Night, OMD UK has partnered with HND Ltd to develop ‘XY Purple Night’ coloured nail wraps, which will be […]
The Miami Ad School and The Trevor Project – an organisation working to prevent suicide in the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and questioning youth community – recently partnered to create a series of ads highlighting that words can kill. Copywriter Inga-Marie Sorensen devised the tagline ‘Words Can Kill’. The powerful ads show words like “dyke” […]
The UK’s largest mobile phone operator is launching its first major campaign for its Orange brand since it debuted EE last year. The campaign kicks off July 29, with a TV ad featuring Kevin Bacon advertising Orange’s pay-as-you-go (PAYG) offering of 1GB of mobile data free with every £10 top-up, to air during top TV […]
As part of “For Those Who Do” campaign, the “Getaway” film involves the consumer in a story centered around the versatility of the new Lenovo Yoga 11S, in the way only Lenovo can. It’s dark and slightly subversive. Stylish without being too sleek. And, best of all, it showcases our single product’s four incredible modes, […]
Omnicom Group and Publicis Groupe have announced that they have signed a definitive agreement for a merger of equals, creating the world’s leading company in communications, advertising, marketing and digital services, with combined 2012 revenue of $22.7 billion (€17.7 billion). Based on closing prices on July 26, 2013, Publicis Omnicom Group will have a combined […]