BT has ramped up its marketing campaign for its new Sky-rival BT Sport service, which offers 38 exclusive Barclays Premier League and Scottish Premier League matches, by announcing the service will be free to BT broadband customers. BT Sport 1, BT Sport 2 and ESPN will also provide coverage of the FA Cup, Europa League, […]
Bless This House’ star Sally Geeson is spearheading a major national television advertising campaign for Anglian Home Improvements. The much loved comedy actress is the face of Anglian’s TV campaign ‘The Dream Is On’, which launched on 1 May and will be running for the rest of the year. Focusing on key Anglian products including […]
It’s interesting to see a second screen approach for radio. Forsman & Bodenfors have created an interactive radio player for computers, tablets and mobile to encourage sharing radio programmes via social media. It’s a very simple concept, well executed. Think of it as sound cloud for radio, and built for sharing on facebook. The more content […]
A ‘Passion Drives Us All’ ad has been created to promote a partnership between the Qatar Foundation and FC Barcelona. Created by TBWA, the ad features Barcelona stars, including Lionel Messi, and is designed to raise awareness and celebrate the work done between the Qatar Foundation and FC Barcelona. The partnership is creating programmes and […]
Discovery Networks is launching its TLC channel in the UK, and has positioned and branded a revised version tailored for the UK market. TLC is currently broadcast in 150 countries and is viewed by over 300m households in the US, and across western and Eastern Europe according to The Discovery Channel. Design work has been […]
DDB and Volkswagen Spain created a campaign around an online game called Polowers. They integrated the Twitter API into the Polowers microsite and required users to become followers to play. Every time a player tweeted using the #polowers hashtag, a Polo on the site would advance a few metres. The person to send the last […]
To promote its new CLIO car model, vehicle manufacturer Renault took some unsuspecting customers on an unbelievably ‘sexy’ test drive. The drive starts off normally—until the salesman prompts the driver to press the ‘Va Va Voom’ button, which causes the scene in front of car to change—transporting the driver to the streets of Paris. After […]
A US company is pioneering a service which effectively pays people to watch TV ads. The Massachusetts company HitBliss and its video streaming service pays people with “virtual cash” to watch targeted advertisements. Viewers use the credit they earn to buy TV shows and rent movies from the company. “This is radically different than anything […]
To poke fun at the social phenomenon known as ‘social smoking’, ad agency BBDO Toronto created an ad for the Ontario Ministry of Health that humorously replaces cigarettes with farts. Called ‘Social Farter’, it tells the story of a young lady who only farts in social situations. “If you only fart with friends, you’re not […]
Jaguar Land Rover has worked with global creative business Imagination to complement the launch of the all-new Range Rover by creating a bespoke, VIP visitor experience that utilises 3D augmented projection mapping. Imagination was tasked with creating a transformational brand experience benefitting the new model. To meet the brief the agency reimagined the purchasing journey […]