BSkyB is launching a YouTube channel that will broadcast whole episodes from some of its most high-profile series, as part of the company’s biggest ever push for its entertainment programming. When it launches on Saturday 1 February, the Sky First Episodes channel will host episodes from ‘Moone Boy’ starring Chris O’Dowd, ‘The Tunnel’ (the adapted […]
Panasonic has unveiled a campaign with We Are Social pondering the question ‘Why DSLR?’ to promote its Lumix mirrorless cameras over larger DSLR models. The campaign will target popular gadget forums and blogs in order to intercept the journey between online discussions and purchase, with the creations of videos such as Why are DSLR lenses […]
Bloomberg Television, the multi-platform 24-hour business and financial news network, has rolled out a major campaign this week targeting professionals, international business travellers and commuters across London during peak travel times. The month-long digital campaign, named Start Smart, will highlight the channel’s morning programmes ‘Countdown’, ‘On the Move’ and ‘The Pulse’, along with the network’s […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kt5VulFqBm4 Cisco has borrowed the buzz-phrase du jour ‘The Internet of Things’, tweaked it and created a slogan for its latest TV ad – the “internet of everything”. The ad made by Goodby Silverstein & Partners, was made following a keynote speech made by Cisco chief executive John Chambers at the Consumer Electronic Show in […]
Motorola is readying an “unorthodox approach to marketing” to back the European launch of its forthcoming flagship smartphone the Moto X as it looks to build on the sales success of its predecessor the Moto G. The stand-out feature of the Moto X smartphone, on sale in the UK from 1 February, is its touchless […]
The Super Bowl as a TV advertising vehicle remains strong — in terms of revenue, commercial time, and more importantly, commercial tune-in. Last year’s event on CBS pulled in 11% more revenue to $292 million over 2012’s game, and was 14% higher to $4 million for the average 30-second commercial, according to Kantar Media. This […]
http://vimeo.com/83818275 Each day, millions of users are bombarded with social noise and clutter as a result of their past ‘likes’. VML & GPY&R teamed up with Colgate’s hero surface cleaning brand, Ajax, to create an easy solution for people to clean their social networking feeds. Called Ajax Social Wipes, it’s a new online tool that […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y_oHVdKYEU4 Korean car brand Kia has launched an app in time for the Australian Open Grand Slam tennis tournament which commences next week, which allows people to simulate returning a high-speed tennis serve live from their TV using their smart phone as a racquet. The serve is simulated to be from Australia’s Sam Groth, the […]
Following a period of tremendous growth and exciting opportunity, 2014 promises to be another big year for Taxi Studio, starting with the arrival of new Creative Director Steve Burden in January. Steve has consulted all over the world for major players including WPP, Fitch and Interbrand for brands such as Vodafone, BP, Harrods and Qatar […]
In-app mobile adspend will reach almost 17 billion USD by 2018, up from 3.5 billion USD last year, a new report from Juniper Research has found. According to the report, growth will be driven by several key factors including improved targeting capabilities, as well as a trend for more effective interactive rich media ads to […]