In an effort to raise the standards in digital advertising and address the key issues facing the industry, the IAB UK is launching the “IAB Gold Standard” initiative, comprising three primary actions that media owners can take. Initially, the Gold Standard has three fundamental aims – to reduce ad fraud, to improve the digital advertising […]
The Mayor of London and visitlondon.com launched a bold new vision to accelerate the British capital’s status as a world-class tourist destination. Tourism numbers in London are set to rise sharply, with more than 40 million people expected to visit the city by 2025, an increase of 30 per cent on the 31.2 million visitors who […]
MarComm’s Star Parade is a series where we shine the spotlight on some of the global stars from the Marketing and Communications industry, and Antony (Ant) Hill – over the 16+ years in the industry – has truly earned his spot on this list! He is currently at Google, where he serves as the Head of Creative […]
Creativeland Asia, one of India’s largest and most sought after independent agency. It was founded by Sajan Raj Kurup in the summer of 2007, and is now one of the fastest growing and the most awarded independent communications companies in the country. We had an opportunity to sit down with Raj during the Cannes Lions […]
AKQA announced the winners of Future Lions, the official student awards at the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. Future Lions attracted more than 2,100 students from 64 countries, making it the most successful year to date. The five winning ideas and teams are: Ask the Candidates for CNN Team: Yeon Sang Yoon and Jin Sug […]
McDonald’s have been named The YouTube FAB Brand / Marketer of The Year at the 19th edition of the International Food and Beverage Creative Excellence Awards (The FAB Awards), bagging an impressive nine nominations across the various categories. The world’s largest restaurant chain, who last won this title in 2013, will be handed the award […]
Recently MarComm News was invited to a day long extravaganza full of food, beverage, marketing, design and innovation. Starting from the inaugural FAB Forum and culminating with the grand ceremony of The 18th FAB Awards. Google UK Ltd. had a big part to play on the day – sponsoring The Forum, which was held at their St Giles […]
The latest trend report from the Innovation Group, released today, explores Unreality, a new mode of truth-seeking that emphasises magic and spirituality, the knowingly unreal, and the intangible aspects of our lives that defy big data and the ultratransparency of the web. We live in an age of hyper-reality and transparency overload, when our private […]
For the third year running, AMV BBDO picked up the Google FAB Agency of the Year Awardat the 18th International Food and Beverage Creative Excellence Awards (The FAB Awards) at The Hurlingham Club. The winner of the award is the agency with the most points accumulated from nominations, FAB Awards & FABulous Awards on the night. […]
The Hurlingham Club hosted the 18th edition of The International Food and Beverage Creative Excellence Awards (The FAB Awards). Guests were treated to cocktails and a delectable three-course dinner followed by the ceremony itself, in which the award-winning design, creative and effective work was showcased to the audience, and the teams behind them presented with their […]