Mindshare, the global media agency of WPP, recently announced that it is placing its FAST (Future Adaptive Specialist Team) integrated performance unit at the heart of its business as part of an ongoing transformation programme evolving the agency into an Adaptive Marketing organisation, to help clients do the same. We had a chance to sit […]
MEC, a leading media agency, has promoted Kathryn Saxon to the newly created role of head of research, David Fletcher, MEC’s Chief Data Officer announced today. The appointment reflects the increasing need from clients for insights that help make direct strategies relevant for a world of ever increasing complexity. Saxon, previously MEC’s Research Group Consultant […]
OLIVER Group has opened an office in Istanbul as the latest move in its ambitious global expansion drive as it looks to push the in-house agency model regionally and globally. OLIVER Istanbul opens its doors with Migros, Turkey’s largest supermarket chain, as a founding client. The client list also includes global paper manufacturer Kipas Holding, […]
Once again, the disruption of sports media is paving the way to the changing face of cultural communications. On Tuesday night, West Ham United fans got over excited and ended up throwing bottles at the Manchester United team bus as it arrived at Upton Park. Idiotic and predictable, but not a huge news story. However, […]
Long gone are the days when film was purely seen as the reserve of large corporations with big budgets for television ads, as the gargantuan beast that is The Internet offers multiple platforms for businesses of any size to reach out and connect with targeted audiences via video. The medium of moving pictures is quickly […]
Shazam, the world’s most popular app for connecting artists and fans, announced the launch of Shazam for Brands. Shazam is known by consumers as the standard in music recognition, and will now unite brands with its global audience. The company is an ecosystem of hundreds of millions of global users, all of them making a […]
Online car servicing and repair portal MyCarNeedsA.com has appointed Arena Media to manage its media planning and buying. The agency won the business without a pitch and will begin work immediately. The incumbent on the account was MediaCom. The win will see Arena Media planning and buying media for MyCarNeedsA.com as the company is looking […]
Out of home (OOH) work’s inclusion in marketing campaigns has been found to considerably bolster the public’s purchase intent, according to a five year study from Posterscope and Dentsu Aegis Network. Analysing over 50 individual client campaigns, testing more than 1,500 creative executions and surveying over 20,000 respondents, the Integrated Communications Evaluation (ICE) study found […]
JCDecaux Airport UK, with help from virtual reality specialists Visualise, have released a VR experience allowing users to explore Heathrow Airport in 360 degree video. The work looks to hit home the scope and effectiveness of the advertising installations at the airport by offering a physical tour through the immersive medium of VR. The content […]
Buzzfeed has launched a News app in the UK, Australia and Canada that will use push notifications to alert users to breaking stories. The media group has doubled its efforts in recent years to stand up to national titles, as well as the likes of Vice, when it comes to driving its own news agenda […]