Lidl UK will tonight premiere its much anticipated 2017 Christmas advertising campaign, which is designed to showcase the retailer’s seasonal range under the slogan ‘Every Lidl Thing For Christmas’. Using insight from consumer research, the UK’s fastest growing grocery chain has created a multi-channel and multi-execution campaign to engage all the various festive personalities throughout […]
The BBC is launching a standalone smartphone and tablet app for its BBC Music brand, helping people listen and watch music clips from its radio and TV output. The app is being released as a free download today for Android and iOS devices, although it will only be available in the UK. Its content will include […]
The BBC is considering scrapping its decades-old channel and radio station-based structure in a radical shakeup which would see a cull of executive posts. The plans are being looked at as part of attempts to reduce management layers to help fund cuts of more than £550m a year due to decreases in licence fee income […]
In a UK media first, Primesight, GTN and MediaCom are launching a national real-time campaign for Lucozade Energy, which will see digital outdoor ads synchronised with radio spots across GTN’s “Network Drive”. This partnership seeks to connect more platforms and more messages together in a world of ever increasing complexity and technology. With the communications […]
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qpsOdM6X0Q The Red Brick Road have developed a new campaign to launch Suzuki’s new crossover four wheel drive – the SX4 S-Cross. The fully integrated campaign features TV, radio, outdoor, press, digital, social media, POS, dealer marketing, CRM and brochures. The idea builds on the ‘Have to Have It’ thought that launched a repositioning of […]
Thanks to higher TV spending, total U.S. advertising expenditures perked up some in the second quarter from the same period a year ago. Second quarter was up 3.5% to finish the period at $35.8 billion, with total spending over the last six month 2% higher, getting to $68.9 billion. The second quarter of a year […]
Broadcast TV advertising spending rocketed up by strong double-digit percentages in the second quarter. Standard Media Index says broadcast TV spending was up 16% in the second three months of 2013, and 10% through the first half of the year. By way of comparison, national cable TV advertising moved up more slowly in the second quarter, […]
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 […]