LONDON - (2 January update) Fiat, the Italian car manufacturer, is set to realign its £150m European media business into WPP-owned agencies, a move that will see the £10m UK account, currently handled by Publicis Groupe's Starcom, move into Mediaedge:cia.
LONDON - Aegis Media's Carat has rounded off the year in style by snatching the consolidated €400m EMEA Kellogg media account from Mindshare, following a review of its roster.
LONDON - Jim McDonald, head of broadcast at MPG, has been filming for his appearance in Coronation Street for an episode due to appear on Christmas Eve.
LONDON - UKTV Documentary will rebrand as Eden on 26 January, with the strapline: "One amazing world. One amazing TV channel."
19 Dec 2008
| by Staff
VIDEO - Cinema sales house Digital Cinema Media (DCM) has collated the top 10 cult cinema ads and is now looking to find the number one.
LONDON - MTV is to axe up to 80 UK-based staff as part of parent Viacom's plans to slash 850 posts worldwide and save at least $200m (£137m) next year.
19 Dec 2008
| by Nick Johnstone
LONDON - Business-oriented social network Xing has acquired content aggregator socialmedian.
LONDON - Xbox, Microsoft's video game console, is set to host a gig tonight called Campfire Sessions featuring some of the UK's newest hit bands that will be broadcast on Channel 4 and 4Music at the start of 2009.
LONDON - Carat has been awarded the consolidated £38m media planning and buying account for Santander, after winning a final pitch against Universal McCann and Arena BLM.
LONDON - The BBC is launching a kids-oriented version of its iPlayer, allowing children to watch popular BBC shows on-demand in a child-friendly environment.