31 Aug 2007
| by Ian Darby
Toshiba has consolidated its £5 million UK media planning and buying account into Rocket, the PHD-owned agency.
31 Aug 2007
Viacom has agreed to give the creators of South Park a 50 per cent share of any digital advertising revenues earned when the show's content is aired on the internet and mobile phones. Matt Stone and Trey Parker are likely to earn around $75 million (£37.4 million) from ad revenues alone as part of a...
31 Aug 2007
Channel 4 has temporarily dropped the next series of Celebrity Big Brother following the racism row involving Shilpa Shetty earlier this year, which resulted in The Carphone Warehouse pulling out of its sponsorship of the programme. As part of a creative rejig, which was announced at the Edinburgh Festival,...
31 Aug 2007
The Internet Advertising Bureau and the Direct Marketing Association have teamed up to launch the UK's first search marketing best-practice charter. To comply, search engine marketing companies must fulfil a number of requirements, including having at least two staff dedicated to search marketing, and...
31 Aug 2007
XBOX - BOXHEAD
CREDITS
Project: Boxhead
Client: Monique Bernds, head of channel marketing, Xbox
Brief: Demonstrate the benefits of the new Xbox Live Vision camera
Creative agency: AKQA
Writer: James Hilton
Art director: James Hilton
Media agency: Universal McCann
Media planner: n/a
Production...
31 Aug 2007
M&C Saatchi has been appointed by PC World to handle a £4 million advertising push for Philips, Advent and EI System computer products. The agency, which is the incumbent on the main PC World account, won the briefs after a pitch against undisclosed agencies.
31 Aug 2007
MECCA RESTAURANT - DRIVE SAFE CAMPAIGN - FINLAND
CREDITS
Project: Drive safe campaign
Client: Palace Kamp Group, Mecca Restaurant
Brief: Encourage young drivers to be more responsible
Creative agency: Publicis Helsinki
Writer: Anthony Wolch
Art directors: Mikko Tikander, Marcus Merkl
Media agency:...
30 Aug 2007
| by Stephen Davies
Stephen Davies says that last week's Ofcom survey should be ringing many alarm bells for technophobe PROs.
30 Aug 2007
Hill & Knowlton associate director Lee Brooke is to head up the agency’s technology division.
30 Aug 2007
| by Clare O’Connor
Fleishman-Hillard has added to its digital business with two high-profile gaming wins.