30 Dec 2009
| by Staff
LONDON - The Church of England has made a submission to the DCMS consultation on product placement warning lifting the ban would be to the detriment of the advertising and media planning industries.
23 Dec 2009
| by Staff
LONDON - As adland enjoys its customary wind-down for Christmas and New Year, we leave you with a round-up of some of 2009's most interesting stories across advertising, marketing and media.
23 Dec 2009
| by Staff
LONDON - Twitter.com's international traffic has risen by 3.5% on October to 60.3 million unique users in November, according to ComScore.
LONDON - Cinema admissions in the first 11 months of the year have been the highest since 2004, with the success of 'Avatar' and forthcoming 'Sherlock Holmes' promising to round off 2009 in style.
LONDON - Beatrix Potter's Peter Rabbit is set to be "democratised" as a brand by a new TV series in 2011 following an agreement between Potter Frederick Warne and licensing agent Chorion.
23 Dec 2009
| by Susan Billinge
LONDON - The Advertising Standards Authority has ruled against a BA ad for misleadingly suggesting the airline flew directly to Guangzhou in China, after one complaint.
23 Dec 2009
| by Susan Billinge
LONDON - As Christmas approaches and after weeks of commercial jostling to attract consumers' attention Brand Republic asks the public which festive ads they have liked and disliked this year.
22 Dec 2009
| by Staff
NEW YORK - Michelin has moved its estimated $43m US media planning and buying account from MediaCom to WPP sister agency Mediaedge:cia.
LONDON - ITV and Sky's 90-minute televised debates between the prime ministerial candidates will be free of ad breaks.
22 Dec 2009
| by Staff
NEW YORK - Apple's attempt to develop a monthly TV subscription package has drawn CBS and Disney into talks, but News Corporation, Viacom and Discovery appear unconvinced, according to reports.