The Week: Advertising News - YouTube moves into offline
04 Dec 2009
YouTube has launched its first offline ads to promote the TV content the site carries from media companies.
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The Advertising Standards Authority is on track to receive 28,000 complaints this year, 1,500 more than in 2008 and a record for the watchdog. However, the number of ads that attracted complaints was down to 14,500, 1,000 fewer than last year.
YouTube has launched its first offline ads to promote the TV content the site carries from media companies.
Following his embarrassing handball incident in the World Cup qualifier against Ireland, the French striker Thierry Henry is now the subject of a tongue-in-cheek campaign by the Irish bookmaker Paddy Power.
Coca-Cola is backing its flagging Fanta brand with its first global ad campaign for the drink in five years.
Waitrose has had to re-edit its Christmas ad after complaints that a scene depicting a man returning from war could be offensive to the families of soldiers who have died in Afghanistan.
Accurist has launched a reworked version of its legendary 1978 TV ad featuring the former Monty Python member John Cleese.
A study by Nielsen has shown that marketers are still cutting advertising budgets, but at a slower rate.
Johnston Press is introducing pay-walls across six of its weekly titles' websites on a trial basis for three months.
The new free London newspaper The London Weekly will launch on 1 February backed by £10.5 million raised by Global Publishing Group, a partnership of five private investors.
BSkyB is relaunching its customer magazine Skymag with a new name, higher frequency and smaller format.