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.
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 - Usage of TV-based VoD services such as BT Vision and iPlayer is set to outstrip PC-based VoD offerings such as YouTube, new research predicts.
LONDON - Fiat-owned car marque Alfa Romeo has placed a poster ad 11,000 metres below sea level to promote a discount offer for its 147 model.
LONDON - Top Gear was the most-watched TV programme of the year on BBC iPlayer, as the VoD service overall received a record 88.2 million VoD requests.
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.
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 has finalised another key component of its new board, announcing that former Procter & Gamble and HM Revenue & Customs chief, Mike Clasper, will replace Sir James Crosby as non-executive senior independent director.
LONDON - Guardian.co.uk strengthened its position as the UK's most-visited newspaper website in November, posting a bigger growth rate month on month than its nearest rivals, MailOnline and Telegraph.co.uk.
LONDON - Mobile phone outfit Orange is expecting a record for text and picture messages this Christmas, with more than a million picture messages forecast to be sent on the big day itself.