Hasta La Creative!

LONDON – The BBC has come clean about its April Fools joke involving flying penguins, with the release of a viral video film showing how the footage was faked.

Colenso BBDO, Auckland had an assigment to promote that King Kong the movie was about to air on New Zealand television – so they hijacked the windows of the University cafeteria and somehow managed to stick a poster on the outside of the skyrise building.
One day the students are enjoying their view in the cafeteria, and the next day they are met with this.

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LONDON – Five’s newly installed news presenter Natasha Kaplinsky has announced she is three months pregnant, dealing a blow to Five News, which has enjoyed a 72% ratings boost since her arrival.

LONDON – Marketing’s much-feared mystery caller rings up the Honda’s customer centre to ask whether it’s safe to buy a second-hand Honda Civic, given recent new stories about faulty handbrakes. Will Honda’s call centre score as highly as its cars and advertising?

LONDON – The funeral of Mike Reid’s character Frank Butcher in ‘EastEnders’ pulled in almost 10m viewers last night and ate into the opening of ITV1’s coverage of Manchester United’s Champions League match in Rome, which peaked with 8m viewers.

Tesco did not overstate the £10,000 value of a trip to Melbourne to meet the cast of Neighbours, the ASA has found.

LONDON – Maverick magazine tycoon Felix Dennis has retracted a statement in which he said, in an interview published by The Times today, that he killed a man 25 years ago.

The ASA has rebuked a company which implied that its horse-riding simulator could help women acheive a shapely bottom.

LONDON – A Volkswagen Polo ad, in which a small dog is shown cowering in public, has now received almost 500 complaints from animal-loving members of the public, but will not be investigated.

LONDON – Absolute Radio looks set to win the battle for control of Virgin Radio with a £60m bid after it was selected as the preferred bidder to acquire the station from Scottish media group SMG.