Kinetic launches international division

LONDON – WPP’s out-of-home communications agency Kinetic has launched a 12-strong international division, combining Aviator, its airport team, and its international team.

MySpace bans 90,000 users after sex offender search

LONDON – MySpace has banned 90,000 registered sex offenders and paedophiles following an investigation by online security experts.

Age Concern and Help the Aged appoint Corporate Edge

LONDON – Age Concern and Help the Aged have appointed Corporate Edge to create a single brand identity ahead of their merger.

Facebook celebrates fifth birthday with virtual thanks gift

LONDON – Facebook is celebrating its fifth birthday today by giving its users a virtual gift of “thanks”.

AOL hires ex-Yahoo executive Coleman for Platform-A presidency

LONDON – AOL has appointed digital veteran and former Yahoo executive Greg Coleman as president of its ad business Platform-A.

On Repeat

Le portfolio de l’artiste portugais Joao Oliveira sobrement intitulé On Repeat. Des magnifiques illustrations et compositions, pour la plupart en noir et blanc. Des oeuvres à découvrir dans la suite et sur son site web.

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Report calls for ban on advertising to under-12s

LONDON – Advertisers have come under fire in a new report, which claims they are partly to blame for a culture of “excessive individualism” that has led to a rise in emotional and behavioral problems amongst children.

ITV’s Grade confident in online despite Kangaroo blow

LONDON – ITV chief Michael Grade has insisted that the broadcaster can succeed online, despite the Competition Commission’s decision to block Project Kangaroo from launch.

Gary Lineker steals competing flavours in Walkers TV push

LONDON – Gary Lineker poses as a policeman and steals the final six crisp flavours battling it out to win Walkers ‘Do us a flavour’ competition in a series of TV ads encouraging viewers to vote for their favourite.

Children Book

Un coup de coeur pour les illustrations de Katie Kirk et de Nathan Strandberg, qui ont réalisé cet ouvrage racontant l’histoire des 400 coups d’un labador chocolat. Ce livre pour enfant allie le style graphique des années 50, et ses couleurs vives, à ses compositions typographique presque musicales.

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D’autres créations personnelles sur le site de Katie Kirk.

Innocent to broaden portfolio with more food products

LONDON – Innocent Drinks will further diversify its product range this year as it looks to position itself as ‘the Earth’s favourite little food company’, reducing its reliance on the fortunes of the smoothie sector.

AOL appoints former Yahoo! sales head Gregory Coleman to Platform-A

LONDON – AOL has appointed Gregory Coleman, Yahoo!’s former executive vice-president of global sales, to replace Lynda Clarizio as president of its online advertising division Platform-A.

GfK and Apax target Synovate acquisition

LONDON – Private equity group Apax and German market research firm GfK are reportedly extremely keen to acquire Aegis’s market research arm, Synovate, which could be off loaded by the British marketing services group.

Carol Thatcher axed from ‘The One Show’ after golliwog remark

LONDON – Carol Thatcher has been axed from BBC One’s ‘The One Show’ after refusing to apologise for saying a tennis star resembled a “golliwog”.

E.ON to make job cuts across marketing team

LONDON – E.ON, one of the big six energy suppliers, is to make 19 people redundant from its brand and communications department as part of wider cost-cutting measures in the UK.

Sony Ericsson restructures UK marketing team in global refocus

LONDON – Cathy Davies, Sony Ericsson’s director of global marketing communications, is taking on an expanded role with new brand strategy responsibilities as part of a restructure at the mobile firm.

Kangaroo killed off by Competition Commission

LONDON – Project Kangaroo, the planned VoD venture from BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 has been blocked from launching by the Competition Commission.

BSkyB maintains grip on Premier League football rights

LONDON – BSkyB has landed the rights to broadcast live the majority of English Premier League games between 2010 and 2013 in a reported £1bn+ deal.

Media 360 keynote speakers announced

LONDON – The keynote speakers for this year’s Media 360 conference have been announced, with ITV’s Rupert Howell and new Global chief Stephen Miron among the industry leaders addressing the event.

Coca Cola: Heist

Advertising Agency: Wieden + Kennedy, Portland, USA
Creative Directors: Hal Curtis, Sheena Brady
Art Directors: James Moslander, Lee Jennings
Copywriter: Marc D’Avignon
Senior Agency Producer: Matt Hunnicutt
Associate Agency Producer: Juliana Montgomery
Director: Psyop
Psyop Creative Directors: Todd Mueller, Kylie Matulick
Production Company: Psyop, Los Angeles
Executive Producer: Neysa Horsburgh
Live Action Producer: Michael Schlenker
VFX Producer: Tina Chiang
Post-Production Coordinator: Thomas Knight
Editor: Brett Nicoletti
Storyboard Artist: Josh Wiesenfeld
VFX Supervisor/CG Lead: Andrew Romatz
VFX Supervisor/Lead Flame Artist: Thibault Debaveye
2D Desktop Supervisor: Lane Jolly
Animation Lead: John Velazquez
Lighting Lead/Look Development TD: Mike Dalzell
Fluid Simulation: Scanline VFX
Pre-Visualization: Mike Makara , Todd Constantine, Sarah Bocket, John Cherniack, Jan Bitzer
Senior Animator: Yvain Gnabro
Animators: Alejandro Castro, Joon Lee, Frantz Vidal, Maxime Devanlay, Zee Myers
FX: Jan Bitzer, Kiel Gnebba,
Flame Artists: Alex Kolasinski, Sarah Eim
Compositors: Jared Sandrew, Michael Dobbs, Miguel Bautista
Senior Lighter: Kyle Cassidy
Lighter/Look Development: Katie Yoon, Wendy Klein
Lighters: Ian Ruhfass, Barry Kriegshauser
Modelers: Clay Osmus, Andy Kim
Modeling/Generalist: Bryan Repka
Rigger/Generalist: Petrik Watson
Riggers: Sean Comer, James Parks, David Bosker
Roto/Paint Artists: Krystal Chinn, Austin Brown, Scott Baxter
Music/Sound Design: Stimmung
Arranger: Robert Miller
Song: Peter and the Wolf
Music Executive Producer: Kelly Fuller
Sound Design: Gus Koven
Mix: Lime
Mixer: Loren Silbur
Assistant Mixer: Lindsey Alvarez
Mix producer: Jessica Locke