Virgin launches Sci-fi on-demand service

LONDON – Virgin Media has launched a Sci-fi & Fantasy area as part of its TV on-demand service.

The Co-operative takes entire Corrie ad break for re-brand

LONDON – The Co-operative Group is to launch its £10m re-branding campaign with a two-and-a-half minute commercial during Coronation Street.

Eurosport partners with Columbia Sportswear

LONDON – Eurosport has partnered with the Columbia Sportswear Company to launch an integrated marketing campaign to start this week.

BBC launches Strictly Come Dancing merchandise

LONDON – The BBC is launching a range of Strictly Come Dancing merchandise through its commercial arm, BBC Worldwide.

Post Office may launch as full-service bank

LONDON – The Government is considering transforming the Post Office into a full-service bank, as part of plans to rejuvenate the brand.

Os melhores comerciais dos Superbowl 2009

super_bowl_2009_logo111.jpgForam mais de 50 filmes publicitários transmitidos nos intervalos do 43º Superbowl, transmitido na NBC dos Estados Unidos, ontem a noite.

O que eu optei, foi separar apenas os melhores comerciais que, na minha opinião, fizeram o show acontecer.

Como todos eles refletem unicamente a minha opinião, você pode acabar discordando de algumas escolhas. E é exatamente isso que eu quero. Comente, faça sua própria escolha e debata com a gente ;)

Career Builder: “Tips”

Dreamworks: “Monster vs Aliens 3D”

Doritos: “Power Of The Crunch”

Teleflora: “Talking Flowers”

Hyundai: “Get The Name Right”

Gatorade: “Mission G”

Pepsi: “Refresh Anthem”

Paramount Pictures: “Star Treck”

VIDEO: Bob Garfield Reviews the Super Bowl Spots


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — Advertising Age ad critic Bob Garfield found the 2009 Super Bowl of Advertising to be neither particularly bad nor particularly good. He does has some strong views about the very worst and the very best commercials that appeared this year. At the same time, he ponders the troubling implications that one of the worst pieces of creative work — the Cash4Gold.com spot — is likely to have the highest ROI of any ad in the game.

Revolution India: Elephant

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“Plus size denim for women.”

Advertising Agency: JWT, Delhi, India
Creative Director: Soumitra Karnik
Art Director: Sumati Singh
Copywriter: Charu Chhitwal
Illustrator: Achintya Biswas
Photographer: Jaideep Oberoi
Account Management: Hari Krishnan

Sergio Freitas, Dog Coach: Biscuits

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Advertising Agency: RMG Connect, Curitiba, Brazil
Creative Directors: Mario D’andrea, Fábio Miraglia, Luciane Krobel
Art Directors: Gustavo Costi, Guilherme Santana Copywriter: Marcelo Russo
Photographer: José D’Ambrosio

Times Square ‘Jumbli’ Sign Offers 24/7 Interactivity


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — A number of companies have fielded digital signs capable of supporting occasional interactive ad campaigns. But Clear Channel Spectacolor has launched one of the first electronic billboards that's fully interactive 24 hours a day. It now looks down on Times Square's heavily trafficked Broadway ticket booth, beckoning queued-up customers to play the SMS-activated game, Jumbli.

It’s an iPhone Advergame! Help Name It.

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Fuel Industries is preparing a new iPhone game for client Vans.

US Cellular Wants Your Inside Jokes.

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Hoping you’ll contribute to its waning pool of inspiration, US Cellular (via Riney) put together YourInsideJoke.com, where users can exploit that kind of between-friends humor that doesn’t really scale to the world at large.

Dare creates Barclaycard waterslide viral spoof

LONDON – Dare has created a viral homage to the recent Barclaycard “waterslide” TV spot by Bartle Bogle Hegarty, featuring a group of students using a miniature slide made from household odds and ends.

TMN Group to cut around 25 jobs

LONDON – Online marketing services and research group TMN is reducing its headcount from 160 to around 135 staff to reduce costs by £1.15m per year.

Adidas Takes Up ‘Real Women’ Torch

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Failing to observe this approach has already been mined dry by Nike and Dove — among others — Adidas launched “Me, Myself,” a girl power campaign that rings like a modern-day sports riff off celebrated femme manifesto Our Bodies, Ourselves.

Calendar 2009

Thomas Williams est un graphiste Australien basé à Melbourne habitué aux grilles et à la typographie helvétique. Il réalise un calendrier d’une simplicité et d’une lisibilité étonnantes : les jours de weekends sont entourées d’un point noir.

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Le poster A1 est disponible à la vente aux premiers jours de chaque mois de l’année.
Le calendrier reste disponible au téléchargement sur son site.

Research Now bucks recession with 60% growth in revenue

LONDON – Online fieldwork and panel specialist Research Now has reported its group revenue grew by 60% to £41.2m during the year ending October 31, up from £25.8m in 2007.

HS&P launch CRM product for football clubs

LONDON – HS&P, formerly Hicklin Slade & Partners, is targeting football clubs with a new product aiming to help clubs drive revenue from their databases amid the downturn.

Report slams wish lists for toys on children’s websites

LONDON – Websites should not offer children e-wish lists, which give children the chance to make a wish list of toys which can be emailed to their parents, because most familes can’t afford the expensive gifts, according to a new report.

Human error causes Google’s search engine to block results

LONDON – Google’s search engine ground to a halt on Saturday after an error by staff prevented millions of users from accessing any web pages.