Northern Rock’s top marketer exits after 30 years

LONDON – Northern Rock’s most senior marketer, director of advertising David Henderson, has left the company with immediate effect.

Glad Wrap: Melon, Pineapple, Avocado

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“Keep it fresh. Glad wrap. cling wrap.”

Advertising Agency: DDB, South Africa
Executive Creative Director: Gareth Lessing
Art Director: Brendan Hoffmann
Copywriter: Vincent Osmond
Photographer: David Prior
Retoucher: Andy Newman

Pringles: Shaped like nothing else

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Advertising Agency: Grey, Hong Kong
Executive Creative Director: Keith Ho
Creative Directors: Keith Ho, Andrea Khou, Helen Sze
Art Directors: Helen Sze, Kato, Raymond Wong

Asda plans £4 family meal deal

LONDON – Asda is launching a ‘ feed your family of four for £4’ range of recipes as it looks to capitalise on a trend of consumers cooking from scratch.

UTV Media reports 9% downturn in revenue

LONDON – UTV Media, owner of the ITV Northern Ireland franchise and TalkSport, suffered a 9% year on year slide in revenue during the four months to 30 April.

Perrier – Melting City

Credits:

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy, Paris, France
Creative Directors: Chris Garbutt, Thierry Chiumino


La crise en chanson avec Surcrise Party

Apres Al Dente la crise, l’agence Al Dente est de retour avec un nouveau concept : la creation de musique
participative avec leur plate-forme aldentesongs ou des internautes peuvent creer des paroles de chanson pour des marques selon un theme propose.

Al Dente  et sa boite de production […]

Thelondonpaper reacts to Evening Standard ads with ‘Nothing’ campaign

LONDON – Thelondonpaper is launching a campaign to remind readers that it hasn’t changed in response to The Evening Standard’s re-launch.

Thelondonpaper reacts to Standard with ‘Nothing’ campaign

LONDON – Thelondonpaper is launching a campaign to remind readers that it hasn’t changed in response to The Evening Standard’s re-launch.

Classic Premier League games for sale on iTunes

LONDON – ITunes users will be able to watch highlights from classic Premier League football matches on their iPods thanks to a deal between Apple, Premier League Archive and IMG Sports Media.

Classic Premier League games go on sale on iTunes

LONDON – ITunes users will be able to watch highlights from classic Premier League football matches on their iPods thanks to a deal between Apple, Premier League Archive and IMG Sports Media.

Metro adds celebrity reports to user generated video site

LONDON – Metro has introduced professionally produced content on its MEview website, which was launched 15 months ago to house user-generated video clips.

Eole Film

Eole est un court-métrage en 3D réalisé par trois étudiants de Supinfocom Arles en 2008. La rencontre inattendue entre un chien jaune (chef de pont) et un cerf-volant, sur un porte-avion.



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Le site du film

Channel 4 signs 3 as comedy sponsor in seven-figure deal

LONDON – Mobile phone operator 3 has signed a deal to sponsor Channel 4’s original comedy, which includes David Mitchell and Robert Webb’s ‘Peep Show’ and ‘Star Stories’.

Traffic Cops and Taggart share honours in ratings

LONDON – BBC One’s ‘Traffic Cops’ documentary series tied with ITV drama ‘Taggart’ pulling in 3.4m viewers apiece, according to unofficial overnight figures.

BBC Magazines set to cut 30 staff

LONDON – BBC Magazines, publisher of Top Gear, is looking to reduce its headcount by about 30 staff in a bid to cut costs and restructure its operations.

Blast From The Past – British Airways ‘manhattan’ by Saatchi & Saatchi

LONDON – Watch Saatchi & Saatchi’s groundbreaking 1983 ad for British Airways, taken from the History of Advertising Trust’s Arrows Archive.

John Lydon attacks Anchor’s New Zealand origins in new Country Life ad

LONDON – John Lydon, the former Sex Pistols frontman, has attacked the butter brand Anchor for being foreign in a new ad campaign for Country Life.

Recession is making British men lazy and brand promiscuous

LONDON – British males aged 18 to 34 are spending more time than ever at home watching DVDs, playing computer games and drinking.

Chambord sponsors West End production of ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’

LONDON – French liqueur brand Chambord has become the first brand to become a headline sponsor of a West End show, ‘Breakfast at Tiffany’s’ starring Anna Friel.