Government may put The Ashes back on free-to-air TV

LONDON – The Ashes could make a comeback to free-to-air TV after a report this weekend said the government was poised to place restrictions on televising the tournament live as part of its review of ‘crown jewel’ sporting events.

Rlos Design

Découverte de Rlos Design, un jeune studio dynamique et innovant basé à Paris. Cette agence crée, conçoit et produit de nombreux projets comme cette table X29 imaginée par Romain Duclos. Une utilisation du verre, pour les salons et les grands espaces.



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Decline in marketing spend is slowing, according to latest Bellwether

LONDON – Marketing spend suffered its smallest decline in years, according to figures released in the latest IPA Bellwether survey.

Impulse signs up The Saturdays for ‘behind the scenes’ campaign

LONDON – Unilever’s Impulse body spray is releasing a new ad campaign featuring British girl band The Saturdays, which will cross TV, print, digital and PR.

Underwear showdown as Beckham takes on Armani

LONDON – David Beckham is reportedly set to launch his own range of underwear, while his current employer Emporio Armani has signed up another celebrity footballer, Cristiano Ronaldo.

Ford launches campaign in style of comic books for Ranger pickup truck

LONDON – Ford is rolling out a new campaign for its Ranger 4×4 pickup truck, to show it can handle even the most extraordinary problems.

Cresswell to become interim ITV chief before leaving the broadcaster

LONDON – ITV’s quest to fill its two top jobs has taken a twist with the announcement that John Cresswell will be appointed interim chief executive before leaving the company when a permanent chief executive is found.

Showdown with Zeus

Une jolie vidéo à nouveau réalisée en time-lapse, autour des éclairs et des orages à Cali, Salvation Montain. Intitulée “Showdown with Zeus”, il s’agit d’une captation en Canon 5D Mark II, sur une bande son d’Antonio Pinto : Conscience, extrait du film Lord of War.



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Advertising Agency: Impact BBDO, Riyadh
Creative Director: Ahmad Beck
Art director: Ahmad Beck
Account Manager: Haissam Kaiss

Bellwether shows cuts slowing as companies adopt positive outlook

LONDON – Companies are still cutting their marketing budgets after two years, but the rate of decline has slowed and executives’ confidence in their financial prospects has turned very positive, according to the third quarter IPA Bellwether Report.

Public View – FSA ‘Food Standards Agency ‘full of it’ by MWO

LONDON – What did the public make of the new FSA ad, warning of the dangers of food products containing too much salt?

I Blame Twitter for the Fact That I Totally Hate Kittens


It used to be that only certain types of hacks — politicians and celebrities, mostly — were expected, obligated, to communicate primarily in soundbites. Now tens of millions of us do it as a matter of course; it's become second nature. And we're also expected to always be consuming other people's soundbites, too.

Upgraded Extensions May Make ‘Basic’ Version Look Worse


A recent trend in marketing is the downgrading of established brands by upgraded line extensions. Though years of hyperbole have wiped out the meaning of many of the words used in brand names and advertising, there are a number of examples of line extensions that could seriously damage the core brands.

Advertising Is Alive and Well in Chicago — and at U of Illinois


The University of Illinois advertising department celebrated its 50th anniversary last month by hosting a daylong symposium on both the challenges and opportunities facing ad students at the school.

Schafer Condon Carter Sells Hogwash to Pepsi Bottler


CHICAGO (AdAge.com) — An independent Chicago agency has pushed the trend of ad shops creating their own products a step beyond candles and shaving creams by building its own beverage brand and selling it to a major Pepsi bottler.

Why It’s Time to Do Away With the Brand Manager

BATAVIA, Ohio (AdAge.com) — Managing a brand has always been a slightly odd concept, given that consumers are the real arbiters of brand meaning, and it's become increasingly outmoded in today's two-way world. That's why a new report is going to recommend changing the name "brand manager" to "brand advocate," and fundamentally changing marketer organizations in response to the onset of the digital age.

Why Fender Is Spending 10% More on Marketing


NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — One could say that in a "perfect" ad world, every marketing chief would take the path of Fender Musical Instruments Corp. Senior VP-Global Marketing Rich McDonald.

Europe Faults Alcohol Marketers for Binge Drinking; U.K. Proposes $286M Ad Ban


LONDON (AdAge.com) — In Britain it's called "binge drinking," in Germany it's known as "coma" drinking, and in France you "se prendre une cuite" — but whatever you call it, excessive alcohol consumption is putting marketing in the crosshairs.

EA’s IPhone App Attracts Golfers to Virtual Green


YORK, Pa. (AdAge.com) — Ten years after the first Tiger Woods virtual golf game, EA is venturing into the real world of golf with an iPhone app called Tee Shot Live, which features 9,000 real golf courses that can be uploaded in satellite view, tracks scores and uses GPS to target a player's actual location on the course.

Niche Brands Should Embrace Big Market for Offbeat Content


Beyond Ashton Kutcher and his mass-market clients, there's a world of niche brands whose consumers would welcome the sort of outside-the-mainstream content they're not getting from their social graphs.