ITV supports product placement consultation

LONDON – ITV has said it welcomes today’s announcement that the Department of Culture, Media and Sport is to begin public consultation on the introduction of product placement for the UK media industry.

Barclaycard appoints Iris to UK direct marketing account

LONDON – Barclaycard has hired Iris as its lead direct marketing agency in the UK.

IKEA Delivery Service: Kitchen, Kids Room, Living Room

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Advertising Agency: DDB, Berlin, Germany
Chief Creative Officer: Amir Kassaei
Executive Creative Director: Stefan Schulte
Creative Directors: Tim Stübane, Birgit van den Valentyn
Art Directors: René Gebhardt, Björn Kernspeckt
Graphic Designer: Peter Schönherr
Art Buyer: Kerstin Kraus
Photographer: Mikael Strinnhed

Unbreakable kiss, the most amazing kiss ever

In this video a couple is kissing and can’t be stop! Advertiser: Topline Kiss Gum for Kissing Agency: Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Vacant or Not, Paris Hilton Doesn’t Like Being Called Vacant

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Apart from the photo usage rights issue which Adland covers here, is it really any wonder a witty wannabe designer at an outdoor company selected a picture of Paris Hilton and slapped the word “vacant” underneath her to promote the fact the billboard is available?

Wieden & Kennedy launches ‘data jewellery’ range

LONDON – Wieden & Kennedy London today launched a range of jewellery based on graphical data such as the graph for gold prices since 1979.

Wieden & Kennedy launches “data jewellery” range

LONDON – Wieden & Kennedy London today launched a range of jewellery based on graphical data such as the graph for gold prices since 1979.

Double share / Double ration de frites

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THE ORIGINAL?
Mc Donald’s restaurant “Now with internet” – 2006
Source : Agency’s website
Agency : RT&A (Mexico)
LESS ORIGINAL :
Mc Donald’s “love free wi-fi” – 2009
Source : Adsoftheworld, Fubiz
Agency : DDB Sydney (Australia)
Une idée dans “l’air” du temps? Visiblement elle est aussi bien captée de part et d’autre de la planète. Mention spéciale à Mc Do qui a payé deux agences pour la même idée…
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IAB Engage 2009: what to expect

LONDON – Digital marketers and agencies will be gathering in central London on Wednesday for the IAB’s annual Engage conference, which this year adopts the theme of ‘brand fitness’.

Don’t Hire Me Because I’m an Expert


The problem with experts is that they can only really tell you how it has always been done. They can tell you what has worked and hasn't worked. But the funny thing about experts, the thing they don't teach you in grad school, is that experts are looking in the wrong darn direction. They spend life looking backward instead of forward, which makes it awfully hard to find a new direction or uncover an unconventional opportunity.

Mail’s MidBritain report points to economic recovery

LONDON – More than one in three of British people believe the economy will improve over the next six months, claims new research.

Samsung captura momentos “wow” dos Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno 2010

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Para marcar o patrocínio dos Jogos Olímpicos de Inverno 2010, em Vancouver, no Canadá, a Samsung criou uma ação chamada Mobile Explorers. O objetivo é incentivar as pessoas a registrarem momentos “wow” com seus celulares. Os vídeos mais votados ganham viagem com tudo pago para as Olimpíadas no ano que vem.

E para chamar atenção para a promoção, dois vídeos criados pela The Viral Factory mostram o que seria bons exemplos de momentos “wow”. Longe de ser genial, apesar de curioso, mas mantém a consistência da Samsung na produção de vídeos para internet.

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Unilever appoints DDB to global Flora account

LONDON – Unilever has appointed DDB London to the global ad account for margarine brands Flora and Becel, following a two-way pitch against incumbent Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH).

EA buys social gaming firm Playfish for $400m

NEW YORK – Electronic Arts has Acquired social networking games firm Playfish, which has developed games for Facebook and MySpace, for as much as $400m.

Nike Cortez

Retour sur ce court-métrage d’animation réalisé grâce à une collaboration entre le studio PostPanic, Martijn Hogenkamp et l’agence japonaise Tokyoplastic. Une mise en scène des Cortez Brothers, personnages inspirés de la chaussure Nike Cortez créée en 1972.



Previously on Fubiz

Ofcom raps Five over reality show swearing

LONDON – Five has been criticised by Ofcom for the use of offensive language in its Farmer Wants a Wife reality show.

EA buys Playfish in online gaming move

LONDON – It turns out that spending all that time playing games on Facebook is worth something after all; at least to EA. The games giant today splashed out up to $400 million on Playfish, the company behind many of the games that have taken off virally on Facebook, MySpace and Bebo.

ComScore rolls out rival planning currency

LONDON – ComScore, which missed out on a contract to help set up the online industry’s equivalent of the TV BARB ratings system, has started to roll out a rival offering.

Awkward Subway Photoblogs – The People on Public Transit Blog Shows It like It Is (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) People on Public Transit shows the best part about taking public transit: the other people who ride it with you. You know what I am talking about, those who think it is appropriate to weight lift at the…

Government launches consultation on TV product placement

LONDON – The Government has launched a public consultation into whether to allow product placement on UK television.