Vampire Diaries bring 980,000 viewers to ITV2

LONDON – ITV2’s new US import ‘The Vampire Diaries’ debuted last night with 980,000 viewers, while BBC One’s ‘Survivors’ led with 3.9 million, according to unofficial overnight figures.

Poke’s founding partner Tait leaves to join Wieden & Kennedy

LONDON – Iain Tait, the founding partner of digital agency Poke, is leaving the agency to join Wieden & Kennedy in Portland, US.

Eurosport to launch HD channel on Virgin Media

LONDON – Sports broadcaster Eurosport is to offer an HD channel to Virgin Media customers from April, the first of several new HD channels planned by Virgin over the coming months.

Christopher Wilson

Découverte du travail de Christopher Wilson, après un passé de 15 ans de le milieu de la publicité. Il est désormais photographe et présente de nombreuses séries personnelles “Cowboys, Surfing ou Dubai” et des commandes d’agences. Plusieurs exemples à découvrir dans la galerie.



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OFT calls for investigation into Orange T-Mobile merger

LONDON – The Office of Fair Trading is seeking to investigate the proposed merger of Orange UK and T-Mobile UK after deciding it poses a significant threat to competition.

News International on hunt for search and social media agency

LONDON – News International has launched a review of its search, affiliate, social media and pay-per-click business for some of its newspaper brands online, including bingo for The Sun and News of the World.

Crisis marketing: When the going gets tough…

LONDON – The response of some brands to this winter’s snow will go down in marketing history as a textbook example of ‘how not to do it’.

Paper Round (3 Feb) – a morning look at the day’s newspapers

LONDON – Speculation over the Oscars, Tory plans and further revelations over JT, the wife and his lover dominate the headlines with The Sun’s Tesco deal being the only promo in town.

Bullish Murdoch forecasts ‘sustained growth’ for News Corp

LONDON – News Corporation has announced it is “emerging from this recession” after posting a 10% quarterly lift in revenue, a year after the worst performance in its 30-year history.

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency: The Mistreated

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Advertising Agency: Granath/EuroRSCG, Stockholm, Sweden
Art Directors: Niklas Bergström, Anna Romson
Copywriter: Fredrik Espmark
Production Company: Hobby Film, Stockholm
Cgi- & OnLine-post: Talvi Digital of Helsinki
Film Director: Vesa Manninen
Production Company Producer: Calle Isberg
Others: Göran Berggard, Account Director,David Granath, Client Service Director, Lotta Lindkvist, Account Manager, Mattis Bernstone, Junior Art Director

Top 10 Goviral for viral videos January 2010

Top 10 viral video campaign with goviral network – January 2010

Find the previous top 10 viral here.

1. AIDES – Graffiti (NSFW)

You might consider this one Not Safe For Work. Stop-motion technique might have lost its novelty by now, but here is one we had not seen before. French[…]

News Corp brands tie up with Kia for World Cup promotion

LONDON – News Corporation’s media brands are to collaborate with Korean car manufacturer Kia Motors to create a platform for football supporters to follow this summer’s FIFA World Cup in South Africa.

Smart: Fuel Efficient

Advertising Agency: BBDO, Montreal, Canada
Creative Director: Cher Campbell
Art Director / Copywriter: Tony Hird
Photographers: Dominique Malaterre, Tilt Inc
Client Services: Genevieve Clement
Published: December 2009

Feltrinelli: Burqa

“Behind what the media say.”

Advertising Agency: Tita, Milan, Italy
Executive Creative Director: Giuseppe Mazza
Art Director: Annalisa Martinucci
Copywriter: Davide Valenti
Photographer: Matteo Macchiavello
Published: February 2010

Pink My Ride

What is there about a male model, 4 days, 130 bottles of quality nail varnish and a beautiful little car that isnt to like? Especially when theyre all record breakers! Find out more at: http://bit.ly/pinkmyride

Feltrinelli: Spaghetti

“The eternal fascism of the italians.”

Advertising Agency: Tita, Milan, Italy
Executive Creative Director: Giuseppe Mazza
Art Director: Annalisa Martinucci
Copywriter: Davide Valenti
Photographer: Matteo Macchiavello
Published: February 2010

Toyota launches vehicle recall website as sales tumble

LONDON – Toyota has set up a dedicated website to provide customers with the latest information surrounding the recall of vehicles affected by faulty accelerator pedals.

PETA ”Baby P ad banned by ASA

LONDON – A PETA poster ad featuring the picture of one of the parties found guilty in the Baby P child abuse case has been banned by the ASA.

Garuda Animation

Retour sur ce court-métrage d’animation réussi autour d’un garçon indien courant après son rêve. Réalisé dans le cadre de leur scolarité 2008 à Gobelins par les étudiants Nicolas Athane, Meryl Franck, Alexis Liddell, Andres Salaff et Maïlys Vallade. A découvrir en vidéo dans la suite.



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Yorkshire Tea better than sex

LONDON – Yorkshire Tea has launched a TV spot, the latest in the brand’s ‘Teatime’s Important’ campaign, in which a young couple put an amorous encounter on hold to enjoy a brew.