‘Dancing on Ice’ dominates Sunday night with 7.9m viewers

LONDON – ITV1 won the Sunday night ratings war last night, with an average of 7.9 million viewers tuning in to watch the first instalment of ‘Dancing on Ice’ between 6.30pm and 8.30pm, a 30.5% share of the people watching TV, according to unofficial overnight figures.

SixthSense Interface

Le SixthSense est composé d’une webcam et d’un pico-projecteur. L’appareil permet d’interagir avec le monde réel, et chaque objet du quotidien devient une interface. Les applications deviennent alors infinies, comme le montre cette démonstration vidéo disponible dans la suite.



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Une réalisation du chercheur au MIT : Pranav Mistry.

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Paper Round (1 Feb) – a morning look at the day’s newspapers

LONDON – Military action and sporting endeavour occupies much of the national press this morning with the Daily Mirror’s offer of a free book token for Dick King-Smith’s classic children’s story The Hodgeheg leading the promotions.

Google appoints Essence for digital media task

LONDON – Google has appointed Essence to handle the display media planning and buying for its new pan-European campaign to promote the Google Chrome browser.

French bank accused of ‘greenwash’ campaign

LONDON – Environmental lobbyists have attacked an ad campaign by French banking giant Credit Agricole and fronted by actor Sir Sean Connery, accusing it of ‘greenwash’.

PepsiCo chief sets $30bn revenue target for healthy brands

LONDON – PepsiCo is to launch several new products under its Tropicana and Quaker Oats brands, as part of a strategy to treble its $10bn global healthy food and drink revenues over a decade.

Rooney with lasers for Nike football viral video

New viral video with the footballer Rooney playing against laser goal.

Hit the Target

Advertiser: Nike
Agency: Wieden + Kennedy London

John Lewis to sponsor London 2012 Olympics

LONDON – British retailer John Lewis has been unveiled as the latest sponsor of London 2012, with official in-store Olympic concessions planned for its Oxford Street and new Stratford outlets.

Government could breach IP laws by unbranding cigarettes

LONDON – The British Brands Group has warned that the government may be in breach of intellectual property laws if it carries out proposals to remove branding and logos from cigarette packets.

Tories reveal plans for advertising cuts in 2010

LONDON – The Conservative Party has underlined its commitment to reducing spending on government advertising if it wins the next election, after identifying it as one of the few areas where immediate cuts can be made this year.

Virgin Media on-demand service hits 750m views

LONDON – Virgin Media has reported a 50% rise in the number of views for its on-demand service.

First Hug: Doormat

Direct mail campaign to raise awareness of the plight of abandoned babies in Israel.

Advertising Agency: BBR Saatchi & Saatchi, Tel Aviv, Isreal
Chief creative officer: Yoram Levi
Creative Director: Tal Perelmuter
Art Director: Aia Bechor
Copywriter: Tom Reuveni
Account Executive: Elad Kuperman
Studio: Eyal Orlee
Published: January 2010

Heritage charity hires Identica for rebrand project

LONDON – Heritage Link, a charitable alliance of English bodies campaigning on behalf of heritage interests, is to rebrand as The Heritage Alliance.

GQ to carry Kurt Geiger gift card giveaway

LONDON – GQ is giving away a £15 Kurt Geiger gift card, including ten random gift cards worth £1,000, with each copy of its March issue.

How to choose your broadband & mobile broadband in Australia

How to choose the best broaband provider when you are in living Australia?

Thi is the question my brother asked me recently as he went to Perth to study and had to choose his internet broadband provider.

It’s already difficult to know which Internet providers are the best when you are[…]

Arsenal FC launches live action PSP app

LONDON – Arsenal Football Club is planning to officially launch its Playstation Portable application for fans attending games at the Emirates stadium later this month.

Albion reshuffles planning department with four new hires

LONDON – Albion London has appointed Julie Lagan as its new planning director as part of a restructure of its strategic offering.

Bloc Parties

Voici un shooting “Bloc Parties” pour le futur numéro d’Amusement. L’idée était de reproduire une sorte de puzzle et Tetris en volume. Une direction artistique et une installation de papier de Romain Lenancker, photographié par le photographe de nature morte Grégoire Vieille.



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Armed forces fund re-brands as The Soldiers’ Charity

LONDON – The Army Benevolent Fund (ABF), a charity dedicated to members of the British Army and their families, is to re-brand as ABF The Soldiers’ Charity.

AXA launches motor insurance brand with ‘pavement rage’ ad

LONDON – AXA is launching a £10m marketing campaign to support the launch of its new direct motor insurance product targeting older drivers.