Omnicom declares ‘cautious optimism’ as revenues rise 6%

LONDON – Omnicom’s first quarter revenues rose 6.3% to $2.92bn (£1.9bn), although profits slipped back marginally.

Phil Rumbol set to leave Cadbury following Kraft restructure

LONDON – Phil Rumbol, marketing director at Cadbury and the man behind Dairy Milk’s successful ‘Gorilla’ campaign, is set to leave the company after a reorganisation by new owner Kraft.

TVCs: “Born Champions” by Al Jazeera Sport

GM, Al Jazeera Sport: Mr. Nasser Al Khelaifi
Art & Creative Director: Mr. Mohammed M. Al-Bader
Head of Graphics and Promotion: Jabar Al Nuimi
Designer, Graphic and Promotion Section: Ahmed Khamis
Production/Design Company: Mrs. K
EP: Peter Thron
Director/Sr. Creative Director: Jeanne Kopeck
Design/Sr. Creative Director: Mitch Monson
DP: Andrew Turman
Producer: Lauren Worth
Line Producer: Erin Ward
Original Music: Don Grady
South Africa: Africa Film Services
Editorial: […]

Henry, Messi, Drogba, Arshavin, Lampard, Kaká Pepsi viral video

New viral video campaign for Pepsi with Henry, Messi, Drogba, Arshavin, Lampard, Kaká for the football worldcup in Africa.

Advertiser: Pepsi

IPL Cricket helps YouTube achieve record reach

LONDON – YouTube has released new record audience figures boosted by the popularity of its Indian Premier League (IPL) cricket coverage.

As Good As Gold new film with Benicio Del Toro

Benicio Del Toro is playing in a new film named As Good As Gold for the Magnum icecreams!

Advertiser: Magnum

Hacking pigeons + Synthetic Immune System

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Two new projects by Tuur Van Balen. The first one involves manipulating the metabolism of pigeons and turning them from urban nuisance to winged dispensers of a soap-like substance. The second one harnesses Synthetic Biology’s potential to turn us into our own doctors and pharmacists continue

Cadbury’s cafes excite man in the street

LONDON – The idea of Cadbury’s cafes piqued the interest of most people interviewed in the latest BR Video, although there was no consensus over what their point of difference from Starbucks would be.

Nokia appoints Nichols as UK head of marketing

LONDON – Nokia’s head of trade and customer marketing, John Nichols, has been appointed as head of marketing and go to market for Nokia UK and Ireland.

Nokia appoints Nichols as UK marketing director

LONDON – Nokia’s head of trade and customer marketing, John Nichols, has been appointed as head of marketing and go to market for Nokia UK and Ireland.

KBS&P and McCann Erickson settle poaching allegations out of court

LONDON – McCann Erickson and Kirshenbaum Bond Senecal & Partners have resolved a legal dispute, following allegations by McCann that KBS&P poached some of its key talent and conspired to wrestle some of its major accounts.

STV sells Pearl & Dean to Empire Cinemas owner

LONDON – STV, the channel three broadcaster in Scotland, has sold the cinema sales house Pearl & Dean Cinemas to a new company backed by the owner of Empire Cinemas for £1.

STV sells Pearl & Dean to Empire Cinemas

LONDON – STV, the channel three broadcaster in Scotland, has sold the cinema sales house Pearl & Dean Cinemas to a new company backed by the owner of Empire Cinemas for £1.

Huge chinese chin sold as an advertising space

Chang Du is a chinese guy with a giant chin selling advertising space.

His purpose is to raise money with sponsor (£5,000) that want to advertise on his chin.

With the money collected he will be able to have surgery to get his giant chin back to normal size.

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Junior Scrabble: LEPNA, DGROAN

Advertising Agency: JWT, Santiago, Chile
Creative Director: Sergio Rosati, Matias Lecaros
Art Director: Israel Urrutia
Copywriter: Tomás Vidal
Illustrators: Ricardo Villavicencio (LEPNA), Cristian Gastelo-Boris Berstel (DGROAN)


TokStok: Tie, Shorts

New Tok&Stok campaign help consumers better organize their home DDB Brasil created a campaign that shows how difficult it is to find what we need in a cluttered house. Especially when we are in a hurry. The idea is to transmit the feeling we get when we try to find something in a disorganized place, that is camouflaged in such a mess. At the end says: Without organization, everything hides.

Advertising Agency: DDB, Brazil
Creative Directors: Sergio Valente, João Mosterio, André Pedroso, Daniel
Art Director: Ulisses Razaboni
Copywriter: Marcos Abrucio
Photographer: Lucio Libanori, João Ferraz
Illustrator: Quad Studio
Account supervisor: Suzana Poli, Marcelo Balista de Macedo
Media: Valdir Vieira, Daniela Dib da Silveira
Advertiser´s Supervisor: Regis Dubrule, Ghislaine Dubrule


Bohemian Body Paint – The Daisy Lowe FutureClaw Spring 2010 Shoot is a Trip (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Daisy Lowe FutureClaw Spring 2010 pictorial is popping with color and the youthful spirit of spring. Taking inspiration from the flower power era, Daisy Lowe dazzles in front of Ben Rayner’s camera.…

Brand Apart TV lands two international AFP deals

LONDON – Brand Apart Television, the advertiser funded programming specialist, has secured two new productions for Eukanuba Dog Foods and Castrol Edge.

Simon Fuller set to win back Brand Beckham

LONDON – Simon Fuller is set to resume control of David and Victoria Beckham’s marketing and advertising activities handled by Brand Beckham, after negotiating the rights for his newly established company, XIX Entertainment.

Nissan shifts marketing budget to experiential projects

LONDON – Japanese car manufacturer Nissan is shifting its communications strategy away from traditional advertising, towards a greater emphasis on experiential marketing.