Hasta La Creative!

Advertising Agency: 1pointsize, India
Executive Creative Director / Art Director: Sharad Haksar
Creative Director: Anantha Narayan
Copywriter: E. Prakash

Snowboard everywhere.

Advertising Agency: Uncle, Norway

Advertising Agency: Freight Train, Milwaukee, USA
Creative Director / Copywriter: Kevin Brown
Art Director / Illustrator: Dan la Vigne
Photographer: iStockphoto, stock.xchng, Dan la Vigne
Published: August 2007

Recycle your old electric equipments.

AMB3E is an association of companies promoting the recycling of electronic goods.

Advertising Agency: Y&R Portugal
Creative Directors: Pedro Ferreira, Judite Mota
Art Director: Joana Faria
Copywriter: José Quintela
Photographer: Ricardo Cruz
Published: March 2008

This time we made it big.

Advertising Agency: Adduma Communication, Alcamo, Italy
Creative Director / Art Director / Copywriter: Alessandro Giglio
Photographer: Davide Milazzo
Published: March 2008

Again, a world where everybody knows each other.

Advertising Agency: Ogilvy Group
General Creative Director: Gastón Bigio
Head of Art: Jonathan Gurvit
Creative Directors: Christian Camean, Javier Mentasti
Redactor: Hernán Rebaldería
Arte Director: Santiago Dulce
Design studio: Poderosa.tv
3D artist: Tino Lopez Saubidet
Retoucher: Javier Petrarca

The most incredible movie set lies inside your body.
As shot with stop motion animation.
The UK is the undisputed leader in stop-motion animation. This revolutionary technology has made visual special effects come alive in many huge box-office hits, and has medical and educational software applications too. UK companies are now looking for Indian partners. With the UK’s post-production and visual effects industry being perhaps the finest in the world, the rewards are sure to be out of this world.

Advertising Agency: Contract Advertising, New Delhi, India
Creative Directors: Uddalak Gupta, Vineet Mahajan
Art Directors: Vineet Mahajan, Ayan Pal
Copywriter: Uddalak Gupta
Account Management: Swapnadip Majumdar, Anshuman Ahluwalia, Neha Budhiraja
Illustrator: Ayan Pal
Published: March 2008

Every dog has his day.
This one won an Oscar.
The UK is where the best talent in animation finds expression. Created by Nick Park, Wallace and his dog Gromit starred in a full-length film using stop motion clay animation that won the 2005 Academy Award for Best Animated Feature. UK companies are now looking for Indian partners. With major contributions to Hollywood’s biggest hits like Shrek, Cars and Toy Story, the UK is sure to make your day.

Advertising Agency: Contract Advertising, New Delhi, India
Creative Directors: Uddalak Gupta, Vineet Mahajan
Art Directors: Vineet Mahajan, Ayan Pal
Copywriter: Uddalak Gupta
Account Management: Swapnadip Majumdar, Anshuman Ahluwalia, Neha Budhiraja
Illustrator: Ayan Pal
Published: March 2008

The mother of all idols.
UK Television’s Pop Idol.
In 2001, the UK’s television industry gave birth to Pop Idol, a musical talent contest based on viewer participation. It went on to become a global franchise with American, Australian, Canadian and even an Indian Idol, making it the most successful TV format ever witnessed. UK companies are looking for Indian partners. With the UK being the world leader in the creation of international TV formats, it’s surely where you want to be.

Advertising Agency: Contract Advertising, New Delhi, India
Creative Directors: Uddalak Gupta, Vineet Mahajan
Art Directors: Vineet Mahajan, Ayan Pal
Copywriter: Uddalak Gupta
Account Management: Swapnadip Majumdar, Anshuman Ahluwalia, Neha Budhiraja
Illustrator: Ayan Pal
Published: March 2008

Here’s one to contemplate over the weekend: A Boston-area start-up called Myka has introduced a BitTorrent-enabled set-top box that allows users to view any of the millions of BitTorrent files on the Internet directly on their TV sets. Three different models are available from the company’s Web site, at prices ranging from $299 to $459, with hard drives ranging from 80GB to 500GB. The box, which looks like an Apple TV box but appears slightly larger, comes with an LAN port, HDMI port, component video outputs and a USB port.

Promo copy on the company’s Web site takes direct aim at Apple TV:

And because it’s BitTorrent, that means Myka can deliver any kind of content to your TV, developed in an open platform. No closed, proprietary system that works only on, say, Apple TV.
That means you don’t need iTunes or any other prepackaged, closed system.
This is the Internet as it was meant to be experienced – without borders and open to any kind of content for consumers and any kind of innovation for developers.

[snip]
BitTorrent is the leading peer-to-peer file-transfer protocol with more than 160 million installed clients. That means the more popular a large video file, the faster it can be transferred with BitTorrent. The result is quick, easy-to-use, high-quality, video downloads from major studios and content providers without tying up you computer for hours.

And Media Wonk’s personal favorite:

Not Built By Kids
Myka was designed and built by veterans in the Internet video industry who know the importance of providing an open system that is easy to publish to.

Before you say “contributory infringement,” the Web site TorrentFreak quotes Myka boss Dan Lovy claiming, “We’ve looked the legal side extensively. We are like a movie projector. It has kept the competition down though, to our advantage.”

TorrentFreak helpfully adds that “it may be possible, with [the Magic Box’s] h.264 support, to playback Blu-Ray torrents.”

Beyond the quote Lovy gave TorrentFreak, however, the company is keeping a low profile. The About Us section of Myka’s Web site reads in its entirety, “Myka is being produced by a privately held company in the Boston area. More to come…”

We can’t wait.

 

Paul Sweeting for Content Agenda