Aug
21
Watch Alice Cooper in the latest Sony Bravia ad
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Heavy metal rock star Alice Cooper encourages people to trade in their old TV sets for a Sony Bravia and get a £150 ‘scrappage-style ‘ rebate.
Aug
21
Game of the week: Toss the Turtle
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Come on. You’ve worked hard today. You deserve a break. Luckily, it’s time for Revolution’s game of the week, selected by Kerb’s Nick Johnstone. This week it’s the intriguingly titled Toss the Turtle.
Aug
21
UK online display dips in 2009, but forecast to rise next year
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – UK display online ad spend will decline for the first time since 2001 this year, by 4%, according the IAB Europe’s annual AdEx Report.
Aug
21
Singer donates Twitter-composed song profits to BHF
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Singer Gary Go is allowing users to “pay what they like” to download a new song he wrote on Twitter called ‘The Heart Balloon’, with all donations going directly to the British Heart Foundation.
Aug
21
Revolution’s top ten tweeters #4
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – If you haven’t already heard the news, here it is. Friday is no longer called Friday. It’s called ‘Follow Friday’ (at least that what Twitter tells us) and Revolution likes to get in the spirit of things by nominating some folk we think are worth following.
Aug
21
UK online ad revenues predicted to drop then recover in 2010
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – The UK’s online ad economy is forecast to drop by 0.4% this year, before growing 2.4% next year according to a new report from the IAB Europe.
Aug
21
Irish news-led radio programmes attract more listeners
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – More Irish people are listening to news-led radio programming, according to radio listening data for the Republic of Ireland between April and June 2009.
Aug
21
Npower extends domestic Test sponsorship deal but drops Twenty20
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Npower has announced a two-year extension to its title sponsorship of domestic Test match cricket.
Aug
21
Comet sponsors ITV1’s ‘Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?’
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Electrical retailer Comet has signed its first major TV sponsorship deal with ITV to be the new sponsor of the game show ‘Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?’
Aug
21
Coca Cola: Wrestler, Bicycle
Posted in: UncategorizedAdvertising Agency: Sra. Rushmore, Madrid, Spain
Production Company: Punga, Buenos Aires
Director: Agustin Alberdi (live), Tomi Dieguez (animation)
Character design: Gabriel Fermanelli
Director Assistant: Facundo Viggiano
3d modelers and animators: Ruben Stremiz, Marcos de Lunardo, Sebastian Pavone.
Compositing: Marcos de Lunardo, Facu Laboranti.
Producer: Patricio Verdi
Coordinator: Gaston Rojas
Audio design: Animal Music
Aug
21
Comet to sponsor Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Comet, the electrical retailer, has signed as the sponsor of the ITV1 gameshow Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?.
Aug
21
TrustMark rolls out campaign to help people choose builders
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – TrustMark, the government-backed scheme providing a quality mark for tradesmen, is launching its largest marketing campaign to date.
Aug
21
ITV.com set to triple its ad revenue
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – ITV.com is set to make as much as £34 million from advertising in 2009, according to analysts Screen Digest.
Aug
21
Arsenal hires Fox as chief commercial officer
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Arsenal Football Club has appointed Tom Fox, a former Nike and Gatorade executive, as its chief commercial officer.
Aug
21
T-Mobile and AT&T customer data stolen in US mobile phone scam
Posted in: UncategorizedNEW YORK – Eight people have been accused by a US court of using T-Mobile and AT&T customer data to order $22m-worth of mobile handsets.
Aug
21
Report claims Procter 8 Gamble could struggle with value pricing
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Procter 8 Gamble’s strategy of launching value products could be hindered by a management team unaccustomed to running marketing activity aimed at cash-strapped consumers, according to an analyst report.
Aug
21
Rupert Murdoch takes 28 per cent salary cut after News Corp losses
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Rupert Murdoch has experienced a 28 per cent drop in remuneration as his News Corporation empire struggles from the fall in commercial spending and cuts to the valuation of its assets.
Aug
21
Film expose of ad industry hits US cinemas
Posted in: UncategorizedLONDON – Art 8 Copy, a film about advertising and inspiration that achieved “official selection” status at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, was released today in the US.
Aug
21
Playface Campaign
Posted in: UncategorizedA l’occasion de l’annonce de la nouvelle PS3 Slim, voici la nouvelle campagne Playstation au Japon intitulé Playface. Un superbe site flash à découvrir ainsi que plusieurs spots, montrant les réactions de différents joueurs en train d’utiliser la console.
Previously on Fubiz
Aug
21
Apartheid Museum: Women’s Day
Posted in: Uncategorized
On the 9th of August 1956, 20,000 South African women of all races marched on the Union Buildings in Pretoria to oppose the Urban Areas Act, commonly known as the Pass Laws – legislation that required ‘non-whites’ to carry a document known as the Dom Pas which would allow them to move around, or live in ‘White South Africa’. The day is now commemorated as Women’s Day. Print from TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris, Johannesburg.
Advertising Agency: TBWA\Hunt Lascaris, Johannesburg, South Africa
Executive Creative Director: Damon Stapleton
Creative Directors: Justin Wright, Vanessa Gibson
Art Director: Justin Wright
Copywriter: David Edworthy
Photographer: Clive Stewart
Retoucher: Tebogo Suping
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