O2 reignites battle with broadband rivals

LONDON – O2 will this week step up its battle with broadband suppliers by launching a £5m campaign accusing rivals of making misleading claims and offering poor customer service.

Mountain Dew returns with social media push

LONDON – PepsiCo is backing the return of Mountain Dew to the UK with a campaign targeting
Facebook and Twitter users.

Power Plate to target men via F1 team tie-up

LONDON – Power Plate, the fitness and training equipment brand, has signed a three-year deal with the Williams Formula One team as part of a push to win over male consumers.

Capital One appoints LBi to drive online expansion

LONDON – Capital One has handed its multi-million-pound UK digital advertising account to LBi as part of a strategy to boost its online presence.

BP suspends marketing activity

LONDON – BP has suspended planned marketing activity in the wake of the growing oil-leak crisis in the Gulf of Mexico.

UKTV plans brand overhaul for Watch

LONDON – UKTV is to overhaul the brand identity of its general entertainment channel Watch, after just 18 months.

Vauxhall backs Meriva with £10m ad strategy

LONDON – Vauxhall is backing the relaunch of the Meriva, its family model, with a £10m UK push, aimed at making it one of the marque’s top-three selling vehicles.

EDF to revive Green Britain Day initiative

LONDON – EDF Energy is to bring back its controversial Green Britain Day marketing initiative, which encourages consumers to be as sustainable as possible.

JCDecaux and Primesight awarded £260m Network Rail contracts

LONDON – Network Rail has awarded its railside and roadside outdoor advertising contracts, worth £260m over five years, to JCDecaux and Primesight.

Real-Life Coupletography – There’s No Acting in the i-D ‘Meet Me at the Corner’ Shoot (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The Summer 2010 i-D ‘Meet Me At The Corner’ editorial brings the heat in a story of two strangers having a sexy one-night stand. What’s so special about this casually-styled shoot is that models Behati…

Contortionist performance for Coke Zero viral video campaign

New viral video campaign for Coke Zero with a contortionist

Advertiser: Coke Zero

Ford PowerShift Gearbox: Family, Nails, Socks

“Your Ford now with the new Dual Clutch Gearbox PowerShift. Feel the difference.”

Advertising Agency: Bassat Ogilvy, Madrid, Spain
Creative Director: Pedro Úrbez
Art Director: Javier Senovilla
Copywriter: Juan Pedro Moreno
Photographer: Bank of images


Smiling Remote

Face-O-Rama is an ongoing series by Sachin Karle, CD, Cartwheel Creative, where he finds faces in everyday objects.


Arab-American Pageant Queens – Multicultural Miss Michigan is Crowned 2010 Miss USA (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) The honour of winning Miss USA has just been given to Arab-American Miss Michigan Rima Fakih, the first ever winner of Arab descent. The Lebanese-born Fakih beat out the other 50 contestants of the pageant…

30 under 30: calling media’s most talented

The hunt is on. Once again, Media Week is scouring the nation to find the brightest young media stars. No, we’re not talking about Britain’s Got Talent but something altogether more prestigious: Media Week’s search for its illustrious 30 under 30.

NBC Revamps Prime-Time Lineup With Emphasis on Scripted Programming

NEW YORK (AdAge.com) — NBC unveiled a new prime-time schedule for its coming fall season that reworks a significant portion of its programming and aims to get the network on proper footing following its decision last year to put an ill-fated talk show featuring comedian Jay Leno on five nights a week.

Resident Evil. You are on the menu

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Advertising Agency: Y&R, Dubai
Group Creative Director: Michael Blore
Creatives: Shahir Zag, Komal Bedi Sohal
Photographer: Clive Stewart
Illustrator: Andrew Newman, Wayne @ Dxf
Senior Account Director: Nadine Ghossoub
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AdsOfTheWorld, Clive Stewart, Komal Bedi Sohal, Michael Blore, Nadine Ghossoub, Resident Evil 5, Shahir Zag, Wayne @ Dxf, Y&R

Top 50 Trends of the Week (May 16) – From Sensual Smurfette Photography to Concert-Goer Photoshoots (COUNTDOWN)

(TrendHunter.com) For the week of May 16th, these are the Top 50 trends, which include Sensual Smurfette Photography, Childhood Fail Blogs and Glitterized Shoe Soles. The rankings are based on hundreds of thousands of views…

Scantily-Clad Assassins – ‘Leaders of Men’ in Posi+tive Magazine Walks on the Wild Side (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Models Sam Brack, Ryan Jagger, Jamie Hanson, Kieron Wraith, and James Storr are badass individuals for ‘Leaders of Men’ in Posi+tive Magazine. Whether they’re gun-wielding assassins rocking undies and…

Singing fish billboard for Findus viral video

Awesome ambient media campaign for Findus (frozen food brand) with a billboard including singing fish in the streets of Paris!

Good Job Jeremie Bottiau!

Advertiser: Findus

Agency: Grey Paris