I tell you, I've just about had it with Hollywood. Why, every time I turn on the TV these days it's all reality-cooking-competition this and slutty-forensic-doctors that. It's enough to make a guy long for the five-channel hinterland of his youth. Fortunately, this sad cultural state of affairs has not gone unnoticed by one purveyor of quality home-brewed televisionstuffs, the Disney Channel.
LONDON – Comedian Eddie Izzard has filmed a two-minute election broadcast for the Labour Party in which he claims Britain is “bloody brilliant”, and lays into the Conservatives as “Thatcher’s children”.
LONDON (AdAge.com) — Springer & Jacoby, the agency credited with inventing modern German advertising, has filed for bankruptcy just months after celebrating its 30th birthday.
Today saw the IPA launch its latest book, New business: A guide to life on the frontline.
Here Helen Weisinger and Mark Robinson, the marketing directors at Fallon and Chick Smith Trott respectively and joint chairs of the IPA New Business Group, give an account of the role in the modern environment.
(TrendHunter.com) Taxidermy is nothing new, yet the stuffed prizes from Professor Copperthwaite’s collection definitely defies what we thought we knew about this type of preservation art.
This assortment of crazy and…
LONDON – British Telecom’s head of media Steve Huddleston has left the company.
LONDON – Booking is now open for this year’s Media 360 conference, where media’s leading thinkers will debate how the industry can ‘rethink and rebuild’ to recover from the ravages of the recession.
LONDON – CHI & Partners has landed the advertising account for Westfield after a final pitch against Leo Burnett.
LONDON – Titan Bet, the new sports betting company backed by online poker brand Titan Poker, has appointed media agency Initiative to handle its UK media planning and buying business.
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More fake virals. This time from a deodorant.
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LONDON – Broadcasting regulator Ofcom will relax programming and location rules for the local commercial radio sector when the Digital Economy Act comes into effect this summer.
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A skank? A skank? How dare you skankify the lovely Kiki whose only crime was to be born hot.
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LONDON – Third party developers got a chance to fire questions at Twitter executives yesterday during the @Chirp conference, a week after Twitter ruffled some feathers when it announced it would be side-stepping many independent developers to launch some of its own apps.
The Marketing Society Awards for Excellence will this year feature a vote for Marketing Moment of the Year.
LONDON – Carlsberg is to feature England manager Fabio Capello on its World Cup promotional packaging.
LONDON – Nationwide Building Society is to return to TV advertising for the first time in nearly two years, as it looks to capitalise on its sponsorship of the England football team ahead of this summer’s World Cup.
(TrendHunter.com) This rectangular wooden home by Masaaki Okuno sits in Minami-Alps City, Japan. Making use of one of the area’s abundant natural resources this two-story single family dwelling is constructed out of a multitude…
LONDON – Brand Republic has unveiled a new digital blog called The Wall, which will bring together news and insight from industry commentators and journalists from Haymarket in one place.
LONDON – Nestlé has launched its weight-loss programme Jenny Craig across the UK, as it looks to take on dieting heavyweight WeightWatchers and tap into the £2bn weight-management market.
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