WWF India: Spot the difference

WWF India: Spot the difference

One tiger goes missing in India almost every day. Make a difference, sign up at www.wwfindia.org/tiger

Advertising Agency: Triton Communications, Mumbai, India
Creative Directors: Shyam Samant, Ryan Abraham
Art Director: Deepak Khapare
Copywriter: Mayank Yadav
Illustrator: Sunil More
Released: December 2007

Mini sponsors series of cinema shorts

Mini has launched a series of films to advertise its Clubman in UK cinemas.

BT unveils London 2012 plans

LONDON – BT has unveiled details of its tier-one sponsorship of the London 2012 Olympic Games, as exclusively revealed by Marketing a month ago.

Honda: Plant this letter

Honda: Plant this letter

Advertising Agency: Inferno, London, UK
Copywriter: Jaime Diskin
Art Directors: Paul Nowikowski, Ben Kaberry
Creative Directors: Malcolm Caldwell, Adam Haywood
Designer: Mark Bennett

ITV profits dive 35% but turnaround is ‘on track’

LONDON – ITV’s annual pre-tax profits have dropped 35% to £188m, while the drop-off in premium-rate activity helped reduce revenues by 5% to £2.08bn, but ad revenues were only slightly down.

Shareholders urge GCap to accept Global’s bid

LONDON – At least two of GCap Media’s key shareholders are pressing the board to give serious consideration to the £370m offer made by Global Radio yesterday.

Saab bioethanol ad banned for misleading CO2 claims

LONDON – The advertising watchdog has banned a press ad for Saab’s BioPower range, for misleading readers by stating that bioethanol does not significantly raise CO2 levels.

Kinetic taps Revilla for regional MD role

SINGAPORE Kinetic, WPP’s out-of-home media unit, has appointed Irene Revilla (pictured) as regional managing director of Aviator, its transport media division.

Weeks to head up Gavin Anderson AP

ASIA-PACIFIC – PR consultancy Gavin Anderson has promo-ted James Weeks (pictured) to executive chairman of Asia-Pacific.

Apple Daily launches ‘hyperlocal’ online news offering

HONG KONG – Next Media’s Apple Daily is launching a new online platform focusing on ‘hyperlocal’ online news, as it attempts to bring a greater community emphasis into its editorial product.

Bacchus fights fatigue in Korea

SEOUL – TBWA Korea has unveiled a new campaign for Bacchus, the country’s leading energy drink brand.

Manulife hones local relevancy in new ads

HONG KONG – Manulife has rolled out a locally-relevant marketing campaign, ‘Bringing dreams to life’, to parallel its position as the exclusive life insurance partner for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games.

Veterans Tsang, de Rosa join Y&R Beijing

BEIJING Y&R Beijing has signed up two marketing veterans: Michael Tsang (pictured) as general manager, who joined late last month, and Luis de Rosa as director of client service, who joins at the end of March.

Panasonic taps Lowe Malaysia for business division

KUALA LUMPUR – Panasonic has awarded the advertising account for its business division in Malaysia to Lowe Malaysia.

Cheezels gets TV cartoon show

KUALA LUMPUR – Danone has moved into branded content with the creation of a cartoon series to market its Cheezels snack.

McDonald departs Revlon for Ogilvy PR

HONG KONG – Ex-Revlon and Ultima II regional senior marketing director Marion McDonald (pictured) is moving to Ogilvy PR as Asia-Pacific regional director of strategy and planning at the end of March.

Mile-High Eco-Tower – 500 Floor London Building (GALLERY)

(TrendHunter.com) Here is another plan for a super-high skyscraper, this time in Europe’s very own London.

The eco-friendly building, which will be 500 stories high, could house 100,000 non-height-fearing people as well as, schools, hospitals, and stores. The unique aspect to this design, which will be situated in …

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Tranquil Spanish Subway Ad – Metro Madrid

“There is a place in Madrid where you can move without limits.”

That’s the tag line that goes along with this ad campaign for the Madrid Subway. The line public transit line produced several TV spots, including the one featured above. The vivid imagery will give you a good feel from the peace that…

Tranquil Spanish Subway Ad – Metro Madrid (VIDEO)

(TrendHunter.com) “There is a place in Madrid where you can move without limits.”

That’s the tag line that goes along with this ad campaign for the Madrid Subway. The line public transit line produced several TV spots, including the one featured above. The vivid imagery will give you a good feel from the peace that…