02 Feb 2009
| by John Reynolds
LONDON - Sony Computer Entertainment Europe is reviewing its media planning and buying duties...The UK portion of Sony Computer's media has been handled by OMD since 2003, with the Omnicom-owned unit also the incumbent in a number of the other territories under review. The review is being handled ...
territories under review include Germany, Italy, France, Spain and Australia. According to The Nielsen ...
05 Nov 2008
| by Arif Durrani
LONDON - Spanish financial services giant Santander has started a review of its UK media planning...is to complete the review by the end of the year. It is thought that Abbey's advertising account, handled by WCRS ...
The review will cover media for Abbey National, Alliance Leicester and Bradford Bingley's savings business. Based on Nielsen's 2007 figures, the accounts are worth 42.5 million in total ...
25 Aug 2009
| by Sara Kimberley
LONDON - Holiday Cottages Group is reviewing its multimillion-pound online media planning...Holidays, English Country Cottages and Welcome Holiday Cottages. The online account is held by digital media agency Cheeze, which is repitching. The offline account is handled by All Response Media, which will be unaffected by the pitch. The review is being handled by head of marketing Matthew Smith. A Holiday Cottages ...
27 May 2009
| by Arif Durrani
LONDON - VisitCornwall has called a review of its estimated £1m advertising and media requirements...by the end of the summer. The review comes as more British people are expected to holiday in the UK over ...
27 Jun 2011
| by Mark Banham
Retailer Carpetright is set to review its £8m media planning and buying business for its...conversations with several, unnamed media agencies, in advance of pitching the account.
Brilliant Media currently holds the TV and radio-buying account for the brand, which is understood to be part of a ...
11 Feb 2011
| by Katherine Levy
Tourism Australia is reviewing its global media account currently held by Aegis network Carat....Carat last defended the account in 2008 , when the board called a statutory global creative and media review that saw incumbent M C Saatchi lose the business to DDB in a final shoot-out.
The tender was issued last month and the board is currently processing requests for information. It is being run out ...
27 Oct 2009
| by Sara Kimberley
LONDON - The London Southbank Centre is reviewing its estimated £3m integrated media planning...The review is being handled by the centre's interim director of marketing, Jenni Carbins ...
for the account, with a result expected within the month. The centre, which employs about 435 staff and covers a ...
September 2009, according to The Nielsen Company. A spokesman for the Southbank Centre said reviews of its ...
13 Nov 2008
| by Arif Durrani
LONDON - Hewlett-Packard has kicked off a review of its £150m global media planning and buying...The review includes the media business for HP's corporate, personal systems group, plus its image ...
and media planning is no exception". It follows reports last month that HP is reviewing its PR and digital accounts, which includes its corporate agency of record Hill Knowlton, Porter Novelli (imaging ...
19 May 2009
| by Arif Durrani
LONDON - Dairy Crest, the dairy products company, is to launch a review of its £10m UK media...Officially, Dairy Crest was unavailable for comment, but a source confirmed a review of all media requirements was expected, led by marketing director Paul Fraser. It is likely to include all the company's consolidated media accounts, including Cathedral City cheese, Clover, Country Life, Dairy Crest milk ...
29 Sep 2011
| by Katherine Levy
year-long statutory review....Carat, which has been the incumbent on the airport's media business since 1999, will hold the account for another three years, with the option to extend for another year.
It will continue ...
last successfully re-pitched for the account in August 2008, beating Zed Media and Universal McCann ...