03 Nov 2010
| by Gareth Jones
Microsoft is waging war for control of your living room. This week the company fired the latest...don't mind losing the odd day to Gears of War.
The fact that Microsoft is betting the bank on Kinect reveals the strategic importance of the Xbox 360 to its future. Not only is Microsoft hoping ...
it hopes to establish Xbox 360 as the focal point of the modern living room.
If Microsoft gets its way ...
23 Sep 2009
| by Noel Bussey
strategic agreement with Microsoft....will now create customised mobile advertising solutions, technology and metrics to run across Microsoft's mobile web properties, including the Microsoft Media Network, Bing and MSN. Initially Phonevalley and Microsoft Mobile Advertising will work together to design packaged mobile advertising solutions for six ...
02 Feb 2009
| by Sarah Johnson
LONDON - The BBC is launching a range of Strictly Come Dancing merchandise through its commercial...The range will include nightwear, glitter balls and ipod covers. It will sit alongside the BBC's other branded products for shows including Doctor Who, Top Gear and In The Night Garden. Further deals are expected to extend the Strictly Come Dancing merchandise to later include stationary and children ...
11 Apr 2002
| by Claire Billings,
LONDON - BBC Worldwide has sold its share of the Clotheshow Live, the consumer retail fashion show...Clotheshow Live has been running for 14 years and was born out of the now-defunct BBC TV show 'The ...
, managing director of BBC Magazines, said: "In the absence of a BBC Clothes Show TV programme, we feel ...
events in the UK and while we recognise all the BBC has done, the opportunity to set new horizons ...
19 Oct 2000
| by TANIA MASON
there, following Sunday s BBC Panorama programme, which uncovered the use of child labour by both...Nike has pledged to pull out of the factory it uses in Cambodia and the Gap has suspended orders there, following Sunday s BBC Panorama programme, which uncovered the use of child labour by both companies.
The programme investigated the conditions inside sweatshops used by the two companies ...
06 Jul 2000
| by POPPY BRECH
BBC Worldwide has switched its creative account for its forthcoming
women s glossy Eve out of Euro...BBC Worldwide has switched its creative account for its forthcoming
women s glossy Eve out of Euro RSCG Wnek Gosper and into WCRS following
disagreements over creative strategy for the title ...
.
The BBC is putting pounds 2m behind the title in the first eight months
in a bid to achieve stand ...
03 Jun 1999
| by LISA CAMPBELL
The BBC is viewed as the best citizen brand by UK consumers, with
The Body Shop in second place...The BBC is viewed as the best citizen brand by UK consumers, with
The Body Shop in second place and Marks taking their responsibility
to society and the community seriously or fairly seriously are
Marlboro, Sky and Nike.
The results are the second wave of a research project ...
21 May 1998
| by GILL UPTON
Good, the latest style series which will
start soon on BBC2....Good, the latest style series which will
start soon on BBC2.
Viewers of the July 8 programme ...
,
moved with alacrity when alerted that the BBC was looking for a suitably
slick backdrop to launch its ...
, the BBC make-over crew offered to spend their coffee break
transforming Keating into a female joint ...
18 Dec 1997
| by DRAYTON BIRD
BBC Magazines has pulled the plug on Clothes Show magazine after
the title failed to generate...BBC Magazines has pulled the plug on Clothes Show magazine after
the title failed to generate enough profit.
The BBC decision comes despite it having made considerable investment in
the magazine since it was launched in 1987.
Peter Phippen, managing director of BBC Worldwide ...
13 Nov 1997
| by AMANDA RICHARDS
Three weeks ago, Microsoft faced the threat of a dollars 1m a day
fine in the US for allegedly...Three weeks ago, Microsoft faced the threat of a dollars 1m a day
fine in the US for allegedly ...
formed in the 70s by charismatic entrepreneurs,
Microsoft has become a member of the new establishment ...
, this is also true of Nike, Virgin and The Body Shop - all
formed around the same time as Microsoft and now ...