20 Dec 2006
| by James Quilter
BP is plotting the launch of a forecourt and in-store TV network for its BP Connect sites and has...recently shelved plans to roll out a TV network
to 300 of its biggest stores, while both Asda Live and Fresh TV,
operated by Asda and Sainsbury's respectively, have been axed after
lengthy trials. The BPTV screens, which will be based both in-store and around petrol
pumps, will feature advertising by the three ...
20 Dec 2006
PartyGaming has created TV ads in preparation for next September, when the UK's Gambling Act comes...The online gaming group has developed a series of TV ads, including a
new slogan, and specific ads for its bingo and backgammon games. PartyGaming also plans to increase its online activity. 'We are looking
into viral promotional work. Sites such as YouTube are creating a huge
number of views and we ...
20 Dec 2006
Q: Which of the following TV commercials do you remember seeing
recently?
Last Brand Agency/TV buyer %
week
1 (1) Iceland Tom Reddy Advertising/MediaCom 76
2 (2) Marks Spencer RKCR Y R/Walker Media 71
3 ...
20 Dec 2006
| by Craig Smith
Redwood has built on an impressive lead in the sector, winning a host of new business and awards...'s Association of Publishing Agencies (APA) Customer
Publishing Awards, it picked up awards for magazines ...
walked away with the biggest trophy haul from an
awards scheme that focuses on effectiveness above all ...
20-minute films for Land Rover's branded-content
channel, Go Beyond TV, as well as sites ...
20 Dec 2006
This New Year's Eve, London will be lit up with a fireworks display at the British Airways London...- This year's display is being produced by experiential agency Jack
Morton Worldwide and pyrotechnician Christophe Berthonneau. - Last year, 150,000 people watched the display live, with millions more
seeing it on TV via a live BBC broadcast. - NatWest Bank is sponsoring free public transport in London ...
20 Dec 2006
| by Nicola Clark and James Quilter
Fallon to pitch for a key advertising brief....A spokeswoman for Asda confirmed that the two Publicis Groupe agencies
are going head-to-head for a major TV brand campaign due to run next
year. A decision is expected next month. The spokeswoman would not confirm whether the entire £45m
advertising account would also move over to Fallon if it were ...
20 Dec 2006
| by George Bryant, Managing partner and head of planning, Abbott
Mead Vickers BBDO
in the US and helping all those around him enjoy the unique product benefits of great British tea. With its..., but this is
advertising that isn't ashamed to do its job and is happy to look into
the camera and sell it how it is. I ...
have wondered why tea advertising has
remained so resolutely rooted in the past. All warm feelings ...
20 Dec 2006
| by David Tiltman
the government decided not to impose criminal sanctions on advertisers who use 'pester power'....Following lobbying by the Incorporated Society of British Advertisers
and the Institute of Practitioners in Advertising, officials at the
Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) have toned down ...
, but industry bodies were concerned two could
have led to penalties for responsible advertisers. The first ...
20 Dec 2006
month. The reason? Ofcom had at long last unveiled its proposals
for advertising food and drink ...
advertising to under-nines and launched a
consultation. When its final proposals were unveiled ...
to the TV
industry in lost revenues is estimated by Ofcom to be £39m in the
first year, with severe ...
20 Dec 2006
Furniture giant DFS is gearing up for the New Year sales with a TV, outdoor and radio campaign....The retailer will run three TV executions at the end of December. The
first, which announces the store's winter sale, uses the Dean Martin
track Let It Snow and features sofas being used as seats on ski lifts,
sleighs and sledges. Two further product-focused executions will follow
in January ...