26 Aug 2010
| by Sara Kimberley
Microsoft Advertising UK has appointed VCCP and Stephens Francis Whitson to handle its business...The agencies picked up the account following a pitch against Microsoft's roster shops and they will mainly be responsible for promoting the technology giant's advertising offer to businesses.
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and also builds its range of display ad solutions.
Separately, Microsoft is reviewing its global B2B ...
10 Jan 2011
| by Katherine Levy
US computer giant Microsoft has called a review of its $1bn media business in North America...The review is focused on Microsoft's accounts in the US and Canada. In the UK, UM has handled Microsoft's business for the past eight years and will continue to run the business.
In North America, Microsoft has sent a request-for-information document to selected agencies in the last few days.
A source ...
21 Mar 2011
| by Sara Kimberley
Starcom Mediavest Group has won Microsoft's $1bn (£614m) North America media buying account...Microsoft's global account, which was wholly with Interpublic Groupe's Universal McCann, has been ...
McCann has retained the business in Microsoft's 35 markets outside North America. This includes the UK where the brand spent 36.7m on media last year, according to Nielsen.
A Microsoft spokesperson said ...
14 Apr 2011
| by Anne Cassidy
Microsoft has appointed Beattie McGuinness Bungay to create a UK campaign to promote the latest...", which will be digitally led and supported by outdoor executions.
Microsoft works with a range ...
that enable users to put their websites directly on the taskbar.
Recent advertising from Microsoft includes a TV ad for Microsoft Windows 7, by CP B, which was released in December last year and shows a woman ...
22 Mar 2012
| by Anne Cassidy
by the Microsoft chairman, Bill Gates, and his wife, Melinda, in an attempt to improve healthcare and reduce ...
is on the Microsoft roster after being appointed to promote the latest version of the Internet Explorer browser last ...
15 Mar 2011
| by Campaign Asia
with the launch of Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 .
This article first appeared on Campaign Asia .
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19 Jul 2011
| by Loulla-Mae Eleftheriou-Smith
, Microsoft, Google and Apple".
Last month, Unilever launched its Body Language campaign for the new ...
20 Dec 2010
| by Ed Owen
Established in 2001, Yolk operates in Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and Australia, and specialises in digital and social media, viral marketing, and online advertising.
Yolk earned $1.3m in revenue to the end of 2009, and employs 40 people, with clients Canon, Ciba Vision, Microsoft and the Singapore ...
13 Oct 2011
| by Anne Cassidy
Neon, which has around 20 staff, will be renamed BMB Neon. The company, which launched in 2006, has clients including Microsoft, Disney and TalkTalk, and has been led for the past three years ...
of the Xbox game Halo 3 in Europe and the "7 second movie" project for Microsoft.
BMB said the acquisition ...
30 Jan 2012
| by Sara Kimberley
The agency, which has gross assets of 0.5m, will become part of Isobar in Asia Pacific and will be rebranded TUS Isobar.
The Upper Storey was founded in 2001 and has a client list including Microsoft, American Express, Intel, Daimler, Dell and Mediacorp.
TUS has three divisions, which include its main ...