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ITV to pounce on struggling rivals STV and UTV?

ITV to pounce on struggling rivals STV and UTV?

By Stephen Foster on February 24, 2012

The UK’s only two remaining independent terrestrial TV companies – STV which operates in Scotland and UTV Media in Northern Ireland – are both in the takeover frame following recent troubles. STV, formerly Scottish Television and best known for its long-running Taggart crime series – has slipped to a £900,000 loss following the £18m settlement [...]

Posted in Finance, Media, News | Tagged Adam Crozier, apple, Archie Norman, carlton, Fru Hazlitt, GMTV, granada, internet tv, itv, John McGuckian, legal action, Simon Daglish, stv, taggart, takeover, talksport, tvc holdings, utv

Here's the latest bit of animated genius from Coke and W+K Amsterdam - but it wouldn't work with real people would it?

Here’s the latest bit of animated genius from Coke and W+K Amsterdam – but it wouldn’t work with real people would it?

By Stephen Foster on September 16, 2011

Coke’s ‘Happiness Factory’ campaign moves on apace with this epic from Wieden+Kennedy Amsterdam (and animators to the stars Pysop) and it’s all incredibly brilliant. But if they tried to execute this script with real (actor) people it would never get beyond first base. You’ve got the ‘minstrels’ style presenter and three soul sisters and you [...]

Posted in Agencies, Clients, Creative, News | Tagged animation, atlanta, coca-cola, coke marketers, Dusty Springfield, granada, psyop, ready steady go, stax, w+k, wieden+kennedy, wieden+kennedy amsterdam

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