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Here it is then, adam&eveDDB’s debut for Virgin Media plugging its “Ultimate Oomph bundle” (can you imagine asking for one of those?) The new idea is ‘Unlimiting,’ showing how Virgin can fulfil your dreams, whatever gadget you’re on, wherever you ...

Virgin Media is in the process of unveiling its first campaign through new agency adam&eveDDB (haven’t seen it yet, they’re being unusually coy) but here’s an interesting one from five years ago (BBH?) featuring one Peter Crouch, the star of ...

The Cannes Lions are the gift that keeps on giving, for owner Ascential at least. After a couple of years when entries have been under pressure from the big ad holding companies cutting back – most notably Publicis Groupe last ...

Mat Goff is joint CEO of adam&eveDDB Top Tips for Cannes Here comes Cannes, our yearly chance to measure the UK creative scene against the rest of the world. So who and what will be flying the flag this time ...

The UK’s high-earning Premier League has appointed FCB Inferno to handle its ad account. FCB takes over creative duties from Y&R (now VMLY&R) which, strangely, didn’t repitch. Y&R’s work highlighted the League’s various community support programmes, which seems set to ...

Ouch. This ad for TimeTo by Lucky Generals is uncomfortable viewing, but it’s a very effective reminder to the more senior men of the ad industry that it’s not OK to prey upon younger women. The woman’s powerlessness and discomfort ...

Another day, another WPP AGM and a release pings in from old boss Sir Martin Sorrell’s spanking new S4 Capital. WPP AGMs seem positively soporific these days, compared to the good/bad old days of SMS. There isn’t even a shareholder ...

Iain Hunter is ECD of Stack. My Top Tips for Cannes It’s big, bold, brash, in-your-face Cannes, so I hope the campaigns that win are the ones that nod to the occasion. Ambitious, smart ideas that can be simply sold-in ...

Anyone who watches UK daytime TV (full disclosure, your correspondent sometimes does) will be familiar with van rental firm Vanarama’s chirpy staff hymning Van-A-Rama. Compared to much of the stuff (endless funeral plans, equity release schemes) it’s not the worst. ...