Media

BBC Creative is running a new iPlayer campaign – ‘wasted on some’ – with actors (in disguise) from some of its shows telling us why they don’t like them. Here are a couple from the absurd but absurdly watchable Peaky ...

The UK’s National Audit Office doesn’t think much of the Government’s ‘Get Ready for Brexit’ campaign – costing a supposed £100m – reporting that: “On 1 September 2019, the government launched a major communications campaign to help individuals and businesses ...

Lively marcoms group MSQ Partners is launching a new media agency – Walk-In Media – headed by in-demand media exec Simon Davis. Davis resigned as CEO of Blue449 (Walker Media as was) after nine years as owner Publicis Groupe tried ...

The John Lewis Christmas ad from adam&eveDDB has become a national event: capturing national media attention and, it’s said, providing JL with £8 of sales for every £1 spent on making it (about a million of them.) In adland the ...

UK radio operator Global is now a big player in Out of Home too with its Exterion, Primesight and Outdoor Plus acquisitions and now it’s bought MMD Media, a Dutch petrol forecourt specialist with 1378 digital screens at 607 petrol ...

BT has switched from long-serving AMV BBDO to Publicis Groupe’s Saatchi & Saatchi for what it says is its biggest brand campaign for 20 years, tied to the promise to make five million kids “tech-enabled.” Which brings safety and opportunity ...

‘What’s going wrong at Publicis Groupe?’ is not a headline Arthur Sadoun and co would have enjoyed seeing splashed across the front page of this very site earlier in the week. But this wasn’t the only publication asking questions about ...

Advertisers cut budgets for the first time in seven years – down 0.5 per cent – according to the IPA’s Q3 Bellwether report. Which might be deemed a result given all the to-ing and fro-ing over Brexit, due to be ...

Rob Chalmers, previously R/GA’s ECD and head of experience design for Asia Pacific, has joined Engine Creative as its first chief experience officer. Chalmers left R/GA in June to return to London after five years at the agency, where he ...