Observers, and maybe some participants, often bemoan the lack of big personalities in the ad, marketing and media world. Since Sir Martin Sorrell was defenestrated from WPP the holding companies have been a more-or-less personality-free zone. Sorrell has done his ...
Read More »Google deal helps WPP’s MediaCom retain giant Sky account
WPP’s MediaCom has retained the Sky account in the UK plus some European markets for the next three years and added some digital duties, thanks, it seems, to its new “Google Practice” based in Manchester. Which is a pretty clear ...
Read More »Some funny Christmas business in the Comcast empire
We were going to show you Sky’s in-house Christmas effort – quite interesting although wasn’t entirely sure whast the point was, but, as you can see, it’s been blocked by NBC Universal on copyright grounds. The ad features (featured?) personnel ...
Read More »Sky on top as UK’s biggest trad ad spender with £178m
Sky was the UK’s biggest spender on traditional advertising in 2019 according to Nielsen AdIntel data. Procter & Gamble overtook Sky in 2018, but slips back to third place behind McDonald’s. Total traditional adspend increased by over £55m in 2019 ...
Read More »Volvo and Grey London show that climate change isn’t all doom and gloom
OK, let’s get down to the important stuff. Can the planet – or, more particularly, its wildlife – be saved from the depredations of climate change? According to Volvo and Grey London it can, in this new film which is ...
Read More »Sky Deutschland and Serviceplan’s take on classic posters
It’s nice to highlight good use of posters and print sometimes, in the case of the former broadcasters and tech companies (contra-cyclically perhaps) often make the best use. In the last two years Twitter and Spotify have won global Out ...
Read More »Sky bets on Anthony Joshua for loyalty launch
Sky is launching a Sky VIP loyalty programme, following in the footsteps of newspapers, for instance, who are busily trying to form themselves into clubs or communities to hook in users. Well Comcast has to get back its £30bn or ...
Read More »Mother wins flagship Sky ad account
Mother has won the big Sky pitch to run what looks like a corporate campaign for the UK satellite broadcaster, just bought by US cable giant Comcast for £30bn. Mother pitched against Sky roster agencies Brothers and Sisters and WCRS ...
Read More »Freeview rides Anomaly’s ‘free love highway’ in TV market awash with silly money
Freeview and agency Anomaly would have us believe that the UK’s Freeview gives us a ride on the ‘Free Love Freeway,’ which I guess it does as you don’t have to pay for it. Vocalisation by Ricky Gervais/David Brent – ...
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