The 56th annual Cannes Lions International Festival has ended on a very positive note for Publicis Groupe. For the third year in a row, the Groupe is ranked the second most creative groupe with wins of an impressive 101 Lions. Publicis Groupe ranked second after Omnicom in terms of number of prizes, and before WPP. [...]
BBC World Service is bringing radio services in 19 languages to Belgrade for the 25th Universiade, thanks to a short-term radio broadcast partnership agreement. The arrangement between BBC World Service and the bi-annual international sporting competition for university students means listeners in Belgrade can access the BBC’s multi-lingual programming during the games, 24 hours a [...]
“NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams” was the most-watched network evening newscast, winning the week of June 22-28, 2009 in all categories, according to Nielsen Media Research data. During the week, the Williams-led newscast averaged 8.379 million total viewers, an impressive 1.385 million more than ABC “World News’” 6.994 million, and +2.813 million more than [...]
DDB Brazil and Tribal DDB Worldwide took home top honors at the 2009 International Advertising Festival at Cannes. DDB Brazil was recognized as Agency of the Year, while Tribal DDB in Amsterdam was awarded the Film Grand Prix for the Philips interactive film “Carousel,” an award that Advertising Age called “a clear admission the age [...]
The Levi’s brand announced today the launch of “Go Forth,” the highly anticipated brand campaign conceptualized in partnership with Wieden+Kennedy Portland (W+K). “Go Forth” – a campaign rooted in America’s raw, pioneering spirit – is the first work born out of the relationship between W+K and the Levi’s brand. The campaign positions the Levi’s brand [...]
The Online Publishers Association (OPA) today announced a group of leading brands implementing the new ad units across OPA member sites. The units, which were originally announced in March, are designed to help marketers deliver their brand experiences directly on the pages of these rich content sites. Today, a total of 37 OPA member companies [...]
Luis Miguel Messianu, President and Chief Creative Officer of Alma DDB, has appointed Isaac Mizrahi to the newly created role of Senior Vice President – Managing Director of the agency, effective July 13th 2009. Mizrahi is bringing more than 18 years of international marketing expertise with leading brands with a multi-geographic scope, along with his [...]
Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH) New York has announced that their integrated campaign, “Oasis Dig Out Your Soul,” took home one of the top prizes at the Cannes Lion International Advertising Festival when it was awarded the Titanium Lion. “Oasis Dig Out Your Soul” was an integrated campaign that resulted from a partnership with Warner Bros. [...]
A 30-minute “Art Video” created by agency Barrie D’Rozario Murphy (BD’M) for the Chambers Hotel in Minneapolis won a Gold Lion award for film last weekend at the 56th Annual International Advertising Festival in Cannes, France. The Gold Lion is considered one of the advertising industry’s most coveted honors. One of only two U.S. agencies [...]
BBC London is marking the 150th anniversary of Big Ben’s first ‘bong’ with the premiere of a new musical composition celebrating the bells of London. The piece features every single bell in every church mentioned in the nursery rhyme Oranges And Lemons. It is the work of composer Benjamin Till, who had to clamber into [...]