Buenos Aires : Argentina has banned a Japanese video game that rewards players for raping three women, the justice ministry has said. “Rapelay”, which can be downloaded from the internet, is a “clear apology for the crimes of sexual abuse, rape, torture, discrimination against women and paedophilia,” the ministry said Monday. “Necessary measures are being [...]
Los Angeles :Sony Online Entertainment (SOE) and Mass Animation has announced the DC Universe Online (DCUO) Animation Contest. The DCUO Animation Contest is version 2.0 of the acclaimed Mass Animation Facebook application and will give DC Comics fans, gamers and animators a chance to animate heroes and villains from the DC Universe Online game currently [...]
For the fifth year in a row, Discovery Channel is the #1 Media and TV Brand in Overall Equity, the primary measure in the Spring 2009 EquiTrend Brand Equity Study by Harris Interactive. Discovery Channel also ranked #1 for Overall Relevance, Purchase Consideration and Brand Expectations among Media and TV Brands. In addition, among the [...]
The Financial Times has seen a 15.2% increase in UK readership according to the latest National Readership Survey figures in the 12 months to March 2009. Lionel Barber, editor of the Financial Times, said: “This result demonstrates a greater demand than ever for the Financial Times as a trusted guide during extremely challenging times, and [...]
One Equity Partners (OEP), the global private equity investment arm of JPMorgan Chase, will become a 49% equity partner in Lionsgate’s TV Guide Network and TVGuide.com. One Equity Partners will pay approximately $123 million in cash for a 49% stake in the network and the TVGuide.com online business. OEP retains the option of buying another [...]
The Walt Disney Company has announced that it will re-brand its Jetix channels in five Central and Eastern European countries to become Disney Channel, the world’s leading kids TV brand. Kid-driven, family inclusive Disney Channel is set to launch later this year in Hungary, Romania, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Bulgaria, increasing the channel’s distribution to [...]
CNN, HLN, CNN.com and Essence Communications, Inc., have announced a partnership to develop What Matters, a series of weekly news segments focused on issues of importance to the African-American community. As an extension of the regular news items and features in Essence magazine, as well as the ongoing multicultural programming on CNN, the on-air and [...]
This Spring, VH1 enlisted brutally honest, professional matchmaker Steven Ward to put eight unlucky-in-love women through an intense “VH1 Tough Love” Boot Camp. Each week Steven gave the women lessons in dating 101 ranging from what to reveal on a first date, to what men think is sexy, to how to be one of the [...]
Mangos, a full-service advertising agency, has won six awards in the 26th Annual Healthcare Advertising Award competition, sponsored by the Healthcare Market Report, the National Newspaper of Healthcare Marketing. Mangos distinguished its work from that of more than 3600 entries in the competition and was honored with three gold, one silver, and two bronze awards. [...]
TBWA\Chiat\Day Los Angeles has announced the promotion of Rob Schwartz to Chief Creative Officer. The Agency also announced that it has hired Al Kelly, who will assume the role of Co-Executive Creative Director along with Patrick O’Neill. Lee Clow, Global Director of Media Arts & Chief Creative Officer, TBWA Worldwide, said of Schwartz, “Rob has [...]