Blinkx puts 129% profit growth down to London Olympics and Presidential...
Video search engine Blinkx has announced that its revenue has grown by 73 per cent to $198m, with users watching videos from the London Olympics and the Presidential elections being attributed for the...
View ArticlePremier Sports appoints Media 15 for sales and sponsorship coverage of Rugby...
Premier Sports has selected TV and sales sponsorship specialist Media 15 to handle airtime sales and sponsorship for this autumn’s forthcoming Rugby League World Cup. The digital subscription sports...
View ArticleSocial media complaints on the rise as £23bn lost through poor customer...
Businesses are losing £23bn a year through poor customer services according to research carried out by cloud contract centre vendor NewVoiceMedia, with complaints through social media on the increase....
View ArticleNature Valley appoints Incahoots to handle integrated below-the-line account
General Mills has awarded Incahoots its Nature Valley cereal bar account to handle integrated activity below-the-line, following a three-way pitch. The win sees Nature Valley join Whiskas (Mars...
View ArticleLaurence O'Brien replaces Twitter CEO Dick Costolo as a UK director following...
Dick Costolo, CEO of Twitter, will no longer hold the role of UK director after TweetDeck was dissolved as a separate part of the business and became integrated with Twitter last week. It has been...
View ArticleHi-Tec works with 9xb.com on e-commerce site following sharp increase in web...
Sportswear brand Hi-Tec has unveiled a new mobile e-commerce site following an increase in website traffic from smartphones and tablets. Hi-Tec worked with Yorkshire-based digital agency 9xb.com to...
View ArticleFairfx.com appoints MBA and PHD as it seems to compete with Travelex and the...
Online foreign exchange service Fairfx.com has announced the appointments of MBA and PHD to handle its creative and media accounts, as the company looks to compete with its rivals. Ian...
View ArticleAd of the Day: Strongbow - Golden Explosion
This extraordinarily impressive-looking ad for Strongbow feels as if it should be viewed on a cinema screen. We see a cityscape of glass and steel with rooftop apple orchards, all bathed in golden...
View ArticleSocial media monitoring service Spotter launches in the UK
Social media monitoring service Spotter, which offers monitoring and analysis tools, has announced its UK launch. Founded in France in 1998 Spotter has expanded to cover a number of territories...
View ArticleWedgwood repositions as luxury home and lifestyle brand with BuroCreative
Heritage brand Wedgwood has repositioned as a luxury home and lifestyle brand with BuroCreative, with a global advertising campaign set to be unveiled this month. The campaign will introduce new...
View ArticleRed Bull Media House signs global administration deal with Sony/ATV/EMI Music...
Red Bull Media House has partnered with Sony/ATV/EMI Music Publishing as part of a worldwide administration deal. The three-year agreement covers all territories globally apart from the US and...
View ArticleTheBusinessDesk.com editor Ian Briggs named as new head of media relations at...
TheBusinessDesk.com editor Ian Briggs has joined Finn Communications as head of media relations. Briggs brings with him more than 12 years’ worth of business journalism experience and will be part of...
View ArticleWyke Farms unveils new butter packaging
Wyke Farms has unveiled the new packaging for its range of butter, featuring a re-designed logo and an image of a cow grazing. The butters are now in-line with the rest of Wyke Farms’ new pack...
View ArticleLonely Planet and CBS Outdoor UK bring ultimate holiday ideas to London...
Travel content provider Lonely Planet has joined forces with CBS Outdoor UK to create a bespoke new content series giving London commuters a taste of 1,000 ultimate global sights. The series will run...
View ArticleCadbury Dairy Milk unveils £7m campaign to promote Marvellous Creations
Cadbury Dairy Milk has launched an advertising campaign to promote its Marvellous Creations range, as part of a £7m investment for the brand. The campaign will include TV, press and outdoor...
View ArticleNI Group Ltd to launch Sun+ a new digital entertainment package for The Sun...
NI Group has confirmed ‘Sun+’, The Sun’s new entertainment package, will launch on Thursday 1 August, costing £2 per week. Sun+ will be available across web, phone and tablet and will provide access...
View ArticleRussian Standard Vodka launch multi-million pound investment into it's 'Vodka...
Russian Standard Vodka has revealed a multi-million pound investment to its ‘Vodka as it should be’ TV advertising campaign with a series of high impact slots across key channels from May until July....
View ArticleSilentnight invests in national With Our Compliments marketing campaign
Bed brand Silentnight has unveiled a national marketing campaign, With Our Compliments, which is set to consist of POS, national print press, digital advertisements and PR. Silentnight has teamed up...
View ArticleChristian O'Connell, BBC Radio Five Live, Today Programme, Dermot O'Leary &...
The Sony Radio Awards 2013 were handed out last night with Absolute Radio's Christian O'Connell being named Music Radio Personality of the Year with the Gold Award, beating Lauren Laverne and Ken...
View ArticleSamsung promises ‘practically unlimited’ downloads with 5G breakthrough
Electronics giant Samsung has taken a significant stride toward the commercial delivery of 5G mobile phone platform after it successfully transferred data at the rate of 1 gigabit per second at a...
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