It was casting choice that baffled the world: US comedy favourite Danny McBride playing the son of Mick “Crocodile” Dundee in a reboot of that the iconic 80’s film. But it was all an elaborate hoax to promote Australian Toursim.
This technological feat from Adidas saw the sportswear brand utilise the 30,000 runners of the Boston Marathon to create personalised videos of its participants to promote its latest running apparel.
One of the worst (and most dangerous) viral trends of the year was the Tide Pod challenge featured people making videos of biting or eating the extremely hazardous detergent pods. The P&G- owned laundry brand responded with this short video featuring a well-known NFL star to set the record straight.
Iceland’s No Palm Oil advertisement is the most powerful ad of Christmas 2018, according to Kantar Millward Brown’s annual consumer research into the effectiveness of festive advertising campaigns.
Realeyes measured viewers’ emotions and attention levels through facial expressions and body language and found airport ad was most engaging from this year’s festive crop.
Spending on advertising will pass the £20bn mark for the first time in 2019, as Google and Facebook offset a traditional media slump in print.
Following a bumper month of discussion and festive spirit around the UK’s top Christmas ads, social media marketing firm Socialbakers have compiled league tables showing which brands are winning the Christmas Ad War across Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube.
Fashion and beauty magazine brand Marie Claire UK has launched an online fashion aggregator platform: Marie Claire Edit.
YouTube has struck a partnership with custom merchandise company Teespring that lets creators directly sell merchandise through their channels, without viewers ever leaving the page.
How much should you spend on a video ad production? A new experiment pitted three ads against each other to discover the optimal amount to spend on filming a video.
Twitter UK has launched a Christmas TV ad featuring a man called John Lewis, who gets an avalanche of tweets each year mistaking his for the department store famous for its festive TV commercials.
Digital advertising grew by 10% to €25.7bn in the first half of this year, with mobile set to take a 50% share of the total, according to new research.
Vitamin supplement brand Berocca will unveil its brand-first TV programme, ‘Extreme Everest’ with Ant Middleton, this Sunday in partnership with Channel 4 to launch its new ‘No Day Too Tough’ campaign.
Spotify has launched a new publishing analytics platform in beta, specifically for music publishers.
Disney has revealed its plans for a streaming service to rival Netflix and Amazon, as the media giant saw profits rise 33%.
UK supermarket chain Iceland has seen its Christmas advert blocked from TV screens for being too political, but the Greenpeace-made cartoon is finding new life as a viral success online.
Advertisers are scaling back spending on ITV during the traditionally busy run-up to Christmas due to uncertainty about the UK’s future, the UK broadcaster has said.
Visa announces the launch of its first ever UK festive TV advert created by Saatchi & Saatchi, encouraging the nation to visit their local high street this Christmas.
6-second ads that are repurposed from TV commercials rarely work, so how can brands create an emotional connection in a tiny amount of time on a mobile screen? New eye-tracking research looks at what successful short ads all have in common.
Technology and automation will define the future of road transport but significant obstacles stand in the way, such as trade wars and Brexit, according to new research.
