Monday, 24 March 2014

Media AM - Sky AdSmart, AOL On, Huffington Post, Gravity Road, WPP

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24th March 2014
Sky AdSmart gives 26% sales boost to East Coast Trains  
Sky AdSmart gives 26% sales boost to East Coast Trains
BSkyB has signed up more than 100 advertisers to its targeted TV ad service AdSmart, and has revealed initial positive results from brands such as Audi, East Coast Trains and Lego.
 
AOL launches video platform AOL On in UK  
AOL launches video platform AOL On in UK
AOL UK has launched AOL On, its premium video network in the UK, with content partners Endemol beyond, Channel 4 News, ITN, Scripps Networks International, Little Dot Studios, MyMovies, Videojug, Trinity Mirror, Telegraph Media Group and TalkTalk.
 
Twinings picks Huffington Post to target women at work  
Twinings picks Huffington Post to target women at work
Twinings, the tea brand, is aiming to "make work wonderful" for women through its first ever content partnership, a deal with The Huffington Post beginning today.
 
Gravity Road hires Joanna Osborn as head of creative services  
Gravity Road hires Joanna Osborn as head of creative services
Gravity Road, the content agency, has hired Joanna Osborn, the content business director at Bartle Bogle Hegarty London, in the new role of head of creative services.
 
WPP to buy majority stake in Cognifide digital consultancy  
WPP to buy majority stake in Cognifide digital consultancy
WPP has agreed to buy a majority stake in Cognifide, a digital technology consultancy with clients such as Skype and Virgin Media.
 
Simon Cowell plays rainbow organ in ITV "entertainers" ad  
Simon Cowell plays rainbow organ in ITV "entertainers" ad
Simon Cowell plays on a computer-generated organ and Dermot O'Leary and Keith Lemon have a pillow fight in the new ITV brand campaign, which launched on Friday 21 March.
 
My Media Week: Duncan McCrum  
My Media Week: Duncan McCrum
This week, Duncan McCrum, head of digital at MTV Networks, plots how to monetise MTV's growing social footprint and explains why he's seeing a shift to partnerships versus display.
 
School Reports 2014  
School Reports 2014
Campaign's annual School Reports are legendary in the advertising and media world. And with some justification.
 
MediaCom leads new clients table  
MediaCom leads new clients table
MediaCom was the best-performing media agency in 2013 in terms of new business, according to Campaign's School Reports.
 
Gottlieb and Unerman can shout all they want, but they are just noisy bystanders  
Gottlieb and Unerman can shout all they want, but they are just noisy bystanders
Defining and managing the metrics that agencies and clients use to plan, buy and evaluate campaigns is frustrating, complicated, and time-consuming, and far too important to be left to the media people, says Brian Jacobs.
 
Top 50 media agencies 2014  
Top 50 media agencies 2014
MediaCom retains top spot in the top 50 media agencies for 2014, ranked by Nielsen.
 
OMD climbs to second place in media league  
OMD climbs to second place in media league
OMD Group leapfrogged Carat to become the second-biggest media agency in the UK in 2013 after its billings increased by 7.3 per cent.
 
Clear Channel Outdoor Planning Awards 2014 shortlist revealed  
Clear Channel Outdoor Planning Awards 2014 shortlist revealed
Vizeum is leading the way among the media agencies shortlisted for the 2014 Outdoor Planning Awards with four nominations.
 
5 changes to the media business since Twitter launched  
5 changes to the media business since Twitter launched
Eight years ago when Twitter launched, citizen journalism was still in its infancy, last week robo-journalism was mooted as a very real prospect for algorithm based stories on earthquakes. The differences in the media business pre and post-Twitter are stark, Mindshare provides five more examples.
 
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One medium promises to cut through the clutter of this World Cup  
One medium promises to cut through the clutter of this World Cup
As the Rio World Cup 2014 approaches, one medium leads the way in providing the flagship environment for great brands to stand out enough to become and stay famous, says blowUP Media's sales director, Aimee McKay.
 
Viewability is overshadowing the real online display story  
Viewability is overshadowing the real online display story
In the looking glass world of advertising and media, it's not unusual for blindingly obvious questions to go un-answered for years - we've all heard the "which half of my advertising works?" question.
 
Facebook's 'Look Back' highlights commitment to video strategy  
Facebook's 'Look Back' highlights commitment to video strategy
Why is parody the sincerest form of flattery? Well, for someone to mock, they first have to be inspired enough to care.
 
Beer and loathing at South by Southwest  
Beer and loathing at South by Southwest
Who will watch the watchmen watching the watchmen? Yes, the IPA's digital consultant, Nigel Gwilliam, has once again been let loose in SXSW and Snowden, NSA and advertising are on his mind.
 
Sky AdSmart is no 'game changer' - the real digital game changed long ago  
Sky AdSmart is no 'game changer' - the real digital game changed long ago
Advertiser reaction following the six-month trial of Sky's addressable advertising service was predictably positive.
 
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