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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Broadband TV News
Apple has stalled on plans to offer live TV channels over its Apple TV device. -
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from Media on HuffingtonPost.comA few years ago I was working at Northwestern University when, one dull afternoon, everyone's phones, desk and cell, started ringing at the same time. I picked up my cell and heard an automated message that a gunman had been seen on...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Broadband TV News
German commercial channel ProSieben Maxx will air around 200 hours of factual programmes from Fox International Channels on free-to-air TV from 2016. Read the story » -
Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from Media on HuffingtonPost.comWASHINGTON, Dec 8 (Reuters) - Fox Business Network said on Tuesday it would host another Republican presidential debate next month, following one it held in November that earned praise from candidates and the party's national committee....
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from TVNewserThe O’Reilly Factor won the key demo on Monday night, averaging 621,000 A25-54 viewers.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from News.com - Digital MediaThe Neolithic builders of Stonehenge may have gotten a chunk of their monument preowned from a site in Wales.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from News.com - Digital MediaAs extremists take terrorism online, the US and tech companies don't agree on what to do. The tech industry says it's doing all it should.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from News.com - Digital MediaFor the final CraveCast of the year, we look back on the geekiest moments of 2015 -- and look forward with Transhumanist Party candidate Zoltan Istvan.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from MediagazerBeatrice Verhoeven / The Wrap : Mashable to Distribute First Feature Film “CodeGirl” — Mashable and FilmBuff are partnering to distribute and promote the documentary “CodeGirl,” written and...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from MediagazerMathew Ingram / Fortune : New Circa CEO John Solomon describes new focus on video, independence in journalism, funding support from Sinclair TV, and plans for staffing and crowdsourcing — Circa's New Owner Says the App...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from MediaGuardian.co.ukParents complained after adverts featuring naked women appeared in the My Talking Tom game A company promoting sexual liaisons using pictures of a naked woman has been reprimanded for running ads in a children’s smartphone game. The...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from News.com - Digital MediaSmaller updates are also available for Apple Watch, Apple TV and Mac OS X.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Broadband TV News
Switzerland’s national telco Swisscom has launched an internet TV platform offering 190 TV channels as live-streams. Read the story » -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Broadband TV News
The privatisation of Telekom Srbija, though apparently in its final stages, is not a foregone conclusion. Read the story » -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from MediaGuardian.co.ukThere are plenty of Indigenous people who could argue the case against a new constitutional settlement instead of a white, rightwing columnist So, the ABC is turning the complex, divisive issue of constitutional recognition of Indigenous...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from AgencySpyA late roundup of the day's news.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from iMedia Connection: All FeedsYou know your industry's in trouble when everyone from the Wall Street Journal to Fortune magazine has an opinion about ad blocking and is not afraid to voice it. The advertising and marketing industry (and I speak as a member of it) has...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from MediashiftHere’s a list of current media and journalism fellowship programs, including the deadlines for applying. If we’re missing any major programs, or you would like your program to be in the featured fellowship slot, please contact Mark...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from MediaGuardian.co.ukFormer Yahoo and Disney executive Tom Toumazis and media agency founder Jonathan Durden to help expand the business and invest in original video The Lad Bible has appointed a former Yahoo and Disney executive and the founder of a leading...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from AdWeek : All NewsAbout.com is one of those early Internet destinations that is often remembered as being rooted in an era of 56k modems, AOL email addresses and Angelfire webpages. But unlike some of those late-'90s relics, About.com is still...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from European Federation of Journalists
In the framework of the two-year project “Rights and Jobs in Journalism”, the European Federation of Journalists (EFJ) together with its affiliate, the Slovene Association of Journalists, will organise a workshop “Collective... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Media on HuffingtonPost.com(function(){var...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from MediaGuardian.co.ukIpso decides headline about suicide pact linked to travellers was inaccurate The Daily Telegraph has been adjudged guilty of breaching the editors’ code of practice for the seventh time since the formation of the Independent Press...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from MediagazerLiz Hoffman / Wall Street Journal : Media General Rebuffs Sweetened Takeover Bid From Nexstar — Nexstar privately raised bid to about $16.30 a share — Media General Inc. has rebuffed a sweetened...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from Digital Media newsInternet company will focus on deal involving its core business, according to reports
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from MediagazerOliver Darcy / The Blaze : Leaked Memo: BuzzFeed Editor-In-Chief Says It's ‘Entirely Fair’ to Call Trump a ‘Mendacious Racist’ — BuzzFeed Editor-In-Chief Ben Smith wrote in an email to his...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from MediaGuardian.co.ukLeftwing star, who appeared in a Labour ad this year, says he is too ‘gobby’ for social media and would never be a pundit on Newsnight or Question Time Sherlock actor Martin Freeman has said he will not take a high-profile political...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from NYT > Media & AdvertisingMs. Rehm, who has interviewed newsmakers as an NPR radio host since 1979, said she planned to retire next year from her two-hour current affairs show.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from News.com - Digital MediaThe FCC was back in court defending its Net neutrality rules last week. What's likely to happen next and what does it means for you?
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from Media on HuffingtonPost.comWhen there's a shooting at your child's school, you probably don't want him or her to try to physically overtake the gunman. But on the off chance you do, the folks at Fox News have provided a quick, four-minute instructional video for...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from 10,000 Words
NYT critic at large kicks off a new Times Insider feature. -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from MediaGuardian.co.ukPaul Dacre says watering down freedom of information laws will make public distrust politicians, and civil servants should ‘remember who pays their wages’ Daily Mail editor-in-chief Paul Dacre has called for greater openness in...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Broadband TV NewsRussia’s Gazprom Media saw its overall revenues in Q3 grow, though those for its TV channel business continued to fall. Read the story »
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from News.com - Digital MediaWhile self-driving cars are poised to be the next big automotive thing, researchers in China are working on a car that can be driven with your mind.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from MediaGuardian.co.ukOur roundup of the day’s media stories, including BBC Radio 4 report on Israel breached accuracy guidelines If you are viewing this on the web and would like to get our email every morning, please click here . If you’re using our app,...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from Media DecoderThe indictment of Mahmoud Doaei, the managing editor of Ettelaat, one of Iran’s oldest newspapers, reflected political tensions heading into elections in February.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from ArtsJournal» MEDIA
“[I] never developed much of a rooting interest in big-league sports. Instead, I fell in love with the ratings game – the sport – of network television. ABC, CBS, and NBC were my teams; their dozens of shows my players;... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Broadband TV News
Digi Slovakia has launched a mobile TV service named Digi Go. Read the story » -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Radio & Television Business Report
Eastern Airwaves closed on its purchase of a CP for an FM translator. -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Media Week 2013 News RSS FeedWe join Ella Dolphin, the group commercial director at Hearst Magazines UK as she joins the Oompa Loompas at MediaCom’s Christmas bash, parties with Diageo at the Cosmopolitan Awards and closes the bumper March issues.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from Media DecoderThe infusion of cash from the family-friendly Disney into the racy and brash Vice could be taken as a sign of the challenges facing traditional cable companies.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Media Week 2013 News RSS FeedOne of Daily Express owner Richard Desmond's top executives, claims the publisher has surprised the ad industry by building up a significant digital operation and was "ahead" of rival Daily Mail in setting up a unified print and online...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Media on HuffingtonPost.comThe Daily Show shared a powerful image from Jon Stewart's return earlier this week that shows just how vital programs offering aid to 9/11 emergency workers really are. (function(d, s, id) { var js, fjs =...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Broadband TV News
Maltese capital operator Melita is in the process of being sold to Apax France and Fortino Capital. Read the story » -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from NPR Topics: MediaSteve Inskeep talks to longtime public radio host Diane Rehm about her decision to retire after the 2016 presidential election. The show is produced at member station WAMU in Washington, D.C.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from AdWeek : All NewsSpecs Age 34 Claim to fame Model and actress; longest-running Victoria's Secret Angel in the brand's history (the annual Victoria's Secret Fashion Show airs Dec. 8 at 10 p.m. on CBS) Base Miami Instagram @adrianalima Adweek:...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from VentureBeat » Media
Apple has reportedly “suspended” plans to offer its own video subscription package along with Apple TV. The company will instead use the Apple TV app store as a place where media companies can sell content directly to... -
Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from NYT > Media & AdvertisingThe attorney general sent letters to StubHub and other resale sites regarding high-priced listings of concert tickets even before they go on sale.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Media on HuffingtonPost.com
- CBS Chicago's Jeff Kapugi (pictured here with Luke Bryan), CMG's Johnny Chiang in Houston, and Greater Media Boston's Mike Brophey were the top three Country PD's in 2015. Did they have a strong enough year to retain their positions or...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from Ads of the World - Advertising Archive & CommunityArtist Leo Villareal's Bay Lights installation went dark earlier this year, but with the help of Heineken, it's turning back on, for good. The installation features thousands of ever-shifting LED lights, which will be permanently re-lit...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Brand Republic Advertising RSS FeedNicola Forristal, the director of human resources at Bartle Bogle Hegarty, is joining Havas Creative Group as its head of people.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Broadcast - Latest NewsPressure is mounting on the BBC to remove Tyson Fury from the Sports Personality Of The Year nominations list after he expressed homophobic and sexist views.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from TVNewsCheck Latest News FeedCable shows take the top 10 spots for TV's most-time-shifted shows of 2015, led by FX's Fargo , which jumps 240% from live to seven-day playback. The top 10 get at least a 166% lift. FX, HBO, MTV and USA all had two shows on the list.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Brand Republic Advertising RSS FeedFast food joint and Google have teamed up for programmatic promotion of new cheesy chicken burger
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from Ads of the World - Advertising Archive & CommunityWe modified WhatsApp’s API to convert its status into a running ticker and profile pics into GIFs! From the revamped logo to the new menu to the exclusive offers, everything was showcased on this ticker. Through Facebook, Twitter and...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from TVNewsCheck Latest News FeedGet used to the term digital deflation. It’s the phrase coined to describe the overall decline in ad dollars that occurs when budgets are shifted from traditional to new media. Digital deflation is behind, in part, the rather tepid...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from TVWeekPress release from NBCUniversal, Dec. 9, 2015: Seeso, the new ad-free streaming comedy channel from NBCUniversal Digital Enterprises, will launch on Thursday, January 7. The channel will be available on www.seeso.com, iOS and Android...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from Ads of the World - Advertising Archive & CommunityAdvertising Agency: Inquieta, Goiânia, Brazil Creative Directors: Flávio Filho , Nelson Moraes Art Director: Rhayssa Kückelhaus Copywriter: Igor Carneiro Illustrator: Rhayssa Kückelhaus Published: December 2015
- Milwaukee's 95.7 BIG FM has held its 7th annual Make-A-Wish Radio-A-Thon and raised a record $203,800. The radiothon was hosted by morning show personalities Murphy & Meg on Thursday, December 3 and Friday, December 4 live from the 95.7...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Digital TV NewsAccording to Dataxis, the total number of South African TV households will grow 10% from end-2015 to end-2018 as pay-DTH continues to grow and new pay services using DTT and IPTV come on stream.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from TheWrap » TVNBC has released a “Saturday Night Live” sketch starring Ryan Gosling that was cut for time last weekend, thereby denying viewers four more minutes of Gosling-y goodness. The host and star of “The Big Short”...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Brand Republic Advertising RSS FeedShaun Williamson, the former EastEnders actor, holds an acting class in the latest instalment of Currys PC World's festive campaign.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from TheWrap » TV“Paranormal Activity 4” star Kathryn Newton is set to play Reese Witherspoon ‘s daughter in HBO’s limited series “Big Little Lies,” TheWrap has learned. Nicole Kidman and Shailene Woodley also star in...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from TVNewsCheck Latest News FeedMillennials still watch a lot of traditional network and cable TV shows — just increasingly not on traditional linear TV. Yet many viewers aren't ready to cut the traditional TV cord.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Brand Republic Advertising RSS FeedThree, the mobile phone network, has launched a festive campaign to celebrate people born on Christmas Day.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from Ads of the World - Advertising Archive & CommunityAdvertising Agency: Publicis, Brussels, Belgium Creative Directors: Tom Berth , Geert De Rocker Creatives: Sophie De Plecker , Joris Luyten Copywriter: François Massinon Account Team: Filip Van Der Haegen, Frederic Sodermans, Amandine...
- As we get closer to new streaming rates from the Copyright Royalty Board, things are starting to get very interesting in the world of streaming. Ever since Apple entered the arena there's been a lot of jostling by the companies trying to...
- The new position for Vaughn is Senior VP of Comedy Programming. He'll report to President and Chief Content Officer Scott Greenstein. Vaughn joins SiriusXM from creative content company New Wave Entertainment, where he was SVP,...
- Tim and Leann Camp are the morning team on 92ZEW-FM in Mobile. A fire from a faulty extension cord has done severe damage to their home. Nobody was in the house at the time of the fire, however the family dog had to be rescued by...
- Diane Rehm has been on the air for nearly 30 years. She plans to retire at the conclusion of the next presidential election. The Diane Rehm Show is a two-hour program heard on 197 public radio stations reaching about 2.5 million people...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from TVNewsCheck Latest News FeedNBC averaged 8.9 million viewers for the week in primetime. CBS had 8.4 million. Fox had a strong week with the Big Ten football championship and midseason finale of Empire , and was third with 6.5 million viewers. ABC had 5.4 million,...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from Brand Republic Advertising RSS FeedRPA spot illustrates children's imagination
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Digital TV Group NewsTiVo reveals TV content dominates across generations TiVo have released their Third Annual Millennial Video Entertainment Survey, revealing that Millennials engage with TV shows more than any other type of video content. While they might...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Brand Republic Advertising RSS FeedThe Publicis Groupe's chief executive Maurice Lévy talks to John Tylee about the thorny issue of succession, the changing industry in 2016, and why he's not thinking about his legacy - yet.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from afaqs! News > Latest Advertising NewsThis is a first-of-its-kind multi-brand behaviour change programme that conveys the collective message of HUL brands to promote the concept of hygeine.
- (By Spike Santee) Automotive advertising is the biggest category in radio advertising, representing a quarter to a third of all the revenue in our business. Despite the massive automotive ad spend across all media, six out of 10 car...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Brand Republic Advertising RSS FeedBisto joins the legion of Christmas ads this year tackling loneliness among the elderly.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Sports Media Watch » RatingsFacing tough competition from the Big Ten Championship, the ACC title game held up relatively well on ABC. Saturday’s Clemson/North Carolina ACC Championship Game drew a 4.1 final rating and 7.9 million viewers on ABC, down 34% in...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Broadcast - Latest NewsOutline Productions has struck a first-look distribution and development deal with Doc Martin distributor DRG.
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from Ads of the World - Advertising Archive & CommunityAdvertising Agency: Publicis Conseil, France Executive Creative Director: Marcelo Vergara Art Director: Kamal Bhatnagar Copywriter: Marcelo Vergara Account Managers: Stéphane Gaillard, Boris Langlois, Elodie Orosco, Cécile Cuzin, Bastien...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Broadcast - Latest NewsBill Turnbull will not just be tending to his bees when he leaves BBC Breakfast in January next year – the presenter is also close to signing up to host a BBC quiz.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from TVNewsCheck Latest News FeedThe new "We Get Voters" campaign promotes the value of political advertising on local broadcast TV. The push includes a new website, a commercial, commissioning research and “a major presence” at political events throughout...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from Home Theater | Digital TrendsSpotify may allow artists the option to limit music available to free, ad-supported users. Its previous requirement to give both free and paid subscribers full streaming access led to musicians like Taylor Swift and Radiohead boycotting...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from TheWrap » TVCharlie Sheen is getting no sympathy from Burt Reynolds . The 79-year-old actor told Sky News in an interview that Sheen, who last month revealed that he had been diagnosed with HIV, is “getting what he deserves.” “His...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from Ads of the World - Advertising Archive & CommunityAdvertising Agency: FF, Paris, France Agency Supervisors: Emmanuel Ferry, Amaury Devitry, Pauline Bontemps, Alix Dunoyer de Segonzac Chief Creative Officers: Fred & Farid Executive Creative Director: Oivier Lefebvre Copywriter:...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from TV TechnologyWith Albanian public broadcaster RTSH converting its nationwide broadcast network to DVB-T2, Rohde & Schwarz has been tapped to deliver a turnkey system to help with the conversion.
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from TheWrap » TVSAG-AFTRA filed a lawsuit against Lee Daniels , the Oscar-nominated director of “Precious” and the co-creator of Fox’s hit TV show “Empire,” on Tuesday in California federal court. In legal documents...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from TVWeekA former child actor who provided the voice of Charlie Brown in a series of “Peanuts” specials has been hit with a hefty prison sentence. Us Weekly reports that Peter Robbins was sentenced Monday to four years and eight...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from Ads of the World - Advertising Archive & CommunityYour favorite music now with 4G LTE. Advertising Agency: Ogilvy & Mather, Honduras General Creative Director: Sebastian Bullorini Creative Directors: Frank Sandres , Cesar Chinchilla Art Directors: Frank Sandres , Cesar Chinchilla ,...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from afaqs! News > Latest Advertising NewsThe new partnership commences immediately, with the next RUFF Spring-Summer Collection to be soon presented.
- Live365 and podcast hosting service Blubrry have launched a new service called Podcast2Radio. The goal of the two companies is to help podcasters increase the number of listeners they have by helping them convert their podcasts into...
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Tuesday, December 8, 2015 from Ads of the World - Advertising Archive & CommunityAdvertising Agency: Publicis, Brussels, Belgium Creative Directors: Tom Berth , Geert De Rocker Creatives: Sophie De Plecker , Joris Luyten Copywriter: François Massinon Account Team: Filip Van Der Haegen, Frederic Sodermans, Amandine...
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Wednesday, December 9, 2015 from afaqs! News > Latest Advertising NewsWith the target to attract more women users on its platform, the social media giant rolls out a three-film campaign titled Share the Magic.
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