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Channel 5's new owners, Viacom, who bought the channel for £450 million back in May and will be taking it over later this month, has announced that they will not be shutting down the channel's in-house advertising sales team, likely...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
If you are a parent in this global climate of pandemic lockdown and quarantine, perhaps the Coronavirus isn't looking so gloom from inside the house after all. Gayle Carpenter is the CEO and Founder of Sparkloop creative agency and is now faced with...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Would your mum understand that? It's fair to say that most of us hate bureaucracy. And meaningless, wordy bureaucracy even more. I've lost count of the number of times I've received a massive epistle from Barnet council when all they really want to...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
For this weeks Getting to Know feature, we sat down with Emanuela Recalcati, Director of Client Solutions at Xaxis EMEA. Having returned to work recently following maternity leave, Emanuela was eager to get back to work spearheading a brand new...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Officer & Gentleman - Pornhub Mommy’s Special Glasses by Pornhub looks like a typical Mother’s Day Greeting card (besides the fact it's from Pornhub, obviously), complete with a heartwarming message and frilly packaging. However, this is...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For many businesses, the purse strings have never been tighter. Not only did the pandemic squeeze budgets, but the subsequent cost-of-living crisis which many are now enduring - including rising energy prices, growing wages, and inflationary...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It's been ten years since Channel 4's last major brand refresh, so when it came time to shake off the cobwebs and give the brand a shot in the arm, it was never going to be a simple lick of paint. The rebrand, which was a collaboration between DBLG,...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Channel 4 has announced the final eight brands and advertising agencies shortlisted for its Superhumans Wanted initiative following almost 90 brands and agencies pitching campaign ideas featuring disability and disabled talent to win £1 million...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Amscreen, the largest digital signage company in Europe, has announced a strategic partnership with outdoor media agency Clear Channel UK, which will see a new range of sun-light visible digital outdoor screens deployed across the UK. The idea behind...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For this year’s UK General Election, Channel 4 sought to create a campaign that would not only resonate with its audience but encourage people to get out and vote. Whether it worked or not is debatable, given the generally poor voter turnout...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Channel 4’s award-winning in-house creative agency 4Creative has produced a new four-part short-form series starting Grayson Perry, in partnership with production company Swan Films. “Born Risky: Grayson Perry” launched yesterday (November 2)...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Channel 4’s in-house creative agency 4creative has launched a striking campaign for Channel 4’s Change Climate season featuring the business and political elite as you’ve never seen them before - in their carbon skid marked...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Channel 4 today announced that Volvo UK and Valenstein & Fatt (Grey London) have won the £1million airtime prize for the Diversity in Advertising Award, with an ad campaign focussed on non-visible disability. The brand/agency paring was one of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
If you were left more than a little confused by a short clip shown during the advertisements of last night's X Factor final on ITV, you were certainly not alone. The video in question featured a collage of bizarre images and aggressive sounds, all...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
The Amsterdam-based entertainment company Pi Studios launches today with its first TV commission from Channel 4, and media partnership with digital publisher Lad Bible. Pi Studios connects the dots between brands, broadcasters and digital publishers...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
To say that video game adaptations don't have the best reputation would be a monumental understatement. Running the gamut from the vaguely watchable but brainless Resident Evil films (which bare little more than a passing resemblance to the original...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
In a bid to restructure the Australian agency Executive Channel, executive chairman Bruce Fink has announced the company's new board of directors, which includes Kim Wiliams, the former boss of News Corp, who has joined the company, which specialises...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Channel 4 is in trouble with Ofcom. Not for a programme or an advertisement, but the juxtaposition of the two. The broadcasting regulator says the station broke their code on 26th December 2012 when they ran a commercial which gave the impression it...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
This week we spoke to Landor & Fitch Executive Director, Strategy and Innovation, EMEA James Withey and Executive Creative Director Graham Sykes about their transformative rebrand of the Eurotunnel (Channel Tunnel). Having been involved in designing...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Last week saw the launch of Channel 4’s Diversity in Advertising Award-Winning campaign, with an emotive and powerful ad about a young girl with autism premiering during Gogglebox. Created for Vanish by Havas London, the campaign was crowned...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
In the same week that the global media agency was named as one of the 100 best companies to work for by the Sunday Times (for the 6th consecutive year), MEC announced the launch of Evolution; an innovative apprenticeship programme that will provide a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The 55th D&AD Professional Awards Ceremony took place last night (27th April) in London, where 5 Black Pencils were awarded - the highest accolade in the creative industry. We’re the Superhumans claimed two Black Pencils on the night, one each...
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Channel 4 and ITV are uniting for the first time for a major brand campaign for the Alzheimer's Society, created by McCann London. Launching “United Against Dementia” today (Monday 24 April) from 20:55, this is the first time either TV...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Channel 4 and ENVY Advertising have launched a series of vibrant and varied spots as the final instalment of the broadcaster’s “Voices of 4” campaign. Created by 4creative, Channel 4’s award-winning in-house creative agency, the campaign in...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Mars, an official FA sponsor since 2009, is launching a new multi-channel campaign set to galvanise the nation’s support of the England football team ahead of Euro 2016. The new #Believe campaign coincides with the brand’s display of...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
BBC Three will become the first TV channel in the world to make the switch from a linear broadcast channel to online-first destination. The reinvented BBC Three will offer TV shows to stream and download through new homes The Best Of and BBC Three on...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
Commissioned by Sunset and Vine, Jump has created a new visual identity for Channel 4’s coverage of the Paralympic Games in Rio. London 2012 first introduced us to “The Superhumans,” many of whom are now household names. Jump...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Tell us what you do for a living and who you work for? Head of Design, Future Media and Technology at Channel 4 Television. What does that involve? I'm responsible for designing the Interface user experience on Channel 4's New Media platforms. I...
Posted by: Creativepool
As year one of the YouTube channel wraps up, I wanted to take a moment to explain why I started it in the first place. I've been so blessed by the support over the last year and am excited for what creative advertising craziness we can get into over...
Posted by: Kevin Forister
Do you remember our Amazon Dash Button Hacks article from early last year? If so, you’ll recall how a bunch of clever innovators were, at the time, programming Amazon’s Dash Buttons to help them order pizza, build a panic button, and – in Ted...
Posted by: Kate Lewin
72andSunny has used a barrage of internet memes in its latest piece of work for anti-smoking organisation Truth. The “It's a Trap” spot reveals the deceit and danger behind social smoking, sheesha smoking and cigars, with some help from...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Stevie Rowing-Parker, a copywriter at Valenstein & Fatt (formerly known as Grey London), has launched his own range of Father’s Day cards with a difference - they recognise the feats of single mothers. Stevie lost his father aged five, and his...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Executive Producer Gemma Conway believes in hard work as much as in embracing one's own differences. Now living and working as part of a world in which no two days are ever the same, Gemma started from much humble beginnings - "a Media degree from a...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
"No one makes a difference in the world by playing it safe." Sachini Imbuldeniya didn't exactly have an easy or calm childhood. Growing up in one of the "roughest" council estates in London, she learned to look after herself quite quickly, with her...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
This Mother’s Day (March 6), many people will be posting photos of their mums to social media, and Amref Health Africa wants to tap into this positive trend with the #SAVEMOTHERSDAY hashtag, and stand in solidarity with new mums across Africa,...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
We all know the overused retail mantra 'the customer is always right'. It's been rammed into our consciousness since we got our first Saturday shops as grumpy teenagers and began having to deal with The Great British Moron. In my experience, the...
Posted by: Creativepool