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Snapchat founder Evan Spiegel seems to be everywhere at the moment. Most recently (and kind of inexplicably) in a video posted to Snapchat’s official YouTube page yesterday. He’s there to tell the world what it is the app does. Never mind...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
“That’s the power of social media” - that’s what they keep telling us. Yep, social media can indeed be harnessed and used to great effect by an enormous range of businesses - from sole traders to multinationals. For some of...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
Last month, UK YouTube group Sidemen took on YouTube All-Stars in the latest of their series of charity football matches. However, according to Ed East, Founder and Group CEO of Billion Dollar Boy, it wasn’t the on-field activity which really...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
For this week’s member spotlight, we turn our focus to Alan Parry, a “a post-production nerd turned video production swiss army knife.” He freelances under the name Velvet Pig and specialises as an editor and motion graphics...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
High shopper demand has made for an especially competitive Christmas this year, with brands using video as the glitter gun in their festive campaigns to capture optimum audience attention. Despite the rising price of video ads, smart video creative...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
What was the world's first lyric video? How was it born, and why was it important? Lyric videos often do more than show you simple words on screen. They are creative pieces of motion capture and/or production, they capture the viewer's imagination...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Valentine’s Day aside, the 14th February 2020 marked a very special occasion in the calendar. YouTube turned fifteen years old. That’s right, the original video-sharing platform is no longer a tweenager and has moved into the complex...
Posted by: Mary Keane Dawson
Latin American hardware store Construrama has launched a new campaign informing consumers about DIY best practices, while at the same time helping to rebuild Puerto Rico following hurricane damage in 2017. Two years ago, the country was hit by the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The prospects for video makers and marketers in 2019 are beginning to heat up. The film and video industry is changing rapidly, with new gear, formats, channels, and avenues for advertisements gaining momentum every day. Let’s look at the top...
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Jukin Media and Creativepool have launched the very first user-generated content powered video contest, inviting creatives from all over Europe to use this mostly untapped resource to create refreshing social media campaigns for their favourite...
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The results are in - people love to watch ordinary people do extraordinary things. A couple months ago, Jukin Media’s beloved content brand People Are Awesome published “Best of the Year So Far!” and it quickly became a viral hit....
Posted by: Jukin Media
adam&eveDDB - Great Western Railway Great Western Railway is launching a new brand campaign that aims to re-ignite people’s love of rail travel by reminding them that adventures start as soon as they step onto a GWR train. The animated...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Carrot - Netflix Streaming giant Netflix has partnered with creative agency Carrot and a California cannabis dispensary, to produce weed themed around several of its TV series. The marijuana, which was produced in limited-edition packaging and went...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
According to Mark Zuckerberg, we’re entering a golden age of video, and in five years most of what people consume online will be exactly that - video. By 2019, 80% of the world’s internet traffic will be video. Cisco Study, 2015...
Posted by: Nicky Anstice
With Cannes Lions 2017 on the horizon, YouTube has today released their special edition Cannes YouTube Ads Leaderboard celebrating the most popular global video ads since last year’s festival. Please note that this is purely for fun, given that...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Yodomo, a curated marketplace for aspirational lifestyle tutorials, is set to launch later this year and has secured early investment from AllofUs Ventures, the early stage investment arm of digital service design and innovation consultancy AllofUs,...
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Saffron - YouTube Sans YouTube has revealed its first official typeface. Inspired by the design of the company’s play button logo, YouTube Sans has been designed by brand consultancy Saffron in collaboration with YouTube’s user...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
Matt Phelan, CEO of 4Ps part of NetBooster Group, on how Eurovision uses YouTube to elevate the event to a new global audience. On Saturday, the 62nd edition of the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC) was held in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, with the...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
There was a great deal on internet chatter over the weekend regarding brands (both major and minor) pulling their ads from YouTube following the revelations from the ongoing investigation from The Times, which found that ads from brands including...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
NowDiscover GmbH, a unique content recommendation engine built to bridge the gap between video content and e-commerce/retail, has formally launched into market. Following successful customer trials and rapid team expansion, the platform, which...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
The Weeknd’s latest music video ‘False Alarm’ is an epic action packed return to POV for Great Guns director Ilya Naishuller, coinciding with the release of The Weeknd’s latest album “Starboy”. The music video...
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Yes, I know, this isn't a music site, but this is a topic near and dear to the hearts of many 'creative' types, myself included, because Radiohead remains perhaps one of the few modern pop groups who are unwilling to toe the line when it comes to the...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Technology, eh? Undoubtedly very handy, but full of concepts with funny names and purposes seemingly designed to befuddle and confuse. Take 'offbeat 360° video' for example. Who on earth would have the first idea what that is? Perhaps not you,...
Posted by: Magnus Shaw
The Jamie Oliver Media Group is building on the success of its Drinks Tube channel with the world’s first 360-degree bullet time cocktail recipe video. The video has been released across the Drinks Tube channel, receiving support from...
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Jelly London and At Night Studio have joined forces with the incredible Blackmeal to create Avicii’s heart-warming new video, Waiting for Love. Creative production agency, jelly, were approached by At Night Studio to turn the emotional tale...
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Men's clothing retailer Topman recently launched a brand new YouTube initiative dedicated to connecting with fans and creative communities across the UK using specially selected artists who they believe embody the Topman brand. The project is called...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
It was only a matter of time before Twitter decided to throw it's hat in the ring alongside YouTube, Vine and the like, but it would appear that the social networking behemoth's plans are a little more ambitious than would have perhaps been presumed....
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
YouTube, the infinitely successful video streaming site now owned by Google, announced a new service yesterday, which might well out-do Spotify at their own game. If it lives up to its own hype that is. YouTube Music Key attempts to radically alter...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Saatchi & Saatchi New York's video story "Trust Your Power" for Duracell was honored at the 8th Annual ADCOLOR Awards in Los Angeles on September 21 (Article on CP), the premier event for recognizing those working in mass media to champion diversity...
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Last year's Epic Split, in which Jean-Claude Van Damme balanced precariously (and hilariously) between two lorries, was a huge YouTube success with more than 70 million views, as well as making a big impression on advertising awards worldwide taking...
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Grey London has fought off stiff competition from such established agencies as BBH, Leo Burnett, Saatchi & Saatchi, McCann and VCCP to claim YouTube's annual, inter-agency 'Film Hack'. The winning submission was entitled '#Tattroulette', and was one...
Posted by: Benjamin Hiorns
Look around any aircraft cabin during the in-flight safety demonstration and I’d guestimate that about 20% of passengers at most are actually watching as the crew show us how a seatbelt works (“because all aircraft are...
Posted by: Ashley Morrison
The Saatchi Gallery has just opened a new film and screening room, just around the corner from the Saatchi Gallery on the King's Road. The first artist to take up residence in this room is Christopher Baker, a scientist-turned-multimedia artist who...
Posted by: Creativepool
Whether you're a business looking to showcase your products, an influencer aiming to strengthen your brand presence, or an organization eager to connect with your audience, high-quality videos are essential. Crafting compelling videos involves much...
Posted by: Creativepool Editorial
A key influence on the discussions at DMEXCO 2023 was how the emergence of free ad-supported streaming TV (FAST) channels is shaping the future of TV and premium video advertising. More than half of European CTV viewers in AudienceXpress’ CTV...
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England and Chelsea footballer, Raheem Sterling, and industry icon and music video director, Carly Cussen, recently launched their own creative production agency - Playmaker Films. Sterling and Cussen have a track record of working together to...
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