Campaign articles from June 2006

Campaign archives from June 2006

MG OMD wins pounds 9m Waitrose media brief.(appointment of Manning Gottlieb)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Waitrose has appointed Manning Gottlieb OMD to handle its pounds 9 million media planning and buying account. The agency triumphed after pitching last week against Media Planning Group, MindShare, Vizeum and Universal McCann. Brand...

Nokia plots global review.(Grey London, IPG the favourites)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Grey and IPG on alert as mobile phone giant kicks off talks over pounds 175m business. Nokia is talking to agency networks about its pounds 175 million global ad arrangements. Sources said the talks were at an early stage. The...

COI names roster of 115 digital agencies.(Central Office of Information)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... COI has completed a year-long review of its digital roster by appointing 115 agencies, 70 more than under its previous roster arrangement. The roster, worth an estimated pounds 9 million, has been split into four categories. The...

British Airways prepares for DM roster pitch.(British Airways PLC for direct marketing )(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... British Airways' direct marketing agencies are on alert as the airline has started to prepare for a review of its direct roster. BA's procurement department is leading the process, which is in the early stages. According to sources,...

Diageo turns to DM for Captain Morgan.(direct marketing)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Diageo has pulled the UK ad account for Captain Morgan rum out of Grey London. Diageo is now considering its options for the brand. According to sources, it is considering spending more of its budget on direct marketing. Grey...

TV and radio calls for licence fee curb.(British Broadcasting Corp.)
June 2, 2006... Commercial TV and radio will be unable to compete with the BBC if the Corporation's bid for an increased licence fee is granted. This is the message in a letter sent by industry representatives to the culture secretary, Tessa Jowell. It is...

Publicis lands pounds 9m Quorn brief.(Quorn Foods account)
June 2, 2006... Publicis replaces Farm with a brief to give the non-meat product appeal beyond vegetarian market. Publicis has beaten Mother and Grey London to Premier Foods' pounds 9 million Quorn creative account. Agency Insight handled the pitch,...

BP hunts digital agency for anniversary task.(British Petroleum Company PLC)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... The energy giant BP is talking to digital agencies about an online brief for a campaign to support its 100th birthday celebrations. The organisation has asked six agencies to develop a global interactive platform for the BP brand, based on...

PPA blasts OFT over distribution debate.(Office of Fair Trading)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... The magazine industry has hit out at an Office of Fair Trading statement questioning the current distribution system. John Fingleton, the recently appointed OFT chief executive, said this week there was evidence that the system of allowing...

BMB captures McCain business from TBWA.(Beattie McGuinness Bungay wins a deal with McCain Foods (GB) Ltd.)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Beattie McGuinness Bungay has beaten JWT to win the pounds 15 million McCain creative business. The frozen foods company called a review of its creative account in March this year. TBWA\London, its incumbent for three years, declined to...

HMRC divides pounds 7m media three ways.(Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs signs Naked Communications, PHD and ZenithOptimedia)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... HM Revenue & Customs has split its pounds 7 million media planning business between Naked Communications, PHD and ZenithOptimedia after a pitch handled by COI. The three agencies have all previously worked for HMRC, but have been retained...

Arcadia seeks DM shop for card task.(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... The fashion retail group Arcadia is looking for a direct agency to work on the launch of a range of credit cards. The AAR, which has been appointed to handle the review, has contacted a longlist of around six agencies and chemistry meetings...

Broadbent moves to China with O&M.(appointment of Tim Broadbent)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Tim Broadbent, the former Bates EMEA planning chief, is moving to Ogilvy & Mather in Beijing to become its effectiveness director for the Asia-Pacific region. Broadbent, who has won two IPA Effectiveness Grands Prix during his career, will...

Orange unveils 'open' strategy to reposition the company.(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Orange is repositioning its marketing strategy around the concept 'open'. The first advertising campaign from Fallon London and the Paris-based Publicis hotshop Marcel since they won the business in March aims to reposition the mobile...

MCBD lines up against St Luke's for JCB brief.(Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy )(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... JCB has shortlisted Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy and St Luke's to pitch for a pounds 1 million branding campaign. The UK-based agricultural and construction equipment manufacturer is understood to have briefed the two shops to build a...

ITV in hunt for Love Island viral agency.(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... ITV is on the hunt for a digital agency to create a viral campaign to launch the new series of Love Island. The broadcaster confirmed it has approached several digital agencies. ITV has not yet announced a start date for the second...

Ocado reviews pounds 2m integrated account.(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... The online delivery service Ocado is seeking an agency to handle its pounds 2 million integrated advertising account. It is currently approaching agencies directly with a brief for the account. Ocado, which is 40 per cent owned by...

Karmarama picks up Costa business.(Costa Coffee)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Costa Coffee, the Whitbread-owned coffee-shop chain, has handed Karmarama its pounds 2 million UK creative account. The agency's appointment follows a three-way pitch that included Shop and Mortimer Whittaker O'Sullivan. Costa did not have...

MCBD and Starcom land Mira Showers.(Mira Showers appoints Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy and Starcom)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Mira Showers has appointed Miles Calcraft Briginshaw Duffy and Starcom to its creative and media accounts respectively. Both agencies pitched against a group of other, unnamed agencies. The creative brief includes a new campaign to...

Ofcom hires headhunter in search for Carter's heir.(Office of Communications appoints Ed Richards )(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Ed Richards tipped for the top job but external candidates will also be considered. Ofcom has appointed a headhunter to search for Stephen Carter's successor as the regulator's chief executive. Carter will leave Ofcom in October. His...

GCap Media hands pounds 5m task to Rocket.(PHD Group)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... GCap Media has appointed PHD Group's Rocket to its estimated pounds 5 million media planning and buying account. The review sees the radio broadcaster consolidate its account into one agency from the original three incumbents,...

RMG Connect wins Shell Brands brief.(Royal Dutch-Shell Group of Cos.)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Shell Brands International has appointed RMG Connect to market its brand licensing operation. The agency, which already handles Shell's loyalty, retail, motor fuels and lubricants businesses, won the brief after a competitive pitch. ...

Euro RSCG 4D Digital scoops Marriott International brief.(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... The hotel chain Marriott International has appointed its first online marketing agency. Euro RSCG 4D Digital, part of EHS Brann Group, triumphed in a pitch against three undisclosed agencies to secure the business. The agency has been...

Clear Channel signs first global outdoor deal with Coca-Cola.(Clear Channel Outdoor Holdings signed )(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Clear Channel Outdoor has signed a global, multimillion-pound deal with Coca-Cola. The tie-up, which it claims is the first agreement between a global advertiser and an outdoor media company, was negotiated directly between Coca-Cola and...

JWT celebrates pounds 110m Kimberly-Clark.(Ogilvy & Mather Worldwide Inc.)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Kimberly-Clark has dealt Ogilvy & Mather a blow with its decision to consolidate a major chunk of its personal care business into JWT. The move sees JWT picking up Kimberly-Clark's entire personal care division in Europe and North America....

BBH duo lands May Aerial for Ginsters.(Bartle Bogle Hegarty Ltd.'s Claudia Southgate, Verity Fenner win awards)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... The Bartle Bogle Hegarty creative team of Claudia Southgate and Verity Fenner have scooped the May Aerial Award for the Ginsters radio commercial. The team's 'lie detector chicken' radio spot won the top prize at the monthly awards, which...

Tomboy Films makes new director signings.(Tanya Michaels, Tasha Michaels, Pete Caine, Lou Bogue appointed)
June 2, 2006... Tomboy Films has signed the former Campaign Faces to Watch directing duo Tanya and Tasha Michaels. The sisters, whose commercials credits include spots for BT and Gizmondo, join the production company from Serious Pictures. Tomboy has...

Justin Cernis moves to role at Great Guns.(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... The former agency boss Justin Cernis is moving into TV production to become Laura Gregory's second-in-command at Great Guns. His agency Barrett Cernis closed last year, after Ray Barrett quit to become the creative director of Manchester's...

Cogent gives press to Claydon Heeley.(Claydon Heeley Jones Mason appointed)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Claydon Heeley Jones Mason has been appointed by the Sector Skills Council Cogent, to create a press campaign promoting its work. Cogent is one of the Government's 25 Sector Skills Councils, which aim to improve the skills in various UK...

Media Forum: Should media plan for HDTV?(High definition television)
June 2, 2006... Is HDTV ready to be on the agenda at advertisers and agencies? The UK's high-definition television era has begun at long last. On 22 May, the Sky Digital platform began carrying HD-quality pictures across a total of eight channels and...

Media: Chatter.(James Hyland of Bubble Hits)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... 'In the new TiVo, Sky+ world, sponsorship and other revenue streams are the way forward. We will be the first of our kind.' - James Hyland, the founder of the ad-free music channel Bubble Hits 'I still don't feel that any newspaper is using...

Media: ITV appoints an advertiser development director.(appointment of Nicky Buss )(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... ITV has appointed Nicky Buss to the new position of advertiser development director. Buss is currently the client services director at Research International and was formerly the global strategic planning director at WPP's Red Cell network....

Media: Andrew Harrison appointed as chief executive of the RadioCentre.(appointment of Andrew Harrison)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Andrew Harrison has been confirmed as the first chief executive of the new radio industry trade body, the RadioCentre. He will begin the job on 1 October.

Media: Sony Ericsson renews its sponsorship of Ibiza Rocks.(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Sony Ericsson has renewed its sponsorship of the Ibiza Rocks summer season. Support activity includes an ad-funded programming deal with Channel 4. Negotiated by iris experience, the programming will include five half-hour programmes,...

Media: Daily Telegraph's Alex cartoon available via mobile phones.(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... The Daily Telegraph's Alex cartoon is being made available via mobile phones. Readers can download a daily Alex cartoon and access an archive free of charge. Black 'n' Red notebooks is sponsoring the service.

Media: Emap Advertising appoints commercial director.(appointment of Barry Wood)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Emap Advertising has appointed Barry Wood as its commercial director in Scotland. Wood joins Emap from Yahoo!, where he was the head of specialist agency sales. He will manage an eight-strong sales team working across Emap's radio portfolio.

Media: BSkyB awarded rights to 'near-live' games.(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... BSkyB, which recently won four of the six live Premier League rights packages, has also been awarded the 'near-live' rights to 242 games per season. The three-year deal, which runs until 2010, means Sky can continue to broadcast its Football...

Media: Bravo commissions reality show called Saved by the Ball.(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Bravo has commissioned a reality show called Saved by the Ball. The former footballer Neil Ruddock will build a football team comprising 15 dysfunctional men in a bid to show that football can change their lives. The ten-part series will air in...

Media: TalkSPORT appoints Jon Gaunt to host mid-morning show.(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... TalkSPORT has appointed the Sun columnist Jon Gaunt to host its mid-morning show. Gaunt's show, which will air from Monday to Friday each week, will be based on current affairs and will take calls from listeners.

Media: Dennis Publishing redesigns InsideEdge.(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Dennis Publishing has redesigned its InsideEdge gambling title. The redesign sees the monthly title repositioned as a poker magazine with sports betting content. Dennis has also launched InsideEdge Live, a digital version of the magazine.

Media: The Belfast Telegraph appoints Mediaforce.(Independent News & Media PLC)(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... The Belfast Telegraph, the newspaper owned by Independent News & Media, has appointed Mediaforce to handle its sales in London, Manchester and Edinburgh. Mediaforce will handle both display and classified sales after a three-way pitch for the...

Media: Central Trains launches customer magazine.(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... Central Trains, the Midlands rail operator, has launched a customer magazine called Connect. The 16-page quarterly publication has a print run of 5,500 and will be distributed to season ticket holders and on some trains. The title has been...

Media: BenQ-Siemens signs deal with Emap Advertising.(Brief article)
June 2, 2006... BenQ-Siemens, the mobile phone company, has signed a deal with Emap Advertising to promote its new handset. The three-month campaign will run across all Emap music TV channels with supporting activity on Emap radio stations and online.

Media Headliner: Double act with a vision for London transport.(Tim Bleakley, Andrew Oldham of Viacom Outdoor win it London Underground Ltd. contract)
June 2, 2006... Tim Bleakley and Andrew Oldham tell Alasdair Reid how they captured 'the world's biggest outdoor contract' for Viacom. You can't help feeling that Bleakley and Oldham are destined to see rather a lot of each other over the coming years. We...

Media Lifeline: Branded TV channels.(Chronology)
June 2, 2006... The latest funded channel offers product info and content with a Honda theme. 2000: Following a relaxation of broadcast regulations, the supermarket chain J Sainsbury and the ITV powerhouse Carlton Communications form a 50:50 joint venture...

OPera launches digital venture.(Omnicom S.A. launched OPera Digital )(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Omnicom throws its weight behind online media by pooling pounds 100m digital spend into one division. OPera, the media negotiation arm of Omnicom, is extending its operations into the online buying market. The joint venture between OMD...

Britvic shifts pounds 2.5m J2O from BBH to CHI.(Britvic Soft Drinks Ltd.)(Bartle Bogle Hegarty)(Clemmow Hornby Inge)(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Clemmow Hornby Inge has won Britvic's J2O account from Bartle Bogle Hegarty without a pitch. The win, worth pounds 2.5 million according to the most recent Nielsen Media Research figures, strengthens CHI's position on the Britvic roster....

Littlewoods reviews pounds 12m creative business.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Littlewoods is using the AAR to handle a review of its pounds 12 million creative account. The catalogue retailer, which is owned by the Barclay brothers, owns a number of catalogue brands, including Choice, Great Universal, Kays and...

BlackBerry awards pounds 4m brief to Albion.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... BlackBerry has moved its pounds 4 million advertising account from Leagas Delaney into Albion just six months after Leagas was appointed. Although Leagas was initially handed the work for the wireless e-mail device on a project basis, it...

Sainsbury's Bank pulls Little Bill plug.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Sainsbury's Bank is planning to pull the plug on its Little Bill character after ending its relationship with Chick Smith Trott. The agency stopped working on the account in March having held the business for the past two years. Sainsbury's...

Palmer leaves BBH for role at Saatchis.(Matthew Palmer)(Bartle Bogle Hegarty Ltd.)(Saatchi and Saatchi)(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Saatchi & Saatchi has hired Bartle Bogle Hegarty's Matthew Palmer as its head of strategy, in a shake-up of its planning department. Palmer, the global planning director on Smirnoff at BBH, will replace Bobby Hui, who has been promoted to...

IPC's Soutar to launch venture.(IPC Media Ltd.)(Mike Soutar)(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... IPC Media's editorial director stuns industry with abrupt departure amid talk of publishing start-up. Mike Soutar is planning to set up a publishing venture and has left his role as IPC Media's editorial director. Soutar, who launched...

Tangozebra wins ITV Love Island online task.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... ITV has appointed the digital agency Tangozebra to create an online campaign to launch the new series of Love Island. The agency has been briefed to create a campaign that will incorporate scenes from the programme into the online ads. ...

McCann sells Leeds arm to Golley Slater.(McCann Erickson Leeds)(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Golley Slater has acquired McCann Erickson Leeds for an undisclosed sum. The agency will be rebranded Golley Slater Results Marketing. The agency, which employs 55 staff, will continue to be run as it was under McCann Erickson...

Leo Burnett and Delvico in fight for Freixenet.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Leo Burnett London and the Spanish WPP agency Delvico are competing in a two-way shoot-out for the pounds 20 million global Freixenet account. The Spain-based still and sparkling wine producer, which owns the Freixenet Cava and Ash Tree...

Waters takes MindShare Europe role.(Nick Waters)(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... MindShare has appointed a new chief executive in Europe, as Giulio Malegori returns to his native Italy to run the local MindShare operation. Nick Waters, currently MindShare's chief executive in Asia-Pacific, is returning to Europe to...

pounds 1m Toshiba win for Saatchis digital arm.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Saatchi & Saatchi Interactive has landed the pounds 1 million pan-European business for Toshiba's new laptop. The launch campaign for the Qosmio G30 laptop will combine online and viral advertising, a website and electronic customer...

Ocado to sponsor five's Big Love.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Five has secured Ocado as the sponsor for its imported HBO drama Big Love. Ocado, the online supermarket delivery service backed by Waitrose, has committed to a sponsorship package that includes idents around 12 peaktime episodes of the...

United London sees pounds 2m Emap Kiss account go to Odd.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Odd, the creative agency backed by Naked Communications, has won Emap's pounds 2 million Kiss account. Odd, which has also hired Naked's head of strategy, Jon Forsyth, as its third partner, will develop a new identity for Kiss across all...

Agencies battle for Army website task.(www.army.mod.uk)(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... COI is understood to be seeking an agency for a brief to redesign the Army's website, www.army.mod.uk. It has talked to a number of digital agencies about the project, which includes ArmyNet, the British Army's internal communications...

History Channel in hunt for ad agency.(Crime and Investigation Network)(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... The History Channel is using the AAR to hunt for an agency for its new channel, Crime & Investigation Network. The TV group, which is a joint venture between Sky Digital and A&E Television Networks in the US, plans to launch the channel on...

CHI secures Anchor as shops fight on.(Clemmow Hornby Inge)
June 9, 2006... Clemmow Hornby Inge has retained the pounds 7 million Anchor butter account in the ongoing pounds 25 million Arla Foods review. The appointment leaves DDB London and Wieden & Kennedy still pitching for Arla's Lurpak business, which DDB has...

Barney Cokeliss in Home Corp signing.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... The commercials director Barney Cokeliss has joined Home Corp after the closure of his previous production company, Godman. At Home Corp, he joins a roster of directors that includes Howard Greenhalgh, Lucy Blakstad, Jason Smith, Sara...

Stevie Spring joins Future.(Future Publishing)(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Change of chief executive for publisher as it reveals serious decline in profits. Future Publishing has appointed Stevie Spring, the former head of Clear Channel, as its new chief executive in the same week it announced a pounds 12.1...

AMV hires Jordan and Macadam duo.(Abbott Mead Vickers/BBDO Ltd.)(Paul Jordan)(Angus Macadam)(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Abbott Mead Vickers BBDO has hired the creative team Paul Jordan and Angus Macadam from Leo Burnett. The pair, who moved to D'Arcy in 1999 and joined Leo Burnett after the agencies merged, will join AMV as creative directors. They will...

Claydon Heeley to drop 'Jones Mason'.(Claydon Heeley Jones Mason)(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Claydon Heeley Jones Mason is dropping 'Jones Mason' from its name as it attempts to reposition the agency. The agency is rebranding in a bid to emphasise its digital marketing activities and reflect the fact that a growing proportion of...

Y&R Advertising names chief exec after 18-month hunt.(Young & Rubicam Advertising appointed Hamish McLennan)(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Hamish McLennan is to succeed Ann Fudge as the chief executive of Y&R Advertising. McLennan, the former chairman and chief executive of Young & Rubicam Brands in Australia, will take over later this year. Fudge will remain as the chairman...

IPG confirms merger of Draft and FCB.(Interpublic Group)(DraftDirect Worldwide Inc)(Foote, Cone and Belding Inc)
June 9, 2006... Howard Draft takes charge and Steve Blamer leaves as agencies become single global integrated marketing organisation. Last week, Interpublic Group ended months of rumour and speculation by announcing that its FCB and Draft networks were...

Directors buy stake in Brilliant Media.
June 9, 2006... Brilliant Media, the independent media agency, has released a significant equity stake to seven of its directors. The transfer of a minority stake will see the co-founders, Steve Lane and David Moutrie, retain a majority stake and their...

Farm wins Enjoy England creative business.(Farm Communications Ltd.)(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Enjoy England, the domestic marketing division of Visit-Britain, has hired Farm after a pitch against Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners and St Luke's. The win will mark the agency's first work for a government organisation since it was...

Media Forum: Is there a World Cup ad boom?
June 9, 2006... Has the World Cup delivered the advertising growth predicted? The World Cup must drive some media owners to distraction. Every four years, the first signs of global football fever appear in late spring, as the air grows thick with reports...

Media: Chatter.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... 'Two-and-a-half weeks in, I said: 'Right, there are two ways to do this - walk out or we call the cops.'' - Scott Taunton, the chief executive of UTV Radio, recalls the departure of Kelvin MacKenzie from talkSPORT's London office 'We're...

Media: Julie France becomes managing director of Avanti Screenmedia.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Julie France, the former managing director of Clear Channel UK, has resurfaced as the managing director of Avanti Screenmedia. Avanti runs a network of screens in bars and shopping malls.

Media: Five to launch two channels on Freeview in the autumn.(Channel Five Holdings Ltd.)(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Five is to launch two channels, five US and five life, on Freeview in the autumn. Five US will provide a range of US programming while five life will offer programming aimed at children and women. The broadcaster also plans to make both...

Media: Cinema admissions increased by 28 per cent during April.(Nielsen EDI report)(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Cinema admissions increased by 28 per cent year on year during April, according to figures from Nielsen EDI. The growth was largely due to the Easter period and the success of Ice Age 2: The Meltdown, which had box-office takings of pounds 26.1...

Media: Lisa Opie is leaving Flextech.
June 9, 2006... Lisa Opie, the managing director of Flextech, is leaving the company. Flextech, which runs channels including Living TV, is looking for a replacement.

Media: The Daily Telegraph launches series of property supplements.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... The Daily Telegraph is launching a series of international property supplements. The four titles, launching on 10 June, are 24-page colour tabloids that focus on the implications of buying property abroad.

Media: The Mail on Sunday appoints Amy Michael.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... The Mail on Sunday has appointed Amy Michael to handle its cross-media sales. Michael, previously a digital media strategist at Telegraph Group, will focus on linking the title's print and online activity.

Media: UKTV signs Sure and IPC Media title Nuts as sponsors.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... UKTV has signed Sure Sport For Men and the IPC Media title Nuts as the sponsors of UKTV G2's coverage of the Fifa World Cup. The Unilever deodorant brand will back more than 200 hours of live coverage, while Nuts will sponsor the Football Fever...

Media: Chrysalis Radio launches podcast production arm.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Chrysalis Radio has launched a podcast production arm called Chrysalis Content. The service allows advertisers to produce their own branded content that can be broadcast via Chrysalis' online service or elsewhere online.

Media: The Outdoor Advertising Association wins battle.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... The Outdoor Advertising Association has won a battle to stop a ban on taxi advertising in Edinburgh. The city council had proposed a ban, arguing that advertising on cabs made them unrecognisable to the public as taxis.

Media: Turner Classic Movies signs two sponsorship deals.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... Turner Classic Movies has signed two sponsorship deals with its sister Time Warner company IPC Connect. Woman's Own is to sponsor TCM's Leading Ladies season in June, while Woman's Weekly will sponsor the first three months of TCM's new TCM2...

Media: The Guards Polo Club appoints Luxury Publishing.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... The Guards Polo Club has appointed Luxury Publishing to develop its yearbook for 2007, and develop a separate lifestyle publication. Luxury handles other titles including Cartier International Polo.

Media: LG backs launch of its Chocolate mobile handset with outdoor campaign.(Brief article)
June 9, 2006... LG is backing the launch of its Chocolate mobile handset with an outdoor campaign that features an outsize replica of the phone leaping out of a billboard. The campaign, on six JCDecaux 48-sheet billboards, was developed by Starcom UK. Sites...