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Heineken escapes ad ban despite complaints it linked booze to sexual success
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 03/10/2015 - 14:59The Advertising Standards Authority has rejected complaints that a Heineken TV ad encouraged excessive drinking and linked alcohol to sexual success.
Is Facebook's first UK campaign a smart move?
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 03/10/2015 - 12:26The social media giant has released its debut UK ad campaign, but will it win any new friends, Gurjit Degun asks.
Vince Vaughn, Tom Wilkinson and Dave Franco subjects of Getty stock-shots
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 03/10/2015 - 12:09English luvvie Tom Wilkinson and US actors Vince Vaughn and Dave Franco are the unlikely stars of a series of cheesily-staged and self-deprecating Getty Images stock-photos being used to promote 20th Century Fox comedy 'Unfinished Business'.
Apple Watch ad eschews exposition and lets the product do the talking
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 03/10/2015 - 10:52The product is very much the star of Apple's ad promoting its much-anticipated (and for tech geeks, long-overdue) Apple Watch - with shots of the smart-timepiece's graceful contours and many customisable faces proving just as loquacious as mere words.
Wrigleys enlists Sophie Ellis-Bextor to encourage kids to chew gum
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 03/10/2015 - 10:48Wrigleys has signed singer Sophie Ellis-Bextor to front a brand campaign that aims to get children chewing gum every day.
The Thinkboxes Awards for TV ad creativity: Shortlist January/February
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Tue, 03/10/2015 - 09:36Busy shoppers ignore pavement abscess in Cancer Research UK TV ad
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 03/09/2015 - 10:44A normal high street roadside is blemished by a football-sized bulge that grows larger with every passing day, while people go about their everyday business seemingly oblivious to the alarming carbuncle - a visual metaphor that forms the basis of Cancer Research UK's latest TV ad.
Watch: behind Women's Aid's 'look at me' interactive billboard campaign
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 03/09/2015 - 10:40A fully interactive billboard campaign was launched last week by Women's Aid and WCRS, demanding the attention of passers-by.
Ennis and McIlroy return in latest Santander campaign
Submitted by Anonymous (not verified) on Mon, 03/09/2015 - 10:34Santander's sporting ambassadors, Jessica Ennis-Hill and Rory McIlroy, return in a new campaign for the bank.