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Collaboration, Leaps of Faith, Technology: How to Keep TV Vibrant

Nick Bampton | Posted 18.05.2013 | UK
Read More: Advertising Week, Awe, TV Advertising, Channel Five, Advertising, Tv Adverts, Adverts, Uktv, Advertising Week Europe, Tv, UK Media, UK News
Nick Bampton

As a child of the 70s, one of the things that used to provoke lots of debate in my classroom was finding consensus on what were the best ads. Up there with the greatest were: the Oxo family, the Gold Blend affair, the Cadbury's Smash Martians (my favourite), the Milky Bar Kid and many, many more.

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Smart TVs: Making Offline as Measurable as Online?

Sri Sharma | Posted 21.09.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Pay-Per-Click, Smart Tv, Advertising, TV Advertising, UK Media, UK Tech News
Sri Sharma

Online advertising, and paid search advertising in particular, has been held up as the ideal for marketing because of its measurability and the level of tracking it offers. Conversely, offline advertising is inherently difficult to track.

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Paddy Power Reined In Over 'Offensive' Horse Racing TV Ad

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 16.05.2012 | UK
Read More: Betting, Horses, Video, Paddy Power, Facebook, Tv Adverts, Cheltenham Festival, TV Advertising, UK News

A Paddy Power TV advert shown ahead of a major horse race that featured transgender people has been ruled as offensive – because it invited viewers ...

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Breastfeeding Oreo Advert Sparks Outrage

The Huffington Post UK | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 20.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Orea Breastfeeding Advert, Kraft Foods, Leaked Tv Advert, Oreos, Oreos Tv Advert, UK News, Slideexpand, Breastfeeding, TV Advertising, UK Lifestyle News

Oreo cookies have come under fire after a controversial advert featuring a breastfeeding baby with the slogan; ‘Milk’s Favourite Cookie’ was lea...

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Vagina 'Brightener': Indian Feminine Hygiene Product Promises To Make Genitals 'Many Shades Fairer'

Huffington Post UK | Sara C Nelson | Posted 19.06.2012 | UK
Read More: Feminine Hygiene, Video, Vagina Whitening, UK News, Bollywood, Adverts, Vagina, Slidepollajax, TV Advertising, UK Lifestyle, Skin-Lightening, UK News

An Indian feminine hygiene product is promising to "brighten" the skin around the vagina. A 25-second TV advert for Clean & Dry Intimate Wash feat...

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Parents Unite Against Junk Food Ad 'Pester Power'

PA/The Huffington Post UK | Posted 07.03.2012 | UK Universities & Education
Read More: Junk Food, UK News, Children Advertising, Advertising, Comres, UK Media, Tv, UK Parents, UK Children, UK Lifestyle, TV Advertising, UK Universities & Education News

Parents are backing a ban on junk food and sugary snacks being advertised on television before 9pm, a survey published on Wednesday reveals. Nearly...

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Watch and Surf - TVs, PCs, Smartphones and the rise of the Dual Screener

Dean Donaldson | Posted 28.04.2012 | UK Tech
Read More: Broadcasting, Digital TV, Smartphone, Digital Media, Convergence, Online Advertising, Future Technology, Smart Television, Smart Tv, Tablet, TV Advertising, UK Tech News
Dean Donaldson

Mobile browsing while watching the TV? We're a nation of 'Dual Screeners' and advertisers are learning new tricks to keep us engaged.

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Mental Illness and Stigma - Interpretations of a Recent TV Advert

Dr. Sohom Das | Posted 01.04.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Mental Illness, Psychiatry, Stigma, Frank-Bruno, Vinnie Jones, Mental Health, Patients, TV Advertising, Uktv, UK Lifestyle News
Dr. Sohom Das

I've been around many people with mental illnesses in my career. Some can be challenging and difficult, but the majority are friendly, pleasant and thoughtful. I've also been around many more people without mental illnesses in my life. It is the same.

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Citroën TV Ad Banned Over Epilepsy Claims

The Huffington Post | Kyrsty Hazell | Posted 18.01.2012 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Citroen, UK News, Banned Advert, Epilepsy, Tv Watchdogs, Television Advertising, Citroen Advert, UK Health News, Advert Banned, TV Advertising, UK Lifestyle News

A TV advert featuring a series of flashing images by car maker Citroën has been banned following complaints from viewers claiming it triggered epilep...

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Kyrsty Jade Hazell

VIDEO: Remember These Classic Retro TV Adverts?

HuffingtonPost.com | Kyrsty Jade Hazell | Posted 18.11.2011 | UK Lifestyle
Read More: Eggs, British Nutrition Foundation, Ukhealth-News, UK News, Adverts, Protein, Nostalgic, Ukfood, Cambridge University, Go to Work on an Egg, TV Advertising, UK Lifestyle News

The 'Go To Work On An Egg' slogan, which launched in the 1950s followed by the famous 1965 advert featuring Tony Hancock, is set to make a comeback af...

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Why Bill Hicks was Wrong

Mat Morrisroe | Posted 23.11.2011 | UK Entertainment
Read More: Television, Cern, UK Entertainment, Advertising, Bill Hicks, Music, UK Comedy, Comedy, TV Advertising, Tv Ads, UK Entertainment News
Mat Morrisroe

What Bill Hicks said was 'let me tell you something right now, you can print this in stone and don't you ever forget it, any performer who ever sells a product on television is for now and all eternity removed from the artistic world'. Bill Hicks was wrong. There, I said it.

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