News for May 2006
- HMV offers mobile payments service
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The new Txt2Buy service allows consumers to respond immediately to HMV adverts appearing in the national and lifestyle press, using their credit/debit cards
- May 31, 2006
- Advertising, Mobile, Retail
- Bebo overtakes MySpace in the UK
- Internet research firm Hitwise reports that Bebo overtook MySpace in share of UK visits, rising to claim the number one position in the Hitwise UK Net
- NTL bolsters senior staff following expansion
- James Kydd is joining as managing director, marketing and Ashley Stockwell is joining as managing director, brand. James and Ashley will prepare for
- WhiteSmoke launches online language tool
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The online ‘date profiling’ program will initially be used to help single people promote themselves in a more articulate and powerful manner on dating and
- May 31, 2006
- Public, Technology
- Vodafone suffers record loss
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The losses were largely attributed to a writing down the value of assets in Germany and Italy.
The network incurred one-off costs of more than
- May 30, 2006
- Multimap hands ad serving account to AdTech
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Under the deal, AdTech will host and managing advertising campaigns across the globe on www.multimap.com , replacing the mapping firm’s own in-house
- May 30, 2006
- Advertising, Marketing, Media
- 3 launches mobile World Cup TV show
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Berlin or Bust, which airs on 5 June, will take an irreverent look at the tournament, providing fans with previews and reviews of every day’s action
- May 30, 2006
- Framfab makes senior appointments
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Charlie Cannell and Sally Brocklebank join the London team as Client Service Directors.
Cannell joins from Edelman PR, where he worked on both the
- May 30, 2006
- UpMyStreet runs geo-targeted campaign for Ikea
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Designed to promote the recent refit of IKEA’s superstores in Wembley and Croydon the campaign includes geo-targeted placements in the postcodes near
- May 30, 2006
- ITN takes news mobile on i -mode
- The new i-mode site from ITN will feature home, world, business and entertainment news,plus breaking news bulletins, in both text and video form.