Analysis: While this proves cinema can still deliver big cultural moments in a way that few media channels can, it’s a pretty high bar to clear regularly.
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Analysis: Viaplay is cutting a quarter of its workforce and pulling out of the US and UK markets after a sharp reversal of fortunes in its international business.
The streaming giant’s ads plan membership has doubled, it said, albeit from an admittedly small base.
In an earnings call, Omnicom Group CEO John Wren insisted that even though advertisers have been looking for flexibility, they are “not walking away from their commitments”.
Exclusive: ViewersLogic, the consumer data platform, has inked a deal to integrate its single-source data panel with Ebiquity’s media investment analysis platform.
Magners has partnered with Good-Loop to create an ad campaign whose revenue will directly fund efforts to support the UK’s struggling bee population.
ITV has said it is no longer “actively exploring” an acquisition for All3Media, the production company behind Gogglebox and Fleabag.
In brief: Acast executives Georgina Holt and Christiana Brenton have left to start a new venture.
The UK TV ad market will decline by 6% in 2023, Channel 4 has forecast, as the broadcaster admitted having to “cancel a handful of shows” in response to trading this year being worse than expected.
Carlsberg, the brewing giant which spends over half a billion pounds on advertising and media annually, has appointed Dentsu’s iProspect as its new global media agency of record.