PlayStation UK hands PR brief to The Romans
PlayStation UK has appointed The Romans as its retained PR agency, following a three-month competitive pitch process. The brief, which will span both hardware and software, [...]
Trampoline park Flip Out hires Ready10
Flip Out, the UK’s largest trampoline park operator, has appointed Ready10 to manage the launch of its newest London site at Brent Cross. Founded in Australia in 2012, Flip [...]
Frank to launch Chuck Norris’ latest venture
Frank has been chosen to deliver a PR and SEO campaign and influencer outreach programme around the launch of mobile gaming app ‘Nonstop Chuck Norris’, which is [...]
PR Case Study: The Real Mr Darcy
TV channel Drama wanted to create a PR campaign to promote its Jane Austen season, which would launch on 12 February. To fire up media attention, UKTV’s in-house PR team, in [...]
Gorkana meets… London Live
Approaching its third birthday, London Live is the first and only 24 hour entertainment channel devoted to London. Jim Grice, head of news at London Live, talks to [...]
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment names digital lead
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment has appointed Disney’s Maker Studios’ Ellie Reed to its board as head of digital. At Disney’s Maker Studios, Reed headed up the [...]
Ian Priest named non-exec chair of Pitch Marketing Group
Pitch Marketing Group has today appointed Ian Priest, co-founder of ad agency VCCP, as non-executive chairman. Priest is currently chief executive of global marketing [...]
TVPlayer briefs Clarity PR
Clarity PR has been chosen to handle the consumer PR for live TV streaming service TVPlayer. Founded by Adam Smith, TVPlayer is an online freemium Over The Top (OTT) TV [...]
Frank promotes The Apprentice winner Alana Spencer
Frank is handling the personal PR for 2016 The Apprentice winner Alana Spencer, and will promote her new business venture, Ridiculously Rich by Alana. Frank has worked for [...]
Hope&Glory wins FINAL FANTASY XIV brief
Hope&Glory PR has been retained by game developer Square Enix to handle the PR for FINAL FANTASY XIV across the UK and Nordic regions. The appointment of Hope&Glory [...]
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment names new entertainment lead
M&C Saatchi Sport & Entertainment has promoted Jodie Fullagar to head of entertainment, 10 years after she first joined the agency’s entertainment division as its [...]
Three wins for DawBell
DawBell has won three new PR briefs for ABBA’s 2018 VR reformation tour, British magician Dynamo and Sky Atlantic’s new drama, Riviera. The agency has also been retained by [...]
Sky Arts hires Margaret
Comms agency Margaret has announced its biggest win to date as the retained creative comms agency for Sky Arts, the UK’s only dedicated TV channel for the arts. Margaret has [...]
Blackpool Pleasure Beach hires Rule 5
Blackpool Pleasure Beach has appointed comms agency Rule 5 to deliver a retained brief for the amusement park’s new £16.25m rollercoaster Construction MMXVIII which is [...]
LEGOLAND hires Clarion
LEGOLAND Windsor Resort, the children’s theme park aimed solely at families with children aged 2 to 12, has brought in Clarion Communications as its consumer PR agency. [...]
Cartoon Network briefs Tin Man for new Ben 10 series
Cartoon Network has brought in Tin Man to handle the launch of the new series of its animated children’s series, Ben 10. Ben 10 features Ben Tennyson, who discovers an [...]
NBCUniversal International names CMO
NBCUniversal International has promoted its EVP for marketing and comms, Lee Raftery, to chief marketing officer. Based in London, Raftery steps up from his prior role as EVP, [...]
PR Case Study: No Man’s Sky
To celebrate the release of the highly anticipated space adventure game No Man’s Sky on PlayStation 4, Fever enlisted the help of comedian Bill Bailey to “go where [...]