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Data: Effectiveness success from 2023 Xmas TV ads
Christmas TV ads in 2023 have delivered a 67 percentile improvement on effectiveness – based on metrics from Kantar, including consumer enjoyment, entertainment and the incorporation of the brand – compared with 2021 when festive campaigns languished in the bottom 16 per cent of all ads on average. Using facial coding technology, which analyses viewers…
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BBC announces Charles III doc
The BBC has announced Charles III: The Coronation Year – a new 90-minute documentary made by Oxford Films for BBC One and iPlayer. The film will offer a unique insight into the life of King Charles III and Queen Camilla and take viewers behind the scenes of the first year of the reign of King…
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RMG, Tabcorp announce Australia, NZ partnership
Tabcorp and Racecourse Media Group (RMG) have announced a new partnership to serve audiences in Australia and New Zealand. The five-year term commences on January 1st 2024 The arrangement will see Tabcorp distribute its suite of Sky Racing channels in the territory for tote (pari-mutuel) wagering for RMG’s British and Irish content, as well as…
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Who Are You Laughing At?
<!– SHOW ARTICLE –> Sidesplitting laughs are in store with two great comedians taking the stage at Wheeling Island this weekend. “The Real” John King will be the feature comedian and funnyman Bob Jay will be the headliner. The show will take place today, Friday, Nov. 24, at The Comedy Club in the showroom at…
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Brett K. Thompson
Brett K. Thompson Oct. 18, 2023, Brett K. Thompson received his final wings of flight. The angels came and took him to Heaven, where his pain and suffering will no longer be. Born Jan. 6, 1964 to the late Merle and Sharleen Thompson, he attended Falconer High School and for a short time worked for…
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Many warmed up for holiday in Toronto run
A HOLIDAY WARMUP — Many turned out on Thursday morning to walk or run in the eighth-annual T-Town Turkey Trot, a Toronto tradition that raises money for the Helping Hands Food Pantry. This year’s event drew 83 participants and raised $3,000. — Warren Scott <!– SHOW ARTICLE –> TORONTO — While the temperature on Thanksgiving…
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Davis Cup: Sumit Nagal, Sasi Mukund refuse to travel to Pakistan
New Delhi: India’s top two singles players Sumit Nagal and Sasi Kumar Mukund have conveyed to the national tennis federation that they won’t travel to Pakistan for the next Davis Cup tie and the baffled All India Tennis Association (AITA) has decided to discuss the players’ refusal at its next executive committee meeting. Nagal is…
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Britain emerges champions in inaugural litter-picking World Cup
Tokyo: The inaugural SpoGomi World Cup, an initiative aimed at raising awareness of environmental issues was won by Britain when 21 teams from around the world gathered in Tokyo. The teams of three from countries as far afield as Australia and Brazil scoured the streets of Shibuya and Omotesando for 90 minutes over two sessions…
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The StandardX lifestyle hotel brand joins the marketplace
Hotel company Standard International has unveiled a new lifestyle hotel brand, The StandardX, which is said to be a youthful reinvention of the core brand, The Standard. In a press release, the company explained that “The Standard is no stranger to reinvention” and that the “new hotel concept… takes the iconic brand back to its…
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Kimball Theater Reopens in Merchants Square this Weekend
Kimball Theater is reopening on Nov. 25. (Colonial Williamsburg Foundation) WILLIAMSBURG — The doors of the historic Kimball Theater are opening Saturday to once again delight the public. The Williamsburg Theater was first opened in January 1933. An official Radio Keith Orpheum theater (RKO), it was owned by John D. Rockefeller Jr. Other popular RKO…