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According to Coca-Cola executives, mobile marketing strategy is key to Olympic campaigns, especially when it come to reaching younger consumers. “Mobile is at the heart of many teens' daily lives, connecting them with their family, their friends and their world,” said Kim Siler, mobile brand strategy, global connections at Coca-Cola Co. “Mobile, in turn, is at the heart and foundation of our strategy for London 2012, amplifying those connections with music, relevant content and movement."

The International Olympic Committee is implementing a strict advertising policy in order to protect the 53 official sponsors and Olympic partners from unauthorized advertising. Combining the words "games" or "2012" with other words, including "London," "summer" or "sponsors," could breach the rules, which carry fines of up to 20,000 pounds.

In the summer of 2011, Coca-Cola lifted the lid on the creative process for the first time ever, inviting teens to attend a free festival-style gig featuring GRAMMY award-winning producer Mark Ronson and Mercury Music Prize Nominee Katy B. The gig was filmed and today Coca-Cola is unveiling the first cut of the footage from that event, as the brand launches the global advertising for the Coca-Cola Move to the Beat™ London 2012 Olympic Games campaign.

The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity is pleased to announce that Tham Khai Meng, Worldwide Chief Creative Officer of Ogilvy & Mather, will head up both the Film and Press Juries at the 59th Festival, taking place in Cannes, France, 17-23 June 2012.


Local newspapers brim with advertisements as election candidates in Abu Dhabi take to the stand in the first week of campaigning. The National cites that 30 pages of Arabic adverts were printed in newspapers in the first week. Front page spots in Al Bayan and Al Ittihad are fully booked until the end of the campaign on September 21, 2011.
