During mental health awareness week, ITV announces that World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has won its inaugural Head First award, winning 1 million pounds worth of advertising airtime in a new initiative that shines a spotlight on mental wellbeing. The Head First award builds on ITV’s hugely successful Britain Get Talking campaign, and asked […]
ITV has announced the launch of its new Head First Award. An advertiser-facing industry initiative, where the ambition is to inspire other brands to join us in shining a spotlight on mental wellbeing and inspiring positive action. In a press release, ITV explained: “ITV sits at the heart of popular entertainment, reflecting and connecting with […]
TV advertising investment in the UK increased by over £1 billion (€1.2bn) in 2021 to reach a total of £5.46 billion, an increase of 24 per cent on 2020 (and 11 per cent up on pre-pandemic 2019). This represents a record level of investment in TV advertising. The previous high of £5.28 billion was in […]
Thinkbox, the marketing body for commercial TV in the UK, has revealed that Tess Alps, its founding CEO and current non-executive Chair, has decided to retire at the end of the year. Alps set up and became Thinkbox’s first CEO in 2006 and has been a guiding light ever since. In 2018, she received the […]