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Visa Spreads Good Cheer in London 2012 Campaign Send recorded cheers to Visa's Olympic athletes

Visa's campaign from TBWA\Chiat\Day in Los Angeles for this summer's Olympic Games is based on the insight that fans like to cheer for athletes at sporting events. Boy, the focus…

May 9, 2012, 9:47 AM EDT

Argentina Angers Britain With Falklands-Themed Olympics Ad Fernando Zylberberg trains on the islands

There's nothing like a little gratuitously aggressive nationalism to build drama and suspense ahead of the Olympic Games. Argentina is providing just that with a new commercial starring Fernando Zylberberg,…

May 4, 2012, 12:01 PM EDT

'Women's Health' Is Having a Twitter Party Partners with P&G to get social for Olympics

The 2012 London Olympics are being branded the first "social games." To capitalize on what's expected to be a large amount of online chatter surrounding the events, Rodale’s Women’s Health…

April 24, 2012, 3:52 PM EDT

International Olympic Committee Launches Social Hub Ahead of Games Will run text chats with athletes

Social media will dominate this year’s Olympics. I know, you’re shocked. Following up on last week’s news that Samsung’s Olympic Genome Project is now live, the International Olympic Committee today…

April 18, 2012, 3:16 PM EDT

P&G Salutes Mothers Once Again in Stirring Olympic Spot 'Thank you, Mom' campaign returns

With so much political crossfire lately over the role of mothers, it's great to see the return of Wieden + Kennedy's universally heartwarming "Thank you, Mom" campaign for Procter &…

April 17, 2012, 2:50 PM EDT

Data Points: Game On Broadband is going for the gold in the London Summer Olympics, with half of fans saying they plan to watch this year's live events online

This summer, athletes will go for the gold at the Olympic games in London, while digital technologies will break their own records for viewing. With the emergence of high-def video…

April 4, 2012, 6:32 AM EDT

Pantene Signs On for London Hair care brand backs Olympic athletes in hopes of reaching female viewers

Pantene is pushing for female Olympics fans. At a press conference late last week, the hair care brand announced a new sponsorship for the 2012 games in London this summer. As…

January 30, 2012, 12:01 AM EST

Ad of the Day: Cadbury Dairy Milk Cadbury's underwater singers attempt to inspire, but things get a little weird

Cadbury Dairy Milk isn’t afraid of head-scratching advertisements. In the past, the company has given us everything from dancing monks to magically animated thrift-store apparel—none of which has had much…

November 2, 2011, 2:46 PM EDT

NBC Hands 2012 Olympics Duties to 'Today' Producer He'll continue to run the morning show

This morning, NBC is set to announce that it’s handing over the top production job for the 2012 Olympics to Jim Bell, executive producer of the network’s Today show. Because Bell…

August 30, 2011, 11:11 AM EDT

Illustration: David Plunkert
The Olympics: ESPN Upends TV Sports The cable network is expected to dominate the post-Dick Ebersol era bidding on the Games this week

Minutes after Dick Ebersol parted ways with NBCU CEO Steve Burke on the afternoon of May 19, the 63-year-old NBC Sports chairman returned to his office on the 15th floor…

June 6, 2011, 6:25 AM EDT

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