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Topic: Telecom

Cheaper by the Dozen: TVB Challenges Broadcast Efficiencies Spot TV a better value than national scatter

Local spot TV appears to offer quite a bargain when compared to national scatter market pricing, putting the lie to the notion that one-stop shopping is the only way to…

March 06 2012

George Clooney Celebrates 50 by Doing Lame Italian Ad

Is reluctant ad star George Clooney's latest commercial for Italian telecom Fastweb as witless and egomaniacal as his earlier efforts for the firm? Yes, it is. Why is the sweaty,…

May 10 2011

Congress, Back at Work, Has FCC in Its Sights House Republicans aren't happy with the way the regulator has been going about its business lately, and they're getting ready to do something about it

While Congress has been off on a break over the last two weeks, the five men and women who make up the Federal Communications Commission have been able to breathe…

May 04 2011

You Can't Always Watch What You Want Broadband caps arrive, but video sites mum about threat

The Star Wars cycle. The Lord of the Rings trilogy. The Godfather saga. Imagine all of those in HD, streaming from your Netflix account, and you're imagining somewhere in the…

May 04 2011

The Spot: FiOS in the Fast Lane Verizon escapes a dystopian traffic jam in McCann's latest work

GENESIS: According to Verizon, the average home has 4.5 Internet gadgets—laptops, desktops, TVs, tablets, smartphones, and so on—a number that could approach double digits by 2014. The network that carries…

May 02 2011

A New Kind of Love Story

Not so long ago, you’d assume that a girl alone…

May 02 2011

Boost Mobile Offering Plans Without the Puppets

Here's an amusing little spot from 180 for Boost Mobile. It's populated by ceaselessly upbeat puppets who hound our hero from the moment he wakes up. Like most of this…

April 26 2011

The Spot: Call of the Wild Japanese agency builds a giant xylophone to pitch a cell phone

GENESIS: This abstract and artful Japanese cell-phone spot, which will surely be among the most discussed and awarded ads of 2011, drew its inspiration from a single product feature: the…

April 25 2011

William & Kate Boogie Down the Aisle for T-Mobile

Prince William and Kate Middleton's wedding is just a few weeks away now, but T-Mobile has stolen a bit of the royals' thunder with this amusing video from Saatchi &…

April 17 2011

Silent for a Decade, the Verizon Guy Finds His Voice

The Atlantic has published a profile of Paul Marcarelli, Verizon's "Can you hear me now?" guy. What's next, a three-part series on Flo from Progressive Insurance? But actually, it turns…

April 15 2011

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