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The RAF Regiment Reframes Monday Mornings to Recruit Gen Z
The RAF Regiment’s ‘What Does Your Monday Look Like?’ by Wonderhood uses GoPro-shot footage and Monday-only media buying to reach 16-to-24-year-olds.
Aug 203 min read


The AA Rescues a Hamster Called Pinky in an Emotional New Spot From The Gate
The AA’s ‘It’s OK, I’m with The AA’ from The Gate races a sick hamster to the vet — a deliberate pivot from rescuing cars to looking after people.
Aug 203 min read


Dolmio Brings Back Its Puppet Family for Its Biggest Campaign in a Decade
Mars-owned Dolmio revives its famous puppet family for its 40th anniversary in its most ambitious campaign in over a decade — a bet on distinctive brand assets.
Aug 203 min read


Disney bets on handmade craft for World Princess Week
Disney's World Princess Week short by Fallon and Alex Prager leans on bigatures, puppets and a live orchestra — a deliberate handmade craft flex against AI content.
Aug 193 min read


EE Structures: the concrete specialist letting its work do the talking
How London RC-frame and groundworks specialist EE Structures wins work by capturing its live sites on camera — turning everyday delivery into a brand asset.
Aug 193 min read


French radio takes DAB+ to national TV to defend the dashboard
French radio's 'Ensemble pour le DAB+' ran a national TV campaign to defend the car dashboard as DAB+ targets 80% coverage — a category-wide defence play.
Aug 183 min read


France Televisions posts record audiences for the Tour de France Femmes
France Televisions posted record Tour de France Femmes audiences — a 32.9% share and 23.2m viewers — strengthening the commercial case for women's sport.
Aug 183 min read


Jamie Oliver fronts a Life360 microdrama — and shows what brands are buying now
Jamie Oliver stars in 'Finding Jamie', a Life360 microdrama by Baby Teeth — bringing the vertical, serialised format into mainstream UK brand marketing.
Aug 183 min read


Cuisinart's 14-part 'sitcom' is a masterclass in feed-native branding
Cuisinart swaps product shots for a 14-part non-linear comedy series built for TikTok, Reels and Shorts.
Aug 172 min read


BFM TV bets its 2026-27 schedule on the 2027 election
France's BFM TV rebuilds its 2026-2027 schedule around the 2027 presidential race, with new shows and vertical social content.
Aug 173 min read


Lactalis backs Seriously Spreadable with a £1.2m TV push
Lactalis UK & Ireland puts £1.2m behind a reprised Seriously Spreadable TV ad. Marketing Minute on why consistency and share of voice beat novelty in FMCG.
Aug 123 min read


Confused.com brings British idioms to life with puppets
Confused.com and Leo UK bring British idioms to life with handcrafted animal puppets. Marketing Minute on fame-building in a grudge-purchase category and the AI-plus-craft model.
Aug 123 min read


France 2 tops July as M6 posts its best month in 20 years
French TV audience data for July 2026 shows France 2 leading on 17.0%, ahead of TF1, while M6 recorded its strongest month in two decades on World Cup football — reshaping the buy for advertisers.
Aug 43 min read


Beefeater 0.0 revives Jamiroquai's ‘Virtual Insanity’ for the no/lo era
Beefeater 0.0's new Lucky Generals campaign reanimates Jamiroquai's 1996 ‘Virtual Insanity’ as a sequel — a nostalgia-led play riding the fast-growing no/lo drinks trend.
Aug 42 min read


UK TV’s tale of two markets: linear stalls as addressable jumps 15.5%
The latest AA/WARC Expenditure Report shows UK ad spend hit £11.7bn in Q1 2026 (+9.3%). But TV’s 0.8% headline hides a split: linear flat, addressable up 15.5%.
Jul 313 min read


Pets at Home makes 'The Perfect Poo' the hero — the smartest gross-out in UK retail
Pets at Home has built a national campaign around 'The Perfect Poo' — a cheeky but genuinely diagnostic sign of the right pet food — turning staff expertise into a talkable idea. Here's the lesson for retailers.
Jul 302 min read


Beldray makes its TV debut as ITV woos first-time advertisers
Homeware brand Beldray’s first-ever TV campaign, run through ITV’s spend-matching Backing Business scheme, is a template for how UK SMEs can finally afford television.
Jul 283 min read


Video budgets hit strongest level in almost two years
Video is the standout winner in the latest IPA Bellwether as marketers back moving-image formats across social and connected TV.
Jul 202 min read


Your Biggest Competitor Isn't Another Brand. It's Distraction.
Today's brands are no longer competing only with other brands. They're competing with every notification, every scroll, every video and every piece of content fighting for a consumer's attention.
Jul 162 min read


“Shorts of the Future”: YouTube Adds Veo 3 AI Video Generation — What It Means for Marketers
One Minute Summary YouTube is embedding Google’s Veo 3 directly into Shorts, letting creators generate short, stylised clips from prompts — with native audio — inside the app.
Sep 25, 20253 min read
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