• BBC Overshadows Netflix At BAFTA TV Awards
    It's the night the BBC saw off Netflix, "The Guardian" declares. The BAFTA television awards saw "The Crown" miss out while "Peaky Blinders", "Three Girls" and "Blue Planet II" dominated the top prize for the BBC.
  • TV Stations Warn Junk Food Ban Would Just Benefit Google
    A coalition of commercial television stations is warning the Government that a ban on pre-watershed junk food ads will simply divert as much as GBP250m a year away from tv stations to the likes of Google, "The Telegraph" reports.
  • Aldi Ad Today Will Feature Sign Language For Deaf Awareness Week
    Aldi is celebration Deaf Awareness Week with an ad during the commercial break in today's Coronation Street which will be signed, "Campaign" reveals.
  • Quarter Of Brits Will Tune Out Once England Knocked Out Of World Cup
    A survey by Oath has found that one in four Britons will tune out of the World Cup once England is knocked out, Netimperative reports. The survey found that fans do not tend to have a favourite alternative team to support once their home nation is eliminated.
  • WPP Shareholders To Revolt Over Handling Of Sorrell's Sacking
    Shareholders are planning to revolt over WPP's secret handling of its ousting of Sir Martin Sorrell. "The Times" reports that shareholders want fuller disclosure about what he was accused of and what the investigation found.
  • Sustainable Brands Grow The Fastest At Unilever
    Unilever's sustainable brands are growing 46% faster than other brands in the FMCG giant's portfolio, "The Drum" reveals.
  • Apple Gives Up On Irish Data Centre Plans
    Apple has given up on plans on building an EUR850m data centre in Ireland after coming up against considerable opposition over the proposed site replacing 500 acres of forested land, "The Telegraph" reports.
  • Truth To Use Blockchain To Allow Consumers To Sell Their Data
    Mobile Marketing is reporting on plans by Truth, the media agency owned by TMG, to use blockchain technology to allow consumers to sell their private data to brands in return for improved offers.
  • 'Bud Bot' Will Link England Fans For World Cup Games
    Budweiser has announced it is to launch the "Bud Bot" through which the beer brand, and World Cup sponsor, will allow fans to chat about the games and vote on issues, such as Man of the Match. It is also launching cups which feature a red light that is activated when noise levels increase, Netimperative reports.
  • MPs Summon CA And Vote Leave Execs To Fake News Enquiry
    MPs have summoned the former head of Cambridge Analytica, Alexander Nix, and Vote Leave campaign director, Dominic Cummings, to appear before a committee investigating fake news. The committee wants to investigate links between the company and the political organisation and whether voters' Facebook data was compromised, the BBC reports.
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