All Marketing articles – Page 5
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Public Affairs
Three UK’s “real 5G” ad banned after Vodafone, BT complaints
Three UK’s “misleading” 5G advertising campaign was banned after complaints from Vodafone UK (VfUK) and BT.
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Scottish Rugby, BT partner on VR experience
Scottish Rugby and BT collaborated on a virtual reality (VR) fan experience.
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ASA upholds BT complaint against Three UK ad
The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) upheld a BT Consumer complaint against a 5G advertising campaign by Three UK. BT and Vodafone UK challenged Three’s claim that, “if it’s not Three, it’s not real 5G”.
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Advertising authority calls out BT
BT fell foul of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) over videos aired on TV and the BT website in January 2019.
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Deutsche Telekom eyes wider role for Magenta brand
DT is signalling plans to license the Magenta brand to create new strategic alliances that could compete with Vodafone’s Partner Markets arrangements.
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T-Mobile US challenged over TVision promotion
TMUS was challenged over statements promoting TVision Home, its fledgling pay-TV product. Cable rival Charter Communications took an official challenge to self-regulatory body the National Advertising Division.
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Magyar Telekom fined for misleading advertising
Magyar Telekom was fined HUF 670m (€1.9m) by competition authority Gazdasági Versenyhivatal for misleading advertising.
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Vodafone drops Unitymedia brand as legal action looms
German OpCo appears sanguine over legal challenge to Unitymedia merger approval. Hannes Ametsreiter hails new era with “one network, one brand, one tariff”.
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Suppliers & SCM
Vodafone Group media agency rehash
Group refashions its relationship with media agencies, rather than ditching them, after recent in-sourcing of some of its advertising procurement.
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Virgin Media bites back in Bristol billboard campaign
Virgin Media UK took a pop at BT’s fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) advertising in the city of Bristol by branding it as “dubious” and “unsubstantiated”.
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BT plays 4-3-3 against football obstacles
BT’s 4-3-3 campaign got underway, tackling obstacles in grassroots disability, para, and women’s football.
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BT Halo gets new marketing push
BT launched its latest marketing campaign for BT Halo, the premium converged service family it debuted in 2019.
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Deutsche Telekom eyes challenge to Vodafone’s alliance network
Vodafone has been using Partner Market arrangements since 2002 to create a strategic presence outside its own network footprint. DT is now signalling plans to create competing alliances.
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O2 Germany partners with CTS Eventim
Telefónica Deutschland (O2 Germany) and German event ticketing platform provider CTS Eventim have forged a partnership to run for the next several years.
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Products & Services
Movistar Car free for a month
Movistar is offering free activation and a month’s subscription to its Movistar Car service as part of seasonal promotions.
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O2 Germany acquires marketing platform Tarifhaus
O2 Germany acquired 100% of the shares in Tarifhaus, a Munich-based online marketing platform for mobile tariffs
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Vodafone promotes 5G networks with EV call
Vodafone Portugal used its 5G network to stream a 4K call to a Renault electric vehicle.
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Deutsche Telekom obtains preliminary injunction against Lemonade to prevent magenta use
Deutsche Telekom (DT) obtained a “preliminary” injunction against US-based insurance provider Lemonade, preventing it from using the colour magenta in its branding in Germany.
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Openreach agrees four-year sponsorship deal with Ulster Rugby
Openreach agreed a four-year sponsorship contract with Ulster Rugby, starting from the current 2019/20 season.
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MPDFT seeks to ban Vivo Ads’ geolocation feature
Investigation into data use may give insight into parameters of privacy law in Brazil. However, suggestions of potential impropriety at the operating business cast a shadow over Vivo attempts to position itself as a data privacy champion.