“We’ve had two years of change [in MR], my guess is we’ve got another 25 to come…” (Ray Poynter)
 

 EXCLUSIVE  Brand Strategy magazine’s Ruth Mortimer talks about some hot issues in branding such as co-creation and branded content. Ray Poynter talks tech trends. And FDS’s new co-owner and MD, Charlotte Cornish, on the extraordinary story behind her acquisition of FDS

 STARRING 

• Ruth Mortimer, Editor, Brand Strategy Magazine
• Ray Poynter, Director, Virtual Surveys, and Head, The Future Place
• Charlotte Cornish, MD, FDS and Director, Munro Global

Recorded live at ESOMAR CONGRESS 2006

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 EXCLUSIVE  ESOMAR Congress 2006 keynoters Julia Hailes MBE talks about the environment and sustainability, and Interbrand’s Rita Clifton talks about branding and engagement

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• Julia Hailes MBE, prolific environmental author, and Sustainability Consultant
• Rita Clifton, Chairman, Interbrand
• John Kearon, BrainJuicer (Host)

Recorded live at ESOMAR CONGRESS ‘06

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In this thought-provoking chat, Dan O’Donoghue tells Olaf Willoughby why the end of advertising agencies is nigh, why planners should return to their roots as consumer champions, and why researchers shouldn’t expect guidance from ad. agencies during this time of media flux

 STARRING 

• Dan O’Donoghue, Worldwide Strategic Planning Director, Publicis, and author, “Born in 1842 - A History of Advertising”
• Olaf Willoughby, The Willoughby Partnership (Host)

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 GUEST  Semiotician Dr. Rachel Lawes, founder of Lawes Consulting

 TOPICS  Launch of branded communities within MySpace; Researching social communities; Internet key to promoting movies; Advertising blending into content; Semiotics explained; Lawes Consulting breaking into new sectors

 NOTABLE MENTIONS  Halifax Bank, HBOS, Lynx, MTV, MySpace, Snakes on a Plane, Spring Research, Stephen Phillips

Music Brother Love and Slackstring from the PMN

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 GUEST  Ian Wright, MD, OTX Europe

 TOPICS  From $0 to $3m turnover in 9 months; the consumer appetite for video downloads and implications for the movie industry; the first free legal music download service; MR industry letting down graduate trainees; virtual reality research; validating the link between emotive advertising and strong brands

 NOTABLE MENTIONS  AOL, BMRB, (Sony) Bravia, David Brandt, Disney, Honda, IPSOS, MRS Conference, Robert Heath, RSL, Shelley Zalis, Universal Music

Music 2006 Pl@stic Soul and Geoff Smith from the PMN

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 GUEST  Lucy Green, VP of Marketing, Nielsen//NetRatings

 TOPICS  Cinema advertising income up 10%; Surveys can influence purchase decisions; BIG summer party; ESOMAR Congress preview; Weekly show hiatus
NETRATINGS: Internet survey meters; Panel size; Privacy issues; NetRatings vs. comScore; Social media/blog/podcast measurement; NetRatings rolls out expanded panel; Custom analytics; NetRatings vs. online researchers

 NOTABLE MENTIONS  BIG, comScore, David Riley, David Smith, Duke University, ESOMAR Congress, Gailynn Nicks, Gavan Fitzsimons, Gfk NOP, Google, IAB, Illuminas, IPSOS, Nick Thomas, Nielsen Media Research, Phyllis Macfarlane, Royal Bank of Scotland

Music 2006 Pl@stic Soul and Irene from the PMN

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Joseph Jaffe, the innovative marketing thinker, is the author of Life After the 30-second Spot in which he passionately argues for marketers and advertisers to embrace the more imaginative and engaging techniques in an era of media fragmentation and consumer generated media

 STARRING 

• Joseph Jaffe, Author, Life After the 30-second Spot and Founder, Jaffe Juice LLC
• Simon Andrews, Big Picture Ad. agency (Host)

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What’s the state of mobile advertising? And will 2006 prove to be a tipping point as the major players invest more heavily in experimentation and infrastructure?

 STARRING 

• Nick Wiggin, Chairman, Mobile Marketing Association UK
• Simon Andrews, co-founder and joint-head, Big Picture Ad. agency

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TV advertising is gradually becoming sidelined by marketers as doubts grow over it’s effectiveness. In this podcast, we hear from a broadcaster who’s using innovative research to improve its effectiveness

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• Agostino Di Falco, Head of Insight, Viacom Brand Solutions

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