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AdNews | March 20, 2017

Havas Media UK has become the first major media agency to pause all advertising from YouTube and the Google Display Network amid concerns over brand safety.Other media agency networks AdNews has approached are closely monitoring the situation but do not have plans for blanket bans at this stage.Havas Media UK joins a growing list of clients in the UK who have also paused their ad spend with Google's display and video networks, including the government, Transport for London, the Financial Con...

Havas | June 20, 2019

French advertising firm Havas, part of media group Vivendi, has agreed to buy Battery, a fast-growing U.S. ad company whose clients include Netflix. The acquisition of Los Angeles-based Battery, which has revenues of around $10 million, will boost Havas’ presence in the United States and allow it to tap into the lucrative and growing sectors of video gaming and streamed entertainment shows. Battery was co-founded in 2013 by entrepreneurs Anson Sowby and Philip Khosid. It will be absorbed i...

Adage India | July 12, 2017

Havas Media Group, India has entered into a strategic partnership with IMC Advertising, a Kerala-based advertising agency to strengthen its footprint in the southern market of India. The announcement was made in a press meet held yesterday in Calicut. Established in 2002, IMC Advertising is based in one of the largest commercial city, Kozhikode (Calicut). The agency is led by A.V Bhanuprakash, Managing Director; Ummer Kutty C.T.P, Executive Director and M.P Ahammed as Chairman....

ksby | January 14, 2020

The U.S. Census kicked off its 2020 campaign Tuesday by unveiling several of its 1,000 advertisements. The campaign will appear on billboards, television, radio, magazines, social media and other outlets. The ads were revealed at a theater in Washington, D.C. Most of us across the country can start filling out the U.S. Census in March either online, by phone or on paper. Officials say it's important to submit confidential information to the census because government leaders use the informati...