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Ipsos’ latest ‘Influential Brands’ research has identified five key pillars that contribute to the overall influence of the UK’s strongest brands. Talking us through the key findings, Jon Weeks, survey director, investigates what makes some brands successful whilst others flounder…

BT has launched into Millward Brown’s Brandz Top 100 ‘most valuable global brands’ for the first time – ranking at number seven in the UK ahead of Barclays and O2, while Vodafone nabs top spot once again.

TalkTalk’s commercial director describes the move as a “Freeview assault” as the company sets its sights on “value-seeking” customers.

Placing the Sun online behind a paywall is an all-or-nothing bet by News International, so you can be certain the company will be throwing a considerable amount of promotional cash at the platform to lure in and maintain readers says Dominic Mills. However, it’s the newsbrand’s competitors who have the most to get excited about – and whoever the first port of call for Sun readers is, the one thing they won’t be doing is putting up a paywall…

With so much news coming out of Google I/O, it’s inevitable some of the announcements won’t get the attention they deserve, so this week Simon Andrews takes a look at the lesser discussed, yet hugely interesting developments.

The last few weeks have seen high profile changes in British production finance and NMG’s John R Barnard believes these will have a significant and beneficial impact on the UK product placement market – opening the doors to UK marketers looking for quality brand integration in long shelf-life films and TV dramas that will travel the world.

Channel 4’s new data offering will enable clients to target the same audiences that they buy on TV on 4OD, such as 16-34s and ABC1s.

Last week’s MediaTel and Primesight event saw a number of senior media executives meet to discuss the merging of out-of-home and mobile – and explain the opportunities and challenges. Hear what panellists had to say in our exclusive online video.

A new neuroscience study launched by Ocean Outdoor captures second by second brain activity and finds that large format digital out-of-home advertising drives ‘strong’ emotional responses that are linked to purchase intent.

In the wake of ‘soda taxes’ – in which governments are seeking to address the huge rise in global obesity – the implications for the likes of Coke are huge – which is why it has launched a new charm offensive. But Coke’s latest campaign is yuck; pure corporate hokum says Dominic Mills, and the idea of it sponsoring a government health campaign is just as ridiculous.