AN M-PRESSIVE ADDITION

Over the past 18 months, we’ve stamped a big, Franklin Rae-sized footprint across the international creative media industries; working with clients from Ireland to Malaysia, Portugal to the Philippines, the Netherlands to the United States. Earlier this year, we added Africa to our roster – through triple-play provider Zuku – and are delighted to increase our presence in the region further with the signing of South African pay-TV platform M-Net.

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CAMBRIDGE CALLING

CAMBRIDGE CALLING

Industry gossip was on the menu at FRC HQ on Monday morning as the team returned from the Royal Television Society’s flagship Cambridge Convention. The biannual event – the UK’s preeminent high-level gathering of broadcasting executives – was held across three days last week; at which we ran the event’s press office…not to mention attend a few sessions and sample the culinary delights of Kings College’s Great Hall.

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FRANKLIN RAE BOLSTERS SENIOR TEAM

Our team prides itself on being the best in the business – just ask our clients – and this month, we’re excited to add yet more quality to our ranks in the form of Leo Kellgren-Parker.

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OUR FRIENDS IN THE NORTH

Fetlar, one of the most stunning islands in the UK, is likely to be the centre of media attention as it becomes one of the key locations for forthcoming movie Between Weathers. We are proud to be working with Fetlar Developments Limited to develop media awareness within this ambitious community in light of all Fetlar has to say.

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EDUCATION, EDUCATION, EDUCATION

We’re over the moon to be working with Stealth Education, an educational gaming and app developer, to launch the first of its digital education projects, Gobby. The innovative app teaches English idioms to those who are already fluent in the language, but who find themselves being tripped up by that very British invention, the obscure colloquial phrase.

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A NICE PAIR

A NICE PAIR

After being shortlisted for the PR Week Awards last week, we’re doubly thrilled to learn that we’ve also reached the final four in the B2B PR Agency of the Year category at the B2B Marketing Awards 2011. And, as defending champions, this one’s extra special.

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TELLING THE TRANSMEDIA STORY

Transmedia is proving one of the buzzwords of 2011 as producers and rights owners race to exploit a proliferation of platforms, the much-hyped ‘second screen’ and new and innovative ways through which to consume content. So, what better time to be working with one of the world’s leading transmedia content producers? [...]

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FRANKLIN RAE SHORTLISTED BY PR WEEK

With awards season fast approaching, we were thrilled this week to discover we’ve been shortlisted for the PR Week Awards 2011 – ‘the industry’s Oscars’. Jill & Leigh will be dusting down their gladrags for the glittering awards ceremony at Grosvenor House in October, where we will compete against six other agencies in the Boutique Consultancy of the Year category.

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SMS SOS FOR WESTERN BRANDS LOOKING EAST

We’ve established some strong connections in Asia over the past 18 months, working with a whole host of exciting companies across its rapidly-developing media landscape and giving us – as you may well imagine – a unique take on all things East. Drawing on her recent trip to Malaysia and [...]

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SWEET DREAMS ARE MADE OF THIS

We’ve come a long way, baby…but we always relish the opportunity to return to our programme publicity roots. This month sees us join forces once again with long-running client Raw Television to promote the network TX of its documentary, The Real Sleeping Beauty.

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