The Create team at Clear Channel, in conjunction with 3D Exposure and CURB, today launched a UK out-of-home industry first - interactive advertising, amalgamating facial recognition, touch screen and sound. Plan UK’s Because I am a Girl campaign, which highlights the plight of the world’s poorest girls, today launched the groundbreaking interactive ad on a Clear Channel screen on Oxford Street which will run for the next two weeks.

Clear Channel, a leading global media and entertainment company specializing in radio, digital, outdoor, mobile and on-demand entertainment and information, today announced that they have partnered with Madonna to launch a first-of-its-kind worldwide campaign of her latest single and video, “Give Me All Your Luvin’,”utilizing its extensive international media platform in a new and innovative way.  

Clear Channel’s flagship Cromwell Road site will be home to Darth Maul and co for the next two weeks as Twentieth Century Fox and Lucasfilm promotes the first of the iconic Star Wars films to be released in 3D.

Following a competitive tender, Clear Channel UK has retained the long-term contracts held for 20 years, to supply and maintain street furniture in the cities of Norwich and Southampton. The contracts cover more than 600 ad panels across the cities, consolidating Clear Channel’s expanding portfolio. 

This week CURB, the natural media agency, launched the UK’s first dedicated Sensory-Out-Of-Home (SOOH) division. Marrying some of the world’s leading experts, cutting edge multisensory technology and Clear Channel’s media network, advertisers can now augment Out-Of-Home using scent, sound and even taste.

Clear Channel UK has launched Clear Channel Play – a new brand representing its entire digital media portfolio. Clear Channel Play is a new creative and engaging way to connect brands with people when they are active and out-of-home and reflects Clear Channel’s commitment to drive digital expansion across its UK and international network. 

Clear Channel has won the outdoor advertising contract for Westfield Regional which will see more than 100 digital screens installed in top ranking malls in major cities across the UK including Birmingham, Derby and Belfast. CCUK has also won a contract extension with Meadowhall to install new digital screens which, together with Westfield Regional, will expand its digital portfolio by 60%, creating the UK’s largest network of digital mall screens.

The Clear Channel Outdoor Planning awards, held in association with Brand Republic Group, are now open for entry. The awards celebrate effective and intelligent planning of the outdoor medium and, in their successful sixth year, have been expanded to include a new category: Best use of digital in outdoor.

This week a digital campaign is live on three sites across London promoting Universal Pictures new 3D film, Immortals.  The screens show real 3D, seen without glasses, on new improved screens with a sharper, deeper 3D image. Produced by Clear Channel's partner 3D Exposure and bought by Mediacom and Kinetic, this cutting-edge campaign enables consumers to engage with a bespoke 3D trailer on 42” HD screens. 

Outdoor won three gold awards at last night’s Campaign Big Awards – the most out of any category. Adam & Eve, 'harmony house' for John Lewis and Rainey Kelly Campbell Roalfe/Y&R, 'passport stamps' for Land Rover, won gold awards in the Outdoor Individual category. Bartle Bogle Hegarty landed gold in the Outdoor Campaign category for 'say it to get it' for Google. 

Clear Channel has promoted James Fowler to the role of International Sales Manager for Asia Pacific (APAC). James has been at Clear Channel in the UK since 2006, joining straight from university, most recently working as International Account Manager. His move will see him operating out of the Singapore office, expanding Clear Channel's international relationships across the APAC region. 

This week Clear Channel’s Cromwell Road site was taken over for the first time by a FMCG client in spectacular fashion to promote Mϋller’s campaign called ‘Wϋnderful stuff’.  The creative, developed by TBWA, feature classic TV show characters such as Yogi Bear, Mutley, Mr Men and KITT from Knight Rider. The campaign was booked by Mediacom and Kinetic and managed through Fuel/Hi-Resolution.

Clear Channel UK has appointed Nicola Williams as Kinetic Trading Group Head on their National Sales team. Reporting to Sales Controller Simon Wardell, Nicola will be working closely with Kinetic and their clients to drive revenues across the business.  

Clear Channel UK Chief Operating Officer Rob Atkinson has been appointed interim CEO of Adshel, the leading provider of street furniture solutions in Australia and New Zealand. Following the departure of Steve McCarthy, Rob will be on secondment from 1 November until a permanent CEO is appointed.

Clear Channel is launching a new premium brand connection enabling advertisers to creatively engage with target London audiences out-of-home. Available from 28 November 2011, the new LD6 (London Digital 6 Sheet) platform will be the UK’s first roadside digital street furniture network, with 100 72” HD screens being installed in  key locations across the capital, delivering 10.8m impacts per week.

Clear Channel UK has appointed Emma Newman as its new Marketing Director. Reporting to Chief Operating Officer, Rob Atkinson, Emma will sit on the UK Board with responsibility for strategy, planning and implementation across marketing, research and internal and external communications.

Luxury LVMH brand Fendi has booked its first digital out-of-home campaign with Clear Channel’s Create team to launch its new fragrance, Fan di Fendi, during London Fashion Week. Booked and planned by KRMediaCom and Kinetic Worldwide, the London campaign includes two sites in proximity to Somerset House - the landmark headquarters for London Fashion Week, plus one in the retail heart of London - Oxford Street.

Socialite, Clear Channel’s new urban social network of digital screens in pubs and bars across the UK, is open for business. It is the first nationwide in-bar digital portrait network in the UK, delivering high dwell-time for advertisers seeking to engage with a young, affluent audience in their chosen environment. So far, major advertisers including 20th Century Fox, Diageo, EMI, HTC and Sky have signed up to run campaigns across the network.

Cennydd Roberts has been promoted to the new role of Head of Emerging Platforms, reflecting Clear Channel UK’s commitment to work in partnership with new and existing customers as it expands its digital offering and investigates new multi-platform opportunities. Cennydd will be replaced as National Sales Controller by Ged Weston, formerly National Sales Director at JCDecaux.

Warner Bros is promoted Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 with a special build featuring 2D cut-outs of the main characters on Clear Channel's flagship Cromwell Road site this month. The campaign, planned and bought by PHD and Kinetic, managed by Clear Channel’s award-winning Create+Collaboration team and produced by Hi-Rezz, was on display for a two-week period, leading up to the film’s release on the 15 July.