Jesse Kohl

Next media star: Genesis Vizeum’s Alice Ho
The final installment of MiC‘s continuing series spotlighting the up and comers. . .

Nike scores Vancouver’s biggest OOH coup
One big race. One big marketer. One really big ad… for Vancouver.

Flashpoint takes #5
BBM/Nielsen Top 30 – July 7-13, 2008
CTV’s summer hit has already made headlines on both sides of the border. On the national chart, it delivered a 1.108 million average on Friday and another 625,000 on Sunday.

Branchez-Vous movies group adds Cinoche.com to roster
The Quebec portal’s BV! Movies group has a new flagship title.

Brad Pitt or Steve Buscemi? Yeah, we thought so . . .
Empire Communities is positioning itself as the hip & happening condo builder in Toronto with a new vanity/celeb-inspired contest with Bell.

TheSoko.com gets a makeover
The female-skewing lifestyle site has relaunched, and there are more sponsorship opportunities.

Next media star: Dentsu’s Flood
MiC‘s continuing series spotlighting the up and comers media shops singled out as being a step ahead, focuses on how Thomas Flood helped put bums in trucks, one hootenanny at a time.

Notes from the mediascape: L.A. Hard Hats launches in Lively
Google’s latest innovation is the launch of a virtual world with portability. And the first brand to sign on is a broadcaster pumping a television premiere.

Energy puts radio stream on iPhone
The Toronto Star, Score Media and now Energy 105.1 FM – the latest in CanCon for the iPhone.

OOH revenue climbs to double digits
Out-of-home advertising spend has grown across several product categories over last year.

CTV rebrands Razer as MTV2
Music and over-the-top attitude for the 12-24 demo – that’s what’s in store for the channel formerly known as Razer.

Free iced tea… on Tetley
The bevco wants one-on-one interactions with street teams to be at the core of a summer sampling tour, but radio buys and a Kellogg’s partnership are also part of the program.

ChickAdvisor launching sponsor-backed video series
From the makers of last year’s Where’d You Get That? comes a new short-form video series… with sponsors and in-restaurant distribution.

Crowd-sourced news site buys online rumour mill
NowPublic is buying Truemors, the brainchild of Guy Kawasaki.

Carat wins Kohler media account
A media review has seen the Kohler brand leave Starcom for Carat.