Brief

A 2m press campaign through BMP DDB launches this week for Sony Consumer Products Group. The ads will showcase individual Sony products, including a Sony Home Video Centre and its CMD-Z1 mobile telephone. The ads are intended to show Sony’s innovative abilities, rather than simply focusing on major products such as its Walkman.

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