BETC POP, a lab-agency entirely dedicated to pop culture–and an entity within ad shop BETC–has teamed up with Polydor (Universal Music) to create POP Records.
BETC has a long history of relationships with different record labels, including Universal. Together, they have helped a line of edgy artists emerge on a wider scale through advertising collaborations with BETC clients: Disclosure for Lacoste, La Roux for Armani, The Drums for Peugeot, Crystal Fighters for Canal Sat, and The Chemical Brothers for Air France, just to name a few.
The founders of BETC POP–Isabelle Tardieu, Fabrice Brovelli and Christophe Caurret–have always been deeply involved with the music industry. They collectively have a background in artist management (Yuksek, Agoria, Naรฏve New Beaters), publishing (Amadou & Mariam, The Shoes), and experience from working for labels, as DJ’s, producers, music video directors, concert and party organizers (founders of the PANIK parties around the world: Paris, New York, Amman, Bamako). Additionally, the BETC POP partners are musicians themselves.
Rรฉmi Babinet, BETC co-founder, said, “A modern ad agency should be able to offer a lot more than just consulting and traditional campaigns; it should be a media, a producer and an audience generator in itself. This will be central for BETC’s development over the coming years.” Reflecting this philosophy is BETC POP, which is designed to challenge the traditional models of the music industry.
“The teams at Polydor are constantly reinventing themselves to stay on top of a music industry in transformation. We are very proud to welcome BETC POP and this new pop-themed record label,” said Eric Leliรจvre, general manager of Polydor.
SMPTE elects board officers, regional governors
SMPTEยฎ,the home of media professionals, technologists, and engineers, has revealed the board officers and regional governors who will serve terms beginning in January 2025.
Three new officers--Richard Welsh as SMPTE president, Eric Gsell as SMPTE executive VP, and Polly Hickling as SMPTE Education VP--have been elected for a two-year term from Jan. 1, 2025, to Dec. 31, 2026. One SMPTE officer, Lisa Hobbs, will be continuing her service as SMPTE secretary and treasurer for another two-year term. Additionally, Raymond Yeung will be stepping into the role of standards VP on Jan. 1, 2025.
โSMPTEโs membership has spoken,โ said SMPTE interim executive director Sally-Ann DโAmato. โThese officers have been tasked with an important responsibility, one each of them is prepared to tackle head-on. These next two years are looking bright for SMPTE!โ
In addition to the officers, 10 regional governors were elected by the Society to serve two-year 2025-2026 terms.
These include the following regional governors, re-elected to continue their service:
Asia-Pacific Region Governor
Tony Ngai, Society of Motion Imaging Ltd.
EMEA - Central & South America Region Governor
Fernando Bittencourt, FB Consultant
United Kingdom Region Governor
Chris Johns, Sky UK.
USA - Central Region Governor
William T. Hayes, Consultant
USA - Eastern Region Governor
Dover Jeanne Mundt, Riedel Communications
USA - Western Region Governor
Jeffrey F. Way, Open Drives
Also elected were four newcomers to the SMPTE Board:
Canada Region Governor
Jonathan Jobin, Grass Valley
USA - Hollywood Region Governor
Allan Schollnick, Voxx... Read More