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WPP Buys LA Interactive Agency Schematic, Developer Of New ITV.com

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WPP’s (LON:WPP) digital odyssey continues; the advertising services group is buying Schematic - a Los Angeles-based interactive design agency responsible for the recent ITV.com redesign - for an undisclosed amount, reports The Guardian (via release).

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Led by Trevor Kaufman, Schematic has an impressive list of big-name clients across a range of digital media and also has offices in Boston, New York, Atlanta and San Jose, employing 255. It was responsible for the the new-look ITV.com, which the broadcaster unveiled this summer with on-demand TV catch-up video and live streaming of ITV 1, 2, 3 and 4, and for CNN’s Pipeline player. Schematic pulled in annual revenue of $29.6 million by this March.

WPP has of late acquired MySpace China investor China Broadband Capital Partners, Pennsylvania-based digital agency Refinery and, in the biggest deal, bought ad network 24/7 RealMedia for $649 million. It’s also an investor in VideoEgg. Sir Martin Sorrell’s company posted 10 percent better digital revenues for the first half in August; the CEO has this year stated his desire to see that 25 percent of WPP revenue comes from digital within five years.

Update: Schematic will sit within WPP Digital and will work primarily with its media investment management arm GroupM, according to the release.

Sep 10, 2007 7:45 AM ET

Posted In: Advertising, Marketing, Money, M&A & Venture Capital, Mergers & Acquisitions, Companies, ITV, WPP

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