Viaduct Harbour-based video content company BrandWorld’s successful third party platform Discover is back with a new logo, a new look and feel, new presenters, more flexibility. It also comes fully tailored for a host of different distribution methods from YouTube to On Demand, Sky to TVNZ, mobile to web – but with that same “attention grabbing” power based on its […]
Southern exposure
Anecdotally, there’s been a surge of Jeremy Wells fans checking out their object of desire getting his gear off for Meridian and Barnes, Catmur & Friends.
DDB’s April Fools joke wins Ad of the Month
DDB has won April’s Newspaper Ad of the Month with its BMW April Fools ad. “A refreshing April Fools ad that needed newspapers to work … and it definitely did that,” agreed the judges, acknowledging also the extension to the April Fools ad which ran the next day congratulating the winner.
Ad insights powwow hits the catwalk tonite
Four NZ fashion designers will take to a different kind of catwalk in Parnell tonight to share insights with the ad industry into their competitive brand challenges. A few tickets are still available.
Holden taps Special Group
After a rigorous pitch process, Holden New Zealand has appointed Special Group to be their lead advertising agency partner. The incumbent was Ogilvy.
Arrivals & Departures
Herald on Sunday editor Miriyana Alexander has been appointed to a new and extended senior role – Editor, Weekend Heralds.
Last chance for Digital Day Out earlybird prices
Early bird pricing for Digital Day Out ends at 5pm today (Friday 8 May) and the Marketing Association says there’s still good tickets left.
DDB, Colenso, Clems, Y&R, Cirkus, MediaWorks through in New York finals
New Zealand agencies saw 16 entries achieve finalist status overnight at the New York Festivals International Advertising Awards competition. DDB led the way with seven finalists, Colenso has three, Clemenger and Y&R have two, followed Cirkus and MediaWorks with one apiece.
Wanted: Uninhibited idea with no-limit budget
Entries have opened for the NZME Advertising Challenge, the comp that was launched at last week’s CAANZ Beacon Awards (at which NZME was a major sponsor).
Print Awards crown 2014’s best NZ newspaper
New Zealand Media & Entertainment (NZME) was named NZ’s best newspaper printer in 2014, taking out the annual Newspaper Coldest Process prize over the weekend at the Pride In Print Awards at Wellington’s TSB Arena.
