Sugar&Partners has won the Hubbards advertising business. There appears not to have been a formal pitch, but Hubbards marketing director Rebecca Bergs told M+AD this morning that they did “look at other agencies”.

NZ was the 11th most awarded country in the 2015 Gunn Report for Media, published overnight in London. The top three were the US, UK and India; Australia was #4.

Facebook has introduced new features for video ads, including automated captioning for sound-off videos and other video updates.

Indian students make a significant contribution to the NZ economy, says Media Design School ceo Darryn Melrose – who was ceo of M&C Saatchi and Aim Proximity Auckland in 2009-2012 – writing in a guest column in yesterday’s NZ Herald.

APAC-wide mobile advertising company Big Mobile has launched Creative Impact, a suite of products and capabilities focused on helping advertisers achieve “a step-change in the calibre of mobile creativity”.

New Zealand radio enters a new phase of audience measurement this year when Europe-based research company GfK delivers its first NZ radio survey on May 5.

New Zealanders are being invited to offer their views on advertising to children, including food, in a major review of the compulsory codes of practice for the advertising industry.