New radio network hits the airwaves

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MediaWorks Radio this week launched New Zealand’s newest radio network, Magic, which targets all people 50-69 year-olds, and celebrates the music and culture that shaped this audience’s formative years with a playlist that ranges from Elvis to the Bee Gees and The Everly Brothers.

Arrivals & Departures

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Women now outnumber men on TVNZ board: Sussan Turner has been appointed to the board of TVNZ, eight months after she stepped down as MediaWorks group chief executive.

Richer, deeper engagement

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Exponential Interactive NZ has unveiled its new proprietary, scalable video ad formats, VDX – which allows single brand experience across multiple screens, and provides ad experiences aimed to drive deeper, authentic audience engagement.

It’s showtime!

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Make sure you polish your shoes for tonight’s sold-out Beacon Awards 2015 (held in association with NZME), suggests CAANZ events manager Natashia Stichbury. “You may just win $1000 in the Best Dressed category at this evening.”

S&P wins tourism digital pitch

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Incumbent Sugar&Partners have beaten back three unnamed agencies in New Zealand to secure the South Australia Tourism account – this time for a digitally led interactive campaign.

The truth hurts when you ask the wrong question

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By Bryan Melmed, VP Insights, Exponential: In Douglas Adams’ The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, a super computer named Deep Thought takes seven and a half million years to give his famous answer to the meaning of life. Which, if you missed it, was ‘42’.

Where eagles fly

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New Zealand Golf has forged a two-year partnership with NZME Radio and its lead brand Newstalk ZB, targeting all those who love golf.

Colenso, Whybin, Alt win at D&AD

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Colenso BBDO has won three Pencils in the Radio category on the first day of D&AD judging in London – two were for Mars K9FM, the other for Mars Talkies. Whybin\TBWA\Dan Auckland won one Pencil for NZME Talk Rugby Like a Pro in the Writing for Design category, and Alt Group Auckland picked up one Pencil for Twenty Six Characters […]