The celebrated SXSW festival – which began in Austin, Texas to celebrate the convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries – is reaching out to NZ and Australia.
Spark set to buy telco minnow
Spark has filed notice of its intention to make a full takeover offer for 100% of the fully paid ordinary shares in TeamTalk Limited at an offer price of 80 cents per share.
Gunn taps world-beating Colenso, Y&R
NZ agencies Y&R and Colenso BBDO are again making headlines offshore with two of our best ads from last year. This time the focus comes from UK’s The Gunn Report 2016– just out overnight.
Arrivals & Departures: GM exits Freeview, Sky team grows, Marketo taps COO
Freeview has announced the pending departure of its long-serving general manager, Sam Irvine, who is leaving in March to take up the role of chief operating officer at Isthmus Group.
D&AD signs another Kiwi
D&AD London has engaged six creative superstars as headline speakers for the D&AD Festival in April. The list features LA-based Kiwi radio DJ Zane Lowe (son of Radio Hauraki co-founder Derek Lowe).
Federer-Nadal helium ad funny – and phony!
Brisbane radio station Hot 91 appeared to get the context confused when they posted a very amusing video of Roger Federer & Rafael Nadal trying to shoot an ad for a charity tennis match while they were – allegedly – stoned on helium.
Colenso tackles Samsung disaster head-on (updated)
Colenso BBDO is taking the offensive with its new campaign for Samsung NZ, as the telco giant grapples with the global fallout from its Note7 battery explosions.
Done good?
The Asia-Pacific Tambuli Awards, a global competition which honours effective advertising for good, is accepting entries – and is now inviting NZ agencies to enter work.
Arrivals & Departures: US taps Exit director
Sydney-based director Kiku Ohe, who is represented in Australia & New Zealand by Exit Films, has joined Los Angeles commercial production house Superprime for representation across the USA.
FCB swim-dumb ad is saving lives
Five weeks ago, FCB launched its first campaign for Water Safety NZ in partnership with ACC. “The Swim Reaper has been hanging out at swimming spots around New Zealand this summer, and armed with a seriously dark sense of humour, he’s been saving lives by encouraging deaths,” says FCB PR executive Katie Smith.
