Special Group has made the shortlist in the Entertainment Lions for Music – the only New Zealand agency to qualify.
Y&R notches 2nd Grand Prix – Colenso (Gold) and DDB also score
There’s no stopping Y&R’s Burger King McWhopper campaign in Cannes. Last night McWhopper took out its second Grand Prix – and NZ’s third.
Cyber Gold for Saatchi & Clemenger
Saatchi & Saatchi and Clemenger BBDO Wellington have each picked up Gold Lions in the Cyber category overnight at Cannes. And Colenso BBDO and Y&R both scored Bronze Lions.
Y&R scores Bronze in Creative Data
Y&R won NZ’s only Lion – a Bronze for Brake Living Memories – in the Creative Data category last night.
NZ No 7 in Cannes
New Zealand is enjoying unusually rare success at Cannes, scoring 46 Lions so far (three Grand Prix, 13 Golds, 16 Silvers, and 15 Bronze Lions) and easily outpointing our pals across the Ditch.
Grey’s refugee app ‘a terrible fake’ – but still wins at Cannes
Grey Singapore’s I Sea app to save refugees from drowning, which Aussie site Mumbrella says was called out as a fake by technology experts yesterday, has been removed from the Apple Store and criticised by the client for not working, but has been awarded at the Cannes Lions earlier this week.
The write stuff
Effies 2016 convenor of judges Lew Bentley will lead The Winning Effie Formula entry-writing workshop at AUT Auckland next week – on Thursday 30 June.
iHeartRadio taps Women in Music stars
iHeartRadio is venturing into the concert arena again, signing award-winning American pop power group Fifth Harmony to perform a free live concert on Friday 15 July at the Auckland Town Hall’s Concert Chamber.
Arrivals & Departures: TVNZ ceo joins BNZ board
The Bank of New Zealand has appointed TVNZ ceo Kevin Kenrick to its board of directors. Kenrick will join the board on Friday 1 July as a non-executive director, replacing one of two departing directors, former Fletcher Group executive Susan Macken and founding Landcare Research chief Andy Pearce.
Sky to launch Viceland in NZ
Global youth media company Vice has signed a deal with Sky TV to bring its new “critically acclaimed” 24-hour channel Viceland to New Zealand later this year.
