The Gunn Report has selected 20 TV commercials which they believe may win a Cannes Film Lion this year. The list includes two from New Zealand – NZTA Mistakes and NZTA Blazed (both out of Clemenger BBDO Wellington).
BMW NZ has appointed RAPP as its CRM agency, and Dynamo as its media agency. Twenty was the incumbent on BMW, but Dynamo was already in the mix on a short-term contract with BMW.
Saatchi & Saatchi set fire to a specially constructed billboard to launch Sealord’s new range of hot smoked salmon.
Kiwi director Nathan Price has just shot a TVC for Samsung’s new curved UHD TV – the second time the manufacturer chose NZ and a NZ director for a global shoot (see preceding story). Samsung NZ took the opportunity to do an in-depth interview:
CAANZ has issued its entry call for Effie 2014, with a deadline of Tuesday 5 August (4pm), and a 48-hour extended deadline.
Saatchi & Saatchi has announced the appointment of Mike Spirkovski as ECD of its Sydney office, filling the vacancy left by Damon Stapleton when he defected to a CCO role at DDB Auckland.
Nominations for the inaugural #SMCAKL Awards are now open – but you’ll need to get your skates on – the lead times are very short.
Newspaper mogul Lachlan Murdoch was in a combative frame of mind when he spoke at the Mumbrella360 Marketing & Media Conference yesterday in Sydney, criticising his “crazy” competitors and vowing to lead the fight on behalf of print.
