SYDNEY, Today: This week’s Bestadsontv judge Juan Pablo Valencia, regional creative advisor, FCB Artgroup Central Asia division, has selected FCB & Thick As Thieves’ NZ Post Christmas tvc (scroll down for the link) as the best of the site’s weekly global ranking.

AUCKLAND, Today: Spark NZ recently worked with creative agency 99 to launch an immersive virtual reality experience in its Newmarket store as part of a Christmas campaign and ongoing event series.

BAY OF PLENTY, Today: Mount Maunganui creative agency Wave has won Corporate Sponsorship Award at the Westpac Tauranga Business Awards.

AMSTERDAM, Today: VMLY&R has turned NZ’s single shortlisted work at the Epica Awards into Gold – taking out the Promotions & Incentives category with RIP Simon for Trade Me/Life Direct.

AUCKLAND, Today: Two omissions marred yesterday’s M+AD’s bulleting – an FCB/OneChoice credits list (including the agency’s in-house production company’s two new tvcs), and significant Kiwi missing from the shortlist of yesterday’s Campaign Asia Pacific Awards coverage.

AUCKLAND, Today Ponsonby-based independent media agency Sneakers has been appointed the media agency for AA Home, effective immediately.