NZ ad tech company VeNA and global digital rugby network RugbyPass have signed an exclusive reseller partnership covering New Zealand and Australia.

LONDON, January 23. – Major sporting events and political campaign spending are expected to underpin growth of 4.7% in the global ad market – the strongest rate since 2011, according to global ad/media site Warc.

DDB is the only NZ agency to reach finalist status in The One Show Q3 shortlist, taking out four places for Autism New Zealand in the Radio category.

Following the success of Pedigree SelfieSTIX – a specially designed clip that lets owners attach a Pedigree DentaStix to the top of their smartphone – Pedigree and Colenso BBDO have launched the Pedigree SelfieSTIX app that lets people add fun filters to their dog’s perfect photo.

Comexposium, the Paris-based outfit that owns the ad:tech, iMedia, MMS and E-Commerce One to One brands, has absorbed its New Zealand JV partner MTS “to deliver a total ANZ event solution”.

Fairfax NZ Ltd (aka Fairfax Media) is changing its name to Stuff Ltd, effective Thursday 1 February. There was no official release – the information was distributed in printed letterbox flyers.

oOh!media has rolled out 16 new retail panels at Coastlands shopping centre in Wellington, New Zealand, as part of a long-term agreement with leading commercial real estate company Colliers International for advertising rights to its centres.

Auckland, 23 January: Brands and the media will redefine modern masculinity this year– according to Getty Images’ 2018 Visual Trends, released this week. ‘Masculinity Undone’ is one of three trends Getty has identified that will reshape the visual language consumers will be most responsive to this year, alongside ‘Second Renaissance’ and ‘Conceptual Realism’.