The 2017 Effie Awards and gala dinner, held by the Comms Council in association with TVNZ, are on tonight at The Langham.
12 new Phantom sites for Auckland
The approach of summer has been good for Phantom Billstickers, which reports it’s been 100% booked – leading to the quick-smart installation of new frames.
Aussie-Swedish j/v tastes regional success
Sydney-based Asia-Pacific mobile engagement company Big Mobile is reporting “spectacular results” since it formed a joint venture with Swedish mobile advertising company Widespace to roll out the European outfit’s DSP (digital signals processor) across Australia & NZ.
Arrivals & Departures: APN Outdoor taps $1 million man
APN Outdoor has appointed Sydney-based James Warburton as Australia & New Zealand chief executive officer, effective Monday 22 January 2018. His appointment follows the departure of veteran Richard Herring, who is retiring after 22 years in the job.
Insight & bcg2 make finals in New York
Two NZ agencies have made it through to the shortlist stage of the 2017 Global Awards (which reward Healthcare campaigns).
Arrivals & Departures: Isentia taps Queenslander for NZ role
Auckland-based data intelligence business Isentia has today announced the appointment of a new country manager for New Zealand, Russ Horell.
Malware agency a threat to website revenue
The Government has effectively taken a swipe at the NZ ad business by setting up something called the Computer Emergency Response Team (aka Cert), a state agency that is urging consumers to install adblocking software.
Aussies issue NZ entry call
Sydney-based Campaign Brief has issued the entry call for its 2018 CB Australian Agency of the Year, and the CB New Zealand Agency of the Year.
Haunted M&M’s? Your favourite candy, now with ghosts in it
On Friday 13th, M&M’s NZ began pre-haunting boxes of M&M’S in preparation for the Halloween season. Here’s the blurb from Colenso …
ASB, WiTH, Curious sign Wilderpeople’s Rachel House
Downtown Auckland shop WiTH Collective has launched an integrated data-driven campaign and brand relaunch for ASB’s credit card rewards programme, True Rewards.
