Xbox NZ forges deal with TVNZ OnDemand

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Xbox New Zealand and TVNZ have linked to launch of TVNZ OnDemand for the Xbox One family. It’s available now as a free download from the Xbox Store, and the app offers quick and easy access to TVNZ’s huge library of content that can be streamed directly to TVs without the need for a smart TV, says TVNZ product Jason […]

Better data deals for Spark customers

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Spark has announced big improvements to its mobile data plans for new and existing pay-monthly customers, in response to the changes in our mobile use. Spark says customers will get up to 60% more mobile data, along with new data-heavy plans and including Spotify Premium (music streaming) and Lightbox (TV online) in most of its plans.

QMS turns on the Britomart

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QMS NZ in conjunction with Auckland Transport have officially switched on the Britomart Towers, a high-profile pair of premium digital sites situated in Auckland’s busy central rail station.

Global IT ace taps Thrive

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Leading IT global outfit Cisco has appointed Thrive PR + communications to manage its public relations efforts across Australia and New Zealand. Thrive will work as the exclusive PR agency across all divisions of the Cisco business, following an extensive competitive tender process.

The Monkeys bring a new flavour to Aussie lamb

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Cosmopolitan Australia is the theme of a new lamb commercial screening across the Tasman. In one 90 second pan, the commercial features a raft of migrants, two gay dads and a transgender comedian and ends with them all enjoying a barbeque on a grassy cliff top overlooking the ocean.

Agency misfits – and how to handle them

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“Whenever I go to America I always feel like I am in a giant sitcom – everything is familiar … a type of television déjà vu,” says DDB NZ chief creative officer Damon Stapleton in a blog he wrote about a trip to the US and how agencies can best handle the misfits who need the space to create.