The Spikes Asia has appointed Auckland-based Y&R Australia & NZ chief creative officer Josh Moore as president of the Outdoor and Radio juries at this year’s awards show which runs Wednesday 27 September to Friday 29 September at the Suntec Convention Centre in Singapore.

US pay-TV network AMC is introducing a new option: People can pay $US5 a month to avoid ads with its new streaming service AMC Premiere, according to a report on the NBR pay site, which followed up the story with a call to TVNZ ceo Kevin Kenrick.

Britomart-based Shine Advertising has won Genesis Energy after a three-way pitch against Colenso BBDO, Federation, and the incumbents, 99 & JustOne.

The Comms Council (formerly CAANZ) and Flying Fish have released details of this year’s 10th annual Battle of the Ad Bands, fetchingly themed The Battle of the Decades. Band registrations open soon.

Cooper Street Media’s Miles Gandy has launched The Magazine Bureau, which aims to offer a one-stop shop for advertisers across multiple titles.

The NZ Herald, supported by owner NZME’s full stable of radio brands, are combining forces to shine a light on a subject many people find too tough to talk about – New Zealand’s teen suicide rate, which is the highest in the developed world.

NZ-born NSW-based production outfit Goodoil has shot a new spot for Foxtel Australia, which is rebranding to Foxtel Now, a “revamped and re-energised” internet-delivered subscription TV service. 

Auckland PR man Chris Henry, of 818, has confirmed to M+AD that music streaming site Pandora had a team of five based in NZ when the award-winning company shocked the market by pulling the plug in Australasia yesterday.