The finalists for the 2016 NZ Radio Awards have this morning been published on the awards website (scroll down for the link).

Submissions close on Wednesday 13 April for the Advertising Standards Authority review of the Children’s Code for Advertising Food and the Code for Advertising to Children.

It has long been recognised that a slow-loading web page is one of the reasons that encourages consumers to download ad blocking software, but now the Wall Street Journal reports that a number of US publishers are criticising ad agencies for the problem.

Tickets are reportedly going fast for TEDxAuckland, the annual ideas festival set to return for its first multi-day event on Thursday & Friday May 5 & 6 at Shed 10, Queens Wharf. Among the specialist speakers are former Saatchi Digital CD Matt Shirtclife, and former Y&R CD Vaughn Davis.

Y&R, Special Group, The Sweet Shop, Colenso, Saatchi, DDB, and Contagion are all through to the finals – with multiple entries – at Australia’s AWARD Awards. All up, NZ scored a remarkable 77 finalist spots.

While New Zealanders increasingly use mobile devices to watch video content, 3.2 million Kiwis aged 10+ (84%) are viewing over 23 hours of broadcast TV through their TV sets across a week. In comparison, online New Zealanders spend 15 hours per week using the Internet. 

NZ has picked up 18 finalist spots in the 2016 One Show’s Cross-Platform, Direct and Print & Outdoor categories. NZ is one of 40 nations through to the finals so far.

M+AD ed David Gapes has been appointed a jury member for the 2016 Epica Awards – a creative show judged by marketing journalists from around the world.

Real estate agents are transforming their front windows into touch-screens in move that emulates website live-link technology.

NZ creatives fared modestly at this year’s YGA Awards in Sydney – converting only one of their five Professional category finalists into Gold.