More metal for NZ overnight at the Clio Awards in New York. DDB won a Silver for Sky TV Bring Down the King (in OOH). And Whybin\TBWA\DAN won three Bronzes for the NZ Effies Results Don’t Lie campaign (two in OOH category, one in Integrated).

With just a few hours to go – bidding closes at five o’clock this afternoon – the highest bid for the Botab Euro Chef’s Table prize auction currently stands at $1000. Bids need to be in $250 increments.

Just one week after winning a prestigious global Interbrand Best Work Award for the NZ AIDS Foundation’s Love Your Condom campaign, the foundation has sacked Interbrand and awarded its business to bcg2 after a creative pitch.

Admission, the Auckland marketing agency founded by Rob Davis in 2002, has quietly expanded – and rebranded. “After 12 years as Admission, we decided to review our branding to more reflect our specialist digital positioning,” Davis told M+AD.

Colenso BBDO ECD Nick Worthington will be the keynote speaker at the third Festival of Branded Content & Entertainment (BEfest) awards and conference in Sydney on Thursday and Friday, October 8-9.

CAANZ has identified the 113 successful entries that make the finalist list for the 2014 Effie Awards (held in association with TVNZ). FCB tops the list with 23 finalists; Colenso BBDO/Proximity is close behind with 18, DDB and Saatchi & Saatchi have 11 finalists each and Ogilvy & Mather 10. 

Sydney-based film company Goodoil – an embedded nest of true-blue Kiwis – has signed NZ director Joel Kefali to its roster.

Moth Projects, the Sydney & Auckland-based producer that took over from Prodigy Films in June, is setting up its new website (still under construction). The new company sees Jonathan Samways, who ran Prodigy for 15 years, team up with Sydney-based director/DOP Jeff Darling and Darling’s executive producer Sarah Blair.

Lion has appointed Young & Shand as its digital agency after a pitch. The incumbent, for the past seven years, was TBWA NZ’s Digital Arts Network, which resigned the business – apparently because the rewards were not commensurate with the work.

Clemenger BBDO Wellington and Finch Auckland have won Gold at the Clio Awards in New York. Clemenger’s came for NZTA Mistakes in the Film category; Finch’s was for the same spot – in the Film Technique category.