A new film company, Sedona Productions, has been launched in Sydney by producer Kim Wildenburg, the former managing director of Exit Films. She promises Sedona will “deliver an innovative take on production with storytelling, design and technology at its core”.

The Beverly Hills-based Oscars organisation the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences unveiled new members invited to join this week, and Flying Fish director Christine Jeffs was included in this list. 

LONDON, 5 July – comScore has announced that it is the first company to be granted certification by ABC to JICWEBS Principles for video viewability measurement in validated Campaign Essentials (vCE).

The NZ Innovation Awards – which are about creativity in all fields of endeavour (including a dedicated Marketing/Comms/Media category) have issued the entry call for their 7th annual awards.

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.