Vodafone and Sky TV have renewed an agreement that allows Vodafone to resell Sky services, and for the telecommunications company to distribute Sky through its SuperNet broadband network.
One StopPress reader will win a double pass to the California Design art exhibition, which is currently being held at the Auckland Art Gallery. If you’d like to go but don’t want to take your chances, StopPress readers will also get a $5 discount on tickets.
Absolut has a reputation for adding chutzpah to its brand through its various art projects, Frucor’s H2GO went down the designer route earlier this year and spruced up its bottles and French water brand Perrier is also getting in on the act with limited edition bottles inspired by pop artist Andy Warhol hitting the shelves as part of the brand’s 150th anniversary celebrations.
Online sports broadcast service Premier League Pass streamed its first games on 17 August, and there have been one or two teething problems. No big deal, says chief executive Tim Martin.
We know you thought you were sick of Grumpy Cat, but apparently the frowning feline is still doing TV interviews. In this clip from Australia’s Today show, host Karl Stefanovic can’t cope with Grumpy Cat’s reaction to his line of questioning.
Got 12 seconds? Then you’ve got time to check out a time lapse of Nespresso’s new billboard, printed and installed by Boston Digital.
If you’ve ever been self-conscious about your dress, don’t worry: you could be traipsing around New Zealand carrying an 18kg backpack that looks like an alien invention.
Soon after brother and sister pair Libby and Ben Crawford won the first instalment of The Block NZ, they opened their own eponymous creative agency, Libby & Ben. So how’s that working out for them?
There are beer bottles shaped like reptiles, luxury kayaks, compact campervans and state-of-the-art paintball guns among the finalists of this year’s Best Design Awards.
Not long after one seemingly solid agency-client partnership came to an end when 2degrees shifted from TBWA\ to Special, another seemingly solid agency-client partnership is also up in the air, with Volkswagen putting its business up for pitch. Plus: Hyundai’s recent move.
Now that same-sex marriage is legal in New Zealand, and the licenses have been signed, we round up the companies chasing that sweet pink money.
In the first instalment of a new series, AJ Park patent specialists Anton Blijlevens and Mike Biagio catalogue some of the world’s most notable recent—and protected—inventions.
Here at StopPress we’re a fan of F-words. We mean fun, fantastic and fabulous, of course!
Fox Sports’ Jay Onrait takes a novel approach to promoting a Colts vs. Giants American football game.
TVNZ will launch its OnDemand app for Samsung Galaxy devices on Friday 23 August.
Lion’s entry-level craft beer brand, Crafty Beggars, has launched a new ‘billboard takeover’ ad campaign.
The residents of StopPress towers are huge fans of both dad dancing and awkward high fives. And NZ Lotteries and DDB have made all our dreams come true by combining these two wonderful things into one ad in an effort to drive sales of Lotto tickets for Fathers Day.
Hard-nosed sales messages are a hallmark of retail advertising. But the best brands try to tell a story as well and Rebel Sport has invested significantly in its brand advertising over the past few years. Judging by its impressive results, that strategy is working well and the combo approach has continued with the launch of its new brand platform, which aims to show that no-one gets sport like Rebel Sport by revealing intriguing facts about individual sports.
Matt Westerman, resident digital engagement specialist at Ubiquity, looks at some of the burgeoning digital trends overseas and how they might impact on email marketing strategies in New Zealand.
Republik and Fuji Xerox brought a bit of creativity to the world of digital printing a couple of years back with its impressive Fujikistan campaign, which won a host of awards and helped sell plenty of colour presses. And the pair have continued that trend with an impressive aviation-themed campaign to launch its wide format range of digital printing presses.
Auction website TradeMe has launched self-service ad platform Local Ads, aimed at small- to medium-sized businesses.
TV3’s ‘competitive current affairs’ show The Vote discussed whether Auckland was sucking the life out of New Zealand this week. Throng.co.nz’s Regan Cunliffe wasn’t too impressed and wrote a post entitled ‘when whoring for ratings doesn’t work’. And he copped an earful on Twitter from the two stars of the show, Duncan Garner and Guyon Espiner.
Our weekly wrap of good things, strange things, funny things and other things from inside the intertubes.
TBWA\ has been in the trenches with 2degrees since it started in 2009. But that fruitful relationship has come to an end, with Special Group coming out on top after a competitive pitch.
An Achilles’ Heel of the outdoor industry is its perceived lack of measureability and targeting. But iSite Media has taken a big step to remedying that, with the launch of a suite of products that claim to deliver highly targeted outdoor media solutions and offer media agencies better campaign planning tools. Plus: Andrew Renholds gets his spy on.
A crowd-sourced campaign to stop the GCSB bill, which would grant the Government greater surveillance powers over New Zealand residents and citizens, has reached its funding goal on PledgeMe.
Rob O’Neill goes back to his tech roots, Maria Slade means business, Undertow Media lands in Auckland, Alex Radford heads to Consortium, Louise Richardson hangs up her NZ Woman’s Weekly hat, Josephine Mackenize joins Blockhead and The Sweet Shop adds another to its roster.
The Radio Network’s digital offering iHeartRadio was in gestation for slightly longer than anticipated, but it’s out and it’s proud and, in an effort to get more New Zealanders signed up to the streaming service, it’s putting on a free concert starring the current apple of the Kiwi music industry’s eye, Lorde.
PopPress remembers a time when it tried to find out what Kelloggs’ LCMs stood for. It remains a mystery to this day and it may never be solved. But does it matter what an acronym actually stands for? Phone maker HTC doesn’t think so and it’s launched a massive (supposedly $1 billion) Here’s to Change campaign starring Robert Downey Jr that says it can mean whatever you want it to mean, whether that’s Humongous Tinfoil Catamaran, Hipster Troll Carwash or Hot Tea Catapult.
