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Pitching time: L&P and Pump leave Saatchi for DDB; Sanitarium plays the field; and Contagion wins Epson
Here’s the lowdown on a trio of recent account moves across the industry.
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Miraculous Argentinean hen lays bottles
Del Campo Saatchi & Saatchi, based in Buenos Aires, has just a released a hilarious ad campaign for Andes Barley wine that features a bottle-laying hen.
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TVCs of the Week: 16 July
The people of New Zealand have voted and Telecom and The Warehouse’s latest TVCs do have the X Factor.
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The wait is over for Telecom’s Ultra Broadband ad campaign—UPDATED
Packed full of bullet-time goodness, Telecom’s latest ad campaign for its Ultra Broadband products brings the anticipation of high speed antics, without having to show any of it.
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When life gives you lemons, build a time machine
When life gives you lemons, go back in time and punch it in the face. That’s the message behind BJ Golnick’s entry into Saatchi and Saatchi’s global Music Video Challenge, which saw hundreds of entrants remix their original video onto OKGO’s latest track ‘I’m Not Through’.
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OK Go wants you to make its next music video
OK Go – possibly the world’s most creative band – is offering filmmakers free access to its brand new track I’m Not Through from its upcoming fourth album. Why? Well, as part of the OK Go Saatchi & Saatchi Music Video Challenge 2013 in partnership with global creative platform Talenthouse and music video curators BUG, the band is inviting creatives to make a video for the song, with the chance to go to Cannes Lions and more.
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A cringeworthy cricket ad from one bank, and a tiny teaser ad from another
ANZ Bank took over as Black Caps sponsors from National Bank, when it absorbed the brand last year. Even though it’s new to the game of cricket, it’s already producing cringe-worthy TVCs with the best of them. Plus: ASB introduces its bearded wonder.
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Stone and O’Sullivan to set up their own shop
StopPress has received word from a very reliable source inside Saatchi & Saatchi who wishes to remain anonymous that the rumours are true: CEO Andrew Stone and ECD Mike O’Sullivan are departing.
“It’s time for the truth. Andrew Stone and Mike O’Sullivan will be leaving Saatchi & Saatchi in …
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Melrose placed (at M&C)
Darryn Melrose has only been with M&C Saatchi for 24 hours, but he has already set about “re-energising” his new agency and improving its digital strategy.
News that M&C Saatchi CEO Nick Baylis had moved on and would be replaced by Melrose surfaced yesterday.
Melrose says he wasn …
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EFFIE finalists announced
The NZ EFFIE Awards finalists have been announced. Coming up trumps this year is DDB with 10 nominees. Colenso BBDO has nine but counting entries by Clemenger BBDO and Colenso & AIM Proximity makes the group total 14. Saatchi fares well with nine offerings in the ring. There are also multiple …