LATEST NEWS
Fox One Stop signs up to Festival of Media
2 February 2010
Fox One Stop Media is joining the Festival of Media as a headline partner for 2010. Fox One Stop Media, the global cross-platform advertising sales house recently launched by Fox International Channels, will be joined at the Festival by Microsoft Advertising, who return for a second year as a headline Partner. Other new sponsors to join the Festival partner roster include video advertising specialist VideoEgg and Brazil’s largest media owner Globo TV. VideoEgg and Globo TV join returning Festival partner Billetts.
Bernhard Glock, former global head of media for P&G, to chair Festival of Media Awards Jury – deadline for entries extended to 5 February
21 January 2010
Bernhard Glock, the former global head of media for P&G, is to chair the Jury for the Festival of Media Awards. Bernhard will head up a list of judges who represent an unparalleled diversity of advertising, media, creative, content and digital expertise and who, between them, have executive responsibility across all geographic regions. The Jury will also include client marketers from Anheuser Busch InBev, Etihad Airways, HSBC and Nestle. For a full jury list, visit www.festivalofmediaawards.com/judges. In this second year for the Festival of Media Awards, the response to the Call for Entries has been hugely positive. With the organisers predicting a big increase in the number of entries, the entry deadline has been extended to FRIDAY 5 FEBRUARY 2010.
Simon Clift, CMO of Unilever and David Wheldon, CMO of Vodafone head the line-up of first confirmed speakers for 2010
18 December 2009
With client speakers including Simon Clift, CMO of Unilever, David Wheldon, CMO of Vodafone and Kester Fielding, Global Media Procurement Director for Diageo, and media agency leaders including Jerry Buhlmann, CEO of Aegis Media, Mainardo de Nardis, CEO of OMD and Jack Klues, Managing Partner of VivaKi, the conference agenda is again shaping up to ensure that the Festival is a must-attend event for the international media community.
Festival of Media Awards Entry site opens. Nominations sought for “Media Professional of the Year”
30 November 2009
As the entry site for the Festival of Media Awards 2010 opens for business, nominations are also being sought for a new Award category – the Media Professional of the Year. The global advertising and media industry is invited to nominate colleagues, clients, suppliers or well known industry figures for this Award, which sets out to recognise the person (from agency, media owner or brand) who has contributed most to the industry in 2009. A shortlist will be drawn up from these public nominations, with the ten most popular nominations put forward to the final Awards Jury which will then select the winner. To make your own nomination, CLICK HERE.
The Festival of Media Awards 2010 have been launched with revised categories – deadline for entries is 28 January
9 November 2009
The Festival of Media Awards 2010 has been launched with a revised list of categories and an extended and more rigorous judging process. The changes have been made in line with the ethos of the Awards, reflecting the continually shifting media and marketing landscape in which we all work. There are 12 entering categories designed to recognise the most creative and effective campaigns and they are open to entries from clients, media agencies, specialist digital or mobile agencies, media owners, content creators or production companies - recognising that media expertise no longer resides in a single location. Two entering categories are more specifically for media owners and those companies developing innovations in media products. The deadline for all entries is 28 January 2010. For a full list of entering, jury and voting categories – and details on how to enter - please visit www.festivalofmediaawards.com.
