Awards
MAOY: Jury
Meet the industry vets who judged Media Agency of the Year.
Catalyst Canada wins Grand Prix at US Search Awards
The Group M company took home four prizes at the inaugural event last week in Las Vegas.
Five questions with Phil Thomas
The Cannes Lions CEO on marketers and tech cos at the festival, the challenges with jury selection, and why certain campaigns win big.
MediaCom wins Agency Network of the Year at M&M Global Awards
The agency picked up the top prize for the fourth time in the past five years, with Samsung and PHD also taking accolades at the ceremony last night.
CASSIES Awards entries due next week
The 2014 awards judging chair Ted Boyd tells MiC about the changes he has seen since becoming part of the judging process a few years ago.
Canada in Cannes: How to win in 2014
The Canadian judges from this year’s festival on what they observed, and how agencies can create more work that gets noticed.
Nominations open for Media Director of the Year
Submit your nomination picks for MDOY with three reasons why they’re tops for this year’s competition.
Canada picks up more Gold
Grip Limited gets Gold in Branded Content, with Canada also picking up prizes in Film and Titanium & Integrated on the last night of awards in Cannes.
Cannes blog: Trends in this year’s Media Lions
From the blurring of tech, content and media to the use of stunts, the Canadian Media judge, Karen Nayler, goes over the top trends from entries in this year’s awards.
Canada wins five more Cannes Lions
Touche! PHD, Grey Group Canada and Lg2 take home Bronze and Silver awards in the Media, Mobile and Outdoor categories Tuesday evening in Cannes.
Canada shortlisted for three Media Lions
Touche! PHD, Leo Burnett and Grey Canada are all in the running for Cannes Lions, with Canada taking 10 shortlist mentions overall at the festival on Monday.
Canada ranks eighth in entries for Cannes
Canadian agencies entered a total of 1,106 cases for the festival, moving up two spots from last year’s tally of entries from countries around the world.
Teehan + Lax shortlisted for Cannes Innovation Lion
The Toronto agency gets a nomination in the inaugural category, which honours innovation that bring creativity to life, for its Google Street View Hyperlapse experiment.
One-minute AToMiC ideas
Missed the conference yesterday? Catch 60-second recaps from presenters Donald Chesnut of SapientNitro, Kevin Keane of Brainsights and PJ Pereira of Pereira & O’Dell.
Tribal DDB and McDonald’s win AToMiC Grand Prix
The Toronto agency and QSR also picked up two Golds and a Silver, and are joined by Cundari, Leo Burnett, John St., Draftfcb, Lowe Roche and BBDO in the winners’ circle.
