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Cannes 2009: Obama wins at Cannes again
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Advertising | US President Obama's presidential campaign has won the Titanium and Integrated Grand Prix at the International Advertising Awards. This is the first time that the same campaign has won the Grand Prix in both the categories. The biggest proof of the effectiveness of this campaign was that Obama won the General Election by the biggest margin for any Democrat in 60 years... read more
Cannes 2009: India wins first ever gold in Film Lions; not one but two at a time
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Advertising | The Nakka Mukka campaign for the Times of India, Chennai by JWT India has won two golds in the Film Lions � a first for India. The golds came in two sub-categories � Media and Publishing and the Best Use of Music... read more
Cannes 2009: "Network agencies are a bit faceless to me," Jamie Barrett, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
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Advertising | Barrett feels that at his level, he would move further and further away from work, were he to join a network agency... read more
Cannes 2009: Martin Sorrell and global marketing directors on the Great Cannes debate
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Advertising | The great Cannes debate, this year, was on recession. Martin Sorrell, CEO, WPP Worldwide quizzed global marketing directors from four major brands -- McDonald's, P&G, Kraft Foods and Johnson & Johnson... read more
Cannes 2009: Three nominations for India in Film Lions
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Advertising | The Nakka Mukka campaign for the Times of India, Chennai edition, by JWT India has got two nominations, while the Max IPL campaign has got one. However, Vodafone's Zoozoo campaign failed to impress the jury, though it was a phenomenon in India... read more
Cannes 2009: Indian digital campaigns need to create a momentum for the brand
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Advertising | Three Grand Prix were awarded in the Cyber Lions category, but no metals for India... read more
Cannes 2009: India gets a gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze in Design Lions; Nike gets the Grand Prix
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Advertising | JWT has bagged a gold and a bronze; Red Lion and Leo Burnett won a silver each; and O&M took home a bronze... read more
Cannes 2009: Two metals for India; Grand Prix for Wrangler in Press
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Advertising | This year, the jury's choice was visually speaking ads, while last year, long copy was preferred... read more
Cannes 2009: Rediff wins the sole metal for India in the Radio Lions
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Advertising | Simplicity was a key factor in the radio spot, which led it to win a bronze lion... read more
Cannes 2009: Battle between traditional and contemporary at the Outdoor Lions
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Advertising | The Zimbabwean newspaper campaign, done on one trillion Zimbabwean dollars, won the Grand Prix. For India, it was six Lions � three silvers and three bronzes. Publicis and O&M won one silver and one bronze each, DDB Mudra won one silver and Leo Burnett bagged one bronze... read more
Cannes 2009: Mediacom gets first gold for India; JWT Japan bags the Grand Prix
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Advertising | Mediacom India won the gold for Gillette Procter & Gamble, while JWT Japan won the Grand Prix in the Media Lions category for a path breaking idea for Kit Kat... read more
Cannes 2009: 11 Indian shortlists in Design; one for Cyber Lions
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Advertising | The nominations are a good mix of well known brands, as well as for relatively 'unknown' advertisers... read more
Cannes 2009: 11 more nominations from India in Media Lions
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Advertising | Promo, Direct, PR, Media, Outdoor, Radio and Press. On Day 2 itself, 67 of the Indian entries have been shortlisted for the final rounds... read more
Cannes 2009: Publicis, Mudra, Bates, Rediff in Radio Lions shortlist
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Advertising | The four nominations are 'Bruce Lee's Death' for Stedfast by Publicis India; 'Old man' for Virgin Mobile by Bates 141; 'Bush' for Islamic Research Foundation by DDB Mudra and the 'Vandana' spot for America India Foundation by Redifussion Y&R... read more
Cannes 2009: It's raining nominations for India in Outdoor
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Advertising | There is no dearth of nominations for Indian entries this time; however, the conversion has been really low this year, especially after such a great show last year... read more
Cannes 2009: McCann, Ogilvy, Rediff on Press shortlist
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Advertising | McCann tops the list with six nominations, Ogilvy India got four nominations, while Rediffusion Y&R has three... read more
Cannes 2009: No win for India; 'Best Job in the World' bags the Grand Prix
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Advertising | The Teach India campaign failed because the jury found it to be a replica of the previous campaign (Lead India). Everything, starting from the layout to the type face, was similar... read more
Cannes 2009: Sorry! Gandhi couldn't; Stainbroidery did get a bronze in Promo Lions
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Advertising | The Grand Prix winner in this category was awarded to a deserving piece of communication created by Tokyo based Beacon Communications for Yubari Resort. The campaign not just changed the behaviour of a few consumers, it changed the lives of the people of an entire city... read more
Cannes 2009: Indian PR agencies fail to make it
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Advertising | None of the Indian entries in this category was selected for the final rounds... read more
Cannes 2009: Fewer Indian entries in Direct Lions; 7 nominations nevertheless
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Advertising | Will BCCL�s Teach India do it again? Last year, one reason it won a grand prix was the scale of activity... read more
Cannes 2009: Promo Lions: Will Gandhi win a metal for India?
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Advertising | Out of the 47 entries from India, four entries have been shortlisted in the Promo Lions category. These entries are from Leo Burnett and the two Publicis agencies � Ambience Publicis and Publicis India... read more