BBDO Worldwide Dominates The Gunn Report as the Most Awarded Agency Network in the World

Third Year in a Row and Sixth Time in 10-Year History of The Gunn Report; BBDO New York the Most Awarded Agency in the World

BBDO Worldwide was named the “Most Awarded Agency Network in the World,” according to The Gunn Report, which combines the winners’ lists from the most important award shows in the world. This marks the third year in a row that BBDO has been ranked #1 and the sixth time in the 10-year history of this report, three times more than any other agency network. It did so with the widest margin of victory in the history of The Gunn Report. For 2008, results from the top 39 shows for TV and Cinema, the top 20 for Print, the top 20 for Interactive and the top 16 for Mixed/Integrated media were included in the report.

BBDO agencies from 23 different markets and across every geographic region contributed to this year’s success. Within this, BBDO New York was the single most awarded agency, producing award-winning work for as many as 15 different clients and brands. For example, its HBO “Voyeur” campaign was the third most awarded campaign in the world in the Interactive and Mixed/Integrated Media categories, while a print campaign created for the BBC was ranked sixth. The Gunn Report commented, “The huge range of different clients for whom the agency is creating superior advertising is certainly unprecedented.”

In all, five BBDO agencies finished among the top 50 in the world: BBDO New York (number one), Almap BBDO, Brazil (number 11), AMV BBDO, London (number 14), BBDO Toronto (number 37) and Contrapunto, Spain (number 43). Almap BBDO and BBDO New York also finished among the top 15 agencies in the world for Interactive (numbers nine and 13, respectively), with Almap BBDO having the distinction of being one of only two agencies in the world to achieve this two years in a row.

Other award-winning agencies included Clemenger BBDO in both Australia and New Zealand, Sancho BBDO in Colombia, Pages BBDO in Dominican Republic, CLM BBDO in Paris, KNSK in Hamburg, Lunar BBDO in London, I&S BBDO in Japan, Colenso BBDO in New Zealand, Impact BBDO in Dubai, Tiempo BBDO in Spain, Energy BBDO in Chicago, BBDO Proximity in Malaysia, Graffiti BBDO in Bucharest, Net#work BBDO in South Africa and BBDO in Sweden,

Interone Worldwide in Germany, BBDO Argentina, BBDO Chile, BBDO Dusseldorf, Irish International BBDO, BBDO Mexico, BBDO Bangkok and BBDO Singapore.

Winning The Gunn Report caps a dominating year in the history of advertising which also saw BBDO named:

• The most awarded network at Cannes
• The most awarded network at the Clio Awards
• The most awarded network at The One Show
• The most awarded network at the New York Festivals
• The most awarded network at El Ojo de Ibero-America
• The most awarded network at FIAP
• The most awarded network at El Sol
• The most awarded network at Festival Antigua

Andrew Robertson, President and CEO, BBDO Worldwide, said, “We are obsessively focused on ‘The Work. The Work. The Work.’ It’s how we add value to our clients, it’s how we differentiate ourselves from our competitors, and it’s why our people come to work in the morning and stay late at night. Many talk about it. We mean it. And The Gunn Report is one of the ways we measure our performance. It’s so exciting to see work from so many agencies, and for so many clients, in so many forms, winning Gunn Points.”

BBDO Worldwide is a part of Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE: OMC, www.omnicomgroup.com). Omnicom is a leading global advertising, marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicom’s branded networks and numerous specialty firms provide advertising, strategic media planning and buying, digital and interactive marketing, direct and promotional marketing, public relations and other specialty communications services to over 5,000 clients in more than 100 countries.

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BBDO Worldwide
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