The miniseries, “The Pacific,” headlined the list of awarded programming, with 8 Emmys, while the HBO® original made-for-TV film, “Temple Grandin,” was awarded 7, and “The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert” received 3 awards.

Among the recognitions, HBO led the list with 17 Creative Arts® Emmys, from which “The Pacific” received 7 statuettes and “Temple Grandin” received 2.

The awards the network received this year reflect the quality of original programming offered by HBO and the variety of its television series, movies, and special documentaries which range from drama and science fiction to comedy, romance, and suspense, among other genres.
HBO has received eight Emmys for “The Pacific,” including Outstanding Miniseries; Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special; Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie; and Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special.Seven Emmys for “Temple Grandin,” including Outstanding Made for Television Movie; Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Claire Danes); Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (David Strathairn); Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Julia Ormond); and Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Mick Jackson).

3 Emmys for “The 25th Anniversary Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Concert,” including Outstanding Technical Direction, Camerawork, Video Control for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special.2 Emmys for “You Don’t Know Jack,” including Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (Al Pacino) and Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special (Adam Mazer).
Other HBO programs recognized by the Emmy Awards were: “By the People: The Election of Barack Obama” for Outstanding Picture Editing for Nonfiction Programming; “Teddy: In His Own Words” for Outstanding Nonfiction Special; “Bored to Death” for Outstanding Main Title Design, “The Ricky Gervais Show” for Individual Achievement in Animation: Character Design; and “Entourage” for Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Comedy or Drama Series (Half-Hour) and Animation.

As part of HBO Latin America’s programming, the series “Mad Men” was also awarded 4 Emmys including Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series (Matthew Weiner and Erin Levy) and Outstanding Casting for a Drama Series.

HBO Latin America programming received 124 nominations for the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards.

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PromaxBDA already honors outstanding work in television marketing at its yearly Conference in June, and its MI6 event does the same for videogame marketers.  The Sports Media Marketing Awards will focus specifically on television and multiplatform work done from around the sports industry including leagues, teams, networks and video game publishers.

“We’re thrilled with the support that we’ve received for the Sports Media Marketing Awards from the highest levels of the most important organizations in sports media.  Our board is an all-star team of heavy hitters from leagues, networks, agencies and teams who, through creativity and innovation, are driving success in the international business of sport.  We look forward to putting on an event that honors their work and the unique role that marketing plays in this specialized field of media,” said Jonathan Block-Verk, President and CEO of PromaxBDA. 

Serving on the Sports Media Marketing Awards Advisory Council will be:
 Jamie Barrett; Partner, Creative Director, Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
 

 Mary Beck; Senior Vice President, Marketing & Promotion, MLB Network
 

 Bill Bergofin; Senior Vice President, Marketing & Promotion, Versus
 

 Steve Borden; President, Borden Media Consulting, LLC
 

 Sean Bratches; Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, ESPN
 

 Robert Gottlieb; Senior Vice President, Creative Director, On-Air Promotions, Fox Sports
 

 Ross Greenburg; President, HBO Sports
 

 Tim Harris; Senior Vice President, Business Operations & Chief Marketing Officer, Los Angeles Lakers
 

 Gil Haslam; Creative Director, Troika Design Group
 

 Brian Jennings; Executive Vice President, Marketing, NHL
 

 David Levy; President, Turner Sports
 

 Sarah Lyons; Vice President, Sports & Upgrade Marketing, DirecTV
 

 Mike McCarley; Senior Vice President Marketing, Promotion & Communications, NBC Universal Sports & Olympics
 

 Robyn Miller; Senior Vice President, Marketing, Tennis Channel
 

 Peter Moore, President, EA Sports, Electronic Arts
 

 Steve Phelps; Senior Vice President & Chief Marketing Officer, NASCAR
 

 Pete Radovich, Jr.; Creative Director, CBS Sports and Coordinating Producer, Inside the NFL
 

 Niels Schuurmans; Executive Vice President, Marketing, SPIKE TV
 

 Stephanie Lafair Smith; SVP Strategic Marketing, Comcast Sports Group
 

 Julie Souza; Vice President, Strategic Planning & Business Development, CBS College Sports
 

 Mark Waller; Chief Marketing Officer, NFL

“There’s no denying the critical role that marketing plays in driving ratings and building brands within sports television,” said board member Sean Bratches, Executive Vice President, Sales & Marketing, ESPN.  “This event will celebrate marketing’s contribution to the success of sports programming and will provide sports marketing and promotion professionals with the recognition their work deserves.”

“The sports marketing community consistently creates innovative campaigns that entertain and engage the elusive younger male demographic,” said board member David Levy, President, Turner Sports. “We need a venue for sharing best practices and showcasing the best work in the field.”

Awards will be voted on by an elite panel made up of top executives from the sports media industry.  Gold and Silver Awards will be distributed at the gala evening event.

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Professor Wole Soyinka has announced that Will Smith Look-alike, written by Deborah Asiimwe of Uganda, is the winner of the annual BBC World Service African Performance playwriting competition.

BBC World Service first began airing African drama 50 years ago, in 1960. In 1971, BBC World Service for Africa launched a playwriting competition, now known as African Performance, and invited its listeners to compose a 30-minute English-language play containing no more than six characters.

The winning entries are recorded and broadcast on BBC World Service for Africa.

That first competition in 1971 was judged by the Nobel Laureate, Professor Wole Soyinka, and, by way of celebrating the 50th anniversary of the BBC African Performance season, he returned to judge this year’s competition.

The Nigerian writer, poet and playwright said of Deborah Asiimwe’s winning entry: “I thought the writing was very good and I became really caught up with the play wondering what the final denouement would be. It was convincing”.

Will Smith Look-Alike tells the story of 17-year-old Tereka as he travels to New York with his school music group after they won a national competition.

Once in New York, Tereka believes that his resemblance to the American actor Will Smith will help him to pursue a better life in the USA.

The other winning entries selected by Professor Soyinka, and which will air on BBC World Service for Africa later in the year, are:

Joint second place: Kitu Kidogo, by Atwine Bashir Kenneth of Uganda – a tale of two corrupt policemen who are struggling to make ends meet. They unknowingly prey on the Head of the Anti-Corruption Bureau and the story takes an unexpected twist.

Joint second place: The Coffin Factory, by last year’s winner, Julia Childs. This is a light-hearted play which deals with the stigma of HIV.

Third place: The Cow Needs A Wife, by Angella Emurwon of Uganda, is a slapstick comedy about a young man whose girlfriend discovers she is pregnant.

He needs to find a cow to give as a dowry to her grandmother and enlists the help of his rich uncle as his opportunistic sidekick.

Special Mention: Mandida’s Shoes, by Mike Mware, earned a special mention from our judge and will be produced as part of our drama season. The author is a Zimbabwean studying in South Africa.

Mandida is a young schoolgirl chosen to recite a poem in front of the Prime Minister at her school’s Jubilee celebrations. As events unfold she has other plans.

Drama producer, BBC African Performance, Jenny Horrocks, says: “Over the years, the competition has championed new writing talent across the continent, giving listeners an opportunity to provide different perspectives on a diverse range of contemporary issues.

“We’ve produced plays about prostitution, internet fraud, weddings, funerals and football, as well as comedy and science fiction.

“In celebrating the 50th year of BBC drama in Africa, it’s fantastic to look back at the list of creative, funny and hard-hitting dramas that reflect the wealth of creative talent across the continent.

“This year there were several strong entries sent in from Uganda and, unknowingly, Professor Soyinka picked three of them as prize winners. They should all feel very encouraged.”

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The ABA’s Stevie Awards are the only national, all-encompassing awards program honoring great performances in the workplace. More than 2,700 entries were submitted for The 2010 ABAs and more than 200 executives nationwide participated in judging to determine this year’s finalists and winners.

“We are thrilled for Weber Shandwick to be honored as the Public Relations Agency of the Year by The ABA’s Stevie Awards,” said Harris Diamond, CEO, Weber Shandwick. “The success of the firm, and honors such as this, would not be possible without our talented team of global employees and our clients that trust us to execute creative campaigns on their behalf.”

This latest award continues to build on Weber Shandwick’s industry honors in 2009 and 2010, which include being named Global Agency of the Year, for the second year in a row, by The Holmes Report, the PRWeek Global Agency Report Card gold medalist, Advertising Age’s A-List and Agency of the Decade, CR Magazine’s Top Corporate Responsibility Advisory Firm, Large PR Agency of the Year by Bulldog Reporter, “International Consultancy of the Year” at both the PRWeek Awards and the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) Awards, and “Agency of the Year” at the European Excellence Awards.

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The PPA Awards recognise and reward editorial and publishing excellence, and celebrate the outstanding achievements of the best individuals, publications and brands in the magazine sector.

The IPC Inspire website claimed the top prize against fierce competition, and hot on the heels of their Association of Online Publishers (AOP) award win, which also saw them named Consumer Website of the Year.

Publishing director Paul Cheal says: “After being recognised last week as Consumer Website of the Year by the digital industry at the AOP Awards, to now win Consumer Website of the Year at the PPA Awards for the second year in succession really does demonstrate that NME.COM is best in class, not just in music media but in digital publishing per se. Once again this is a victory not just for site editor David Moynihan and his team, but also the wider NME editorial and marketing team, the Inspire Men and Music Digital and Commercial teams and of course IPC Digital. A true team success.”

Building on a solid foundation of quality journalism – round the clock reporting and expert opinion pieces – NME.com continues to be the first port of call for music fans.

The judges said: “A credible effective 360° approach, NME left no stone unturned.” They also praised the site for “demonstrating excellent commercial performance with strong growth and profitability.”

While a performance-boosting redesign for the site in the judging year focussed on increasing usability and a cleaner, more intuitive and inviting interface, an effective ‘daily videos’ box was added, as well as partnerships with a range of highly relevant music and ecommerce sites.

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“We strive to reward passion, individual contribution, talent and big ideas,” said Colin Kinsella, President, Digitas North America. “I’m pleased to say that we’re delivering on this and have built an environment of creativity and innovation with a team of energetic employees who embody success and commitment.  We’re inspired by the uniqueness of our people and are honored by this recognition.” 

The BBJ’s Best Places to Work was compiled through a survey conducted by Quantum Workplace.  Employees of nominated companies were asked to complete an online survey.  Categories included work environment, work-life balance, job satisfaction, advancement opportunities, management, compensation and benefits.

Organizations featured on the “Best” list exemplify nine essential ingredients: an authentic spirit of trust, the ability to take prudent risks, a can-do attitude that promotes pragmatic optimism, the capacity to manage the fundamentals, the courage to make, acknowledge and repair mistakes, a commitment to work with others, development of a diverse team, rewarding of successful projects and a safe work environment.  

This announcement comes on the heels of Digitas Boston winning a number of new clients, including Aflac, Sears and Goodyear.  Additionally, this honor is the most recent in a string of similar awards for Digitas. Offices in Chicago, Detroit, New York and Stamford have received similar honors from The Business Ledger in partnership with Best Companies to Work Group, Crain’s Chicago Business, Brill Street + Company, the National Association for Business Resources, Crain’s Detroit Business, Detroit Free Press, the Michigan Business and Professional Association, the New York State Society for Human Resource Management and the Best Companies Group.

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The awards, hosted by Rob Riggle, Actor & Comedian (Saturday Night Live, The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, HBO’s Funny or Die), honored winning work in mediums including: Interactive; Innovative Media; Integrated Campaign; Content & Contact; Design; Strategic Communications/Public Relations and Student.

CLIO presented Jeff Goodby and Rich Silverstein, co-chairmen and creative directors of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners with the Lifetime Achievement Award, one of the most prestigious honors in the industry, which recognizes the outstanding and ongoing contribution of individuals who lead the industry.

CLIO also recognized the following accomplishments:

•Agency of the Year: AlmapBBDO, Sao Paulo
•Advertiser of the Year: Nike
•Network of the Year: BBDO Worldwide, New York
•Production Company of the Year:  MJZ, Los Angeles, New York & London
The evening’s list of Grand and Gold CLIO winners are as follows:

DESIGN: 28 Statues (2 Gold, 5 Silver, 21 Bronze)

Gold Winners are as follows:

•Jung von Matt AG, Hamburg, Environmental Design, for RWE – Power Leakage
•Serviceplan, Munich, Annual Reports, for Bang & Olufsen
CONTENT & CONTACT: 10 Statues (4 Gold, 3 Silver, 3 Bronze)

Gold Winners are as follows:

•HEIMAT, Berlin, Media, “Go Beyond Borders” for CNN International
•JWT, Melbourne, Public Service, “City GT” for VicRoads
•Three Drunk Monkeys, Sydney, Public Service, “The Sun Sound” for the Cancer Council
•Wieden & Kennedy, Portland, Apparel/Fashion/Footwear, “Nike LIVESTRONG & The Chalkbot” for Nike LIVESTRONG
INTERACTIVE: 38 Statues (6 Gold, 13 Silver, 19 Bronze)

Gold Winners are as follows:

•AKQA, Washington, Innovative Use Of Technology, “Virtual Box Simulator” for United States Postal Service
•Crispin Porter + Bogusky, Boulder, Innovative Use Of Technology, “Twelpforce” for Best Buy
•Crispin Porter + Bogusky Europe, Gothenburg, Fresh Approach, “Magical X-mas Cards” for the Swedish Post
•Definition 6, Atlanta, Viral – Beverages/Non-Alcoholic, “Happiness Machine Video” for Coca-Cola
•Farfar, Stockholm, Fresh Approach, “The World’s Biggest Signpost” for Nokia
•DDB, London, Online Games, “Monopoly City Streets” for Hasbro – Monopoly Game Board
INTEGRATED CAMPAIGN: 16 Statues (1 Grand, 3 Gold, 7 Silver, 5 Bronze)

Grand and Gold Winners are as follows:

•TBWA\HUNT\LASCARIS, Johannesburg, “The Trillion Dollar Campaign” for The Zimbabwean Newspaper (GRAND CLIO)
•AlmapBBDO, Sao Paulo, “Havaianas Identity”  for Havaianas – Sao Paulo Alpargatas
•Berghs School of Communication, Stockholm, Student, “Offline” for Norske Skog – Norwegian Forrest Industries
•Miami Ad School Europe, Hamburg, Student, “The Deathzone” for Greenpeace Energy
INNOVATIVE MEDIA: 26 Statues (1 Grand, 4 Gold, 12 Silver, 9 Bronze)

Grand and Gold Winners are as follows:

•JWT Milan, Milano, Corporate/Institutional, “Auditorium” for Heineken (GRAND CLIO)
•Del Campo Nazca Saatchi & Saatchi, Buenos Aires, Beverages/Alcoholic, “Andes Teletransporter” for Inbev – Andes Beer
•JWT Japan, Tokyo, Confections/Snacks, “Kit Kat Mail” for Kit Kat
•Miami Ad School Europe, Hamburg, Student, “The Mixtape” for Fred Perry Subculture
•TAXI, Toronto, Automotive, “Hands Up” for MINI Canada
STRATEGIC COMMUNICATIONS/PUBLIC RELATIONS: 7 Statues (3 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze)

Gold Winners are as follows:

•Ketchum, San Francisco, Consumer, “Dreyer’s Beat the Blues with a Taste of Recovery” for Dreyer’s Ice Cream
•Ketchum, Chicago, Consumer, “Friskies First ‘Feline Focus Group’” for Friskies
•Naked Communications, Sydney, Consumer, “Ask Richard” for FBi Radio

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The honours recognised client campaigns conducted in three markets – Germany, the UAE and the UK — and across a number of sectors. The launch of INLINE Communications, Weber Shandwick’s communications philosophy based on the integration of on- and off-line public relations activity, was also recognised.  In addition, the agency was also named Best Multinational Firm to Work for in EMEA. PRP Group was named Eastern European Consultancy of the Year.

“We are so proud of the partnership we have with our clients and the innovation and creativity and passion of our people. This amazing set of accolades for our European practices and offices underlines that and our position as Europe’s leading PR firm. A huge thanks to our industry peers who acted as judges, to Paul Holmes and of course to our clients without whom none of this would be possible,” said Colin Byrne, CEO, Weber Shandwick UK & Europe.

n a row, “International Consultancy of the Year” at both the PRWeek Awards and the Public Relations Consultants Association (PRCA) Awards in the UK, “Agency of the Year” at the European Excellence Awards, and receiving an inaugural Cannes Lion award.

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This year marked the first time ADC has ever bestowed an ADC Black Cube, which was established for last year’s 88th Annual Awards but had no winner, and the first time in 12 years the club has recognized a best-in-show.  “The Trillion Dollar Campaign” from TBWA\Hunt\Lascaris Johannesburg also won an ADC Gold Cube in advertising for print innovation, campaign, poster/billboard/outdoor.

The gala also saw presentation of the ADC 89th Annual Awards Agency, Network, Interactive Agency, Design Team and School of the Year honors, based upon most cumulative ADC Cubes won across all categories. 

The winners were:ADC Agency of the Year: BBDO New York, New York, NY ,ADC Network of the Year: Y&R ,ADC Interactive Agency of the Year: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco, CA ,ADC Design Team of the Year: The New York Times Magazine, New York, NY and ADC School of the Year (tie): School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, and Miami Ad School.

Other top winners for the evening included Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, Wieden+Kennedy and The New York Times Magazine with two ADC Gold Cubes each.  On the client side, NIKE “Livestrong Foundation” won two ADC Gold Cubes for work by W+K, as did Colgate for the “Comics” campaign by Prolam Y&R, Santiago, Chile, and “Take Them Out” from Miami Ad School Europe, Hamburg, Germany.  ADC Cubes were awarded for work from 25 countries this year.

After years of hosting the awards presentation at the ADC Gallery, the club held the ADC 89th Annual Awards gala at the new SVA Theatre at the School of Visual Arts in New York.  The recently refurbished, state-of-the-art venue was designed by world-renowned designer and ADC Hall of Fame member Milton Glaser. 

ADC Cube presenters were a who’s-who of top industry leaders, including ADC past-presidents Bob Greenberg, chairman, CEO, global CCO at R/GA, Paul Lavoie, chairman, TAXI and Bill Oberlander, EVP, CCO-New York, Cossette Communications, as well as ADC past-presidents and ADC Hall of Fame laureates George Lois and Richard Wilde, chair, BFA Advertising and Graphic Design Department, School of Visual Arts and founding partner, Wilde Design.

The evening kicked off with cocktails and hors d’oeuvres in the theater’s impressive lobby, followed by an awards presentation using a lively and engaging new format.  ADC Gold Cube winners were asked in advance to create and submit their own 30-second acceptance videos in which they were given free rein to be creative in how they thanked their teams and expressed their views on the challenges of creating winning work.  In lieu of having people come up on stage to accept each award, the widely varied and entertaining video acceptances were screened as each ADC Gold Cube winner was announced.

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Sponsored by the Summit International Awards, the Summit Creative Awards recognize and celebrate accomplishments of small- and medium-sized advertising agencies and other creative companies throughout the world. Submissions are evaluated based on the strength of the idea, the quality of execution, and the ability to communicate and persuade the target audience.

The G2 USA relationship marketing team garnered Silver and Bronze awards in the “B2B Product Website” and “B2B Direct Marketing” categories for their work on the TWCBC blueCIRCLE microsite and direct marketing campaign, respectively. The campaign was a continuation of the 2008 multi-tenant unit (MTU) campaign that targeted tenants of “lit” buildings.

TWCBC currently grows its serviceable footprint and revenues by directly running its fiber optic and coaxial broadband services to commercial customers located in MTU buildings. Customers can leverage TWCBC’s wholly owned network for access to their diverse product portfolio of Internet, phone, cable TV and ethernet services. Once a business in an MTU building becomes a TWCBC customer and has these services provisioned, the building is then considered “on-net” or “lit.” This enables other potential customers within that building to enjoy the benefits of TWCBC technology—customer cost savings and faster installation of TWCBC services.

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