23rd October 2012

From: London International Awards

Contact: Rebecca Morgan: beccy@liaawards.com

EMBARGOED UNTIL MONDAY, 5th Nov 2012, 10:00 GMT

LIA announces Network, Agency, Production and Post-Production Company of the Year for 2012

LIA announces Network of the Year, Agency of the Year, Production Company of the Year and Post-Production Company of the Year. These winners are decided based on the outstanding work chosen by the Juries across all media.

Agency of the Year: R/GA, New York

Network of the Year: BBDO

Production Company of the Year: Soixante Quinze, Paris

Post-Production of the Year: The Mill

“I believe that it is hugely important that the over-all achievements of our entrants from across the world and across all media are awarded and not just the individual efforts within a specific medium. Congratulations are due to all that are honoured.” said Barbara Levy, President of LIA.

GRAND LIAs

There were a total of five Grand LIAs awarded this year, one of which was awarded to 2 separate entrants for the same work:

CP+B, Boulder has been awarded Grand LIA in Integrated Campaign for American Express titled “Small Business Gets an Official Day”.

R/GA, New York has been awarded Grand LIA in Non-Traditional for Nike titled “Nike + Fuelband”.

BETC, Paris has been awarded Grand LIA in TV/Cinema/Online Film for Canal+ titled “The Bear”.

Creative Artists Agency, Los Angeles and Duotone Audio Group, New York, co-entrants, were both awarded Grand LIAs in TV/Cinema/Online Film - Music for Chipotle titled “Back to the Start”.

serviceplan, Munich has been awarded the Grand LIA in Radio for Voluntary Humanitarian Organisation titled “Radio Ghosts”.

A total of 15,418 entries were received from 76 countries.

The vast number of submissions reflects the prestige and explosive growth of the London International Awards since its inception in 1986 when only 2,600 submissions were entered.

All Winning Work, Creative Credits, Press Releases and LIA Statue images can be accessed on the London International Awards Press site. High-resolution images of Winners and Finalists can be downloaded from this site.

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