D&AD Awards: The nominations

LONDON, UK: Here are the nominations for the D&AD Awards. See this year's In Book winners and Nominations below. Yellow Pencil winners will be revealed on Wednesday 12 June at the Awards Ceremony. 22 Apr 2013 11:05

Pentawards 2013: Call for entries

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM: Pentawards 2013 has called for entries so if you're a packaging designer and you want your work to be recognised, enter now! 15 Apr 2013 09:24

Mobile World Congress

BARCELONA, SPAIN: InMobi, from 25-28 February, will showcase an array of new products for brands, agencies, and developers at this year's Mobile World Congress taking place 25-28 February in Barcelona. Swing by our booth and get an exclusive first look. InMobi will be exhibiting in the App Planet Hall 8.1 mBrands Zone Booth #B25. 13 Feb 2013 10:37

Midas Awards 2012 Winners: King James Cape Town wins Grand Midas for Santam Insurance

NEW YORK, US: The Midas Awards, for the World's Best Financial Advertising, announced the award winners for the 2012 competition. This year's Midas Grand Jury awarded one Grand Midas, 26 Gold Ingots, 46 Silver Ingots, and 63 Finalists. The 2012 Midas Awards competition received entries from 28 countries and is reputed to be the only international competition that recognises excellence in financial services communications on a global scale. 21 Dec 2012 08:23

NYF International TV & Film Awards announces 2012 winners at NAB

NEW YORK, US: The 55th New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards, announced this year's winning entries at the 2012 awards ceremony on Tuesday, 17 April at the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas. Geoffrey Mason, senior production specialist for ESPN, was awarded the NYF Television & Film Awards Lifetime Achievement Award. 19 Apr 2012 08:02

Cannes Lions: Creative Effectiveness, Design, Film, and PR Juries

CANNES, FRANCE: The Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, taking place from 17-23 June, has announced the members of a further four juries: Creative Effectiveness, Design, Film, and PR Lions. South Africa is represented on the Design jury (Shelley-Ann Atkinson, Grid Worldwide Branding & Design) and on the Film jury (Catherine Ireland, Amplified). 30 Mar 2012 07:54

Sports News Conference comes at right time

MADRID, SPAIN / PARIS, FRANCE / DARMSTADT, GERMANY: With both the European football championships and the Olympic Games coming up this year, the WAN-IFRA International Sports News Conference in Madrid later this month comes at the right time for publishers and editors seeking to increase audience and revenues through sports coverage, a traditional strength of newspapers and a source for growth. 15 Mar 2012 10:31

MasterCard sets sights on the next billion consumers

BARCELONA, SPAIN: MasterCard has continued its mobile payment leadership and outlined its vision on how to reach the next billion consumers through mobile innovation and partnerships. At a press conference at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona led by its global head of mobile Mung Ki Woo, MasterCard and leading mobile partners Comviva, Intel, iZettle, Santander and Turkcell unveiled a vision for the future of mobile payments. 8 Mar 2012 07:12

Dubai Lynx: Over 2000 entries into 2012 awards

DUBAI, UAE: The 6th Dubai Lynx Awards, one of the premier awards celebrating creative excellence in MENA's advertising and communications industry, has received a total of 2037 entries from 17 countries. 5 Mar 2012 08:33

5th Intercontinental Advertising CUP: Grand CUP winner - Germinal Comunicación

ISTANBUL, TURKEY: After the two-day Creative Summit at the 5th Intercontinental Advertising Cup in Istanbul that hosted more than 30 excellent high-profile speakers, inspiring golden winners from four continents, gurus, teachers, managers, creative leaders, stars and global legends, the Golden Stage of Istanbul finally welcomed also the new winners of the trophies. 2 Feb 2012 12:06

Art Directors Club: Design Jury for ADC 91st Annual Awards

NEW YORK, US: The Art Directors Club (www.adcglobal.org), one of the premier organisation for creatives in integrated media and claimed to be the first global creative collective of its kind, has announced the full Design jury for the global ADC 91st Annual Awards. Arem Duplessis will chair the jury. 18 Jan 2012 11:05

The 5th Intercontinental Advertising CUP preparations are in full gear

ISTANBUL, TURKEY: The fifth Intercontinental Advertising CUP will be held 26 -27 January 2012, in Istanbul, Turkey. The winners from first Asia-Pacific advertising festival ADFEST, Ibero American advertising festival FIAP, Art Directors Club of Europe ADC*E and New European Golden Drum will - as best of the best from four continents - compete for 39 beautiful steel cup trophies. 25 Nov 2011 10:25

Retail websites reach 75% of European internet audience each month

LONDON, UK: comScore, Inc, a leader in measuring the digital world, has released results from a study of online shopping in Europe. In January 2011, 270.6 million unique visitors in Europe visited sites in the retail category, representing a market penetration of 74.5% of Internet users, up 8.5 percentage points versus last year. 22 Mar 2011 08:24

Cannes Lions: SA's Rose chairs Film Craft Lions Jury

LONDON, UK: Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity has announced the final two jury presidents for this year's event. South Africa's Keith Rose, director and founding partner of Velocity Films in South Africa, will chair the Film Craft Lions Jury while Maria Luisa Francoli Plaza, global chief executive officer of MPG, has been appointed Media Lions Jury president. 18 Feb 2011 11:15