BBDO Worldwide Tops The Gunn Report as the Most Awarded Agency Network in the World for Second Year in A Row

NEW YORK, Nov. 8 /PRNewswire/ -- BBDO Worldwide was named the "Most Awarded Agency Network in the World" according to The Gunn Report (http://www.gunnreport.com/), which combines the winners' lists from the most important award shows in the world. This marks the second year in a row that BBDO has been ranked #1 and the fifth time in the nine-year history of this report ... more than twice as much as any other agency network. For the 2007 Gunn Report, results from the top 37 shows for TV and Cinema, the top 19 for Print, and the top 18 for Interactive were included.

BBDO agencies from 24 different markets and across every geographic region contributed to this year's success -- more agencies than ever before and more than any other network. Seven of these agencies were ranked among the "Top 50" most awarded agencies in the world. These included BBDO New York (#8), Almap BBDO in Brazil (#13), AMV BBDO in London (#18), BBDO Chile (#32), Contrapunto in Spain (#32), Net#work BBDO in South Africa (#36) and BBDO Argentina (#45). As noted in The Gunn Report, "BBDO's strength was not only in depth, but also in breadth."

Other award-winning agencies included FHV BBDO in Amsterdam, Colenso BBDO in Auckland, Atmosphere BBDO in New York, Impact BBDO in Dubai and Jeddah, BBDO Guerrero Ortega in the Philippines, CP Proximity in Barcelona, Tiempo BBDO in Madrid, Energy BBDO in Chicago, Interone Worldwide in Munich, I&S BBDO in Japan, Gitam BBDO in Israel, Clemenger BBDO in Sydney and Melbourne, BBDO Toronto, Mark BBDO in Prague, CLM BBDO in Paris, BBDO Dusseldorf, BBDO Panama, BBDO Malaysia, BBDO Bangkok, BBDO Singapore, BBDO Portugal and WIRZ in Switzerland.

As written in The Gunn Report, BBDO's performance is "clear proof, if ever it were needed, that 'The Work. The Work. The Work' in fact works. And it certainly beats the hell out of 'The Meetings. The Meetings.' The Meetings' or 'The Politics. The Politics. The Politics' as a way to run an advertising agency."

Over the course of the nine-year period (1999--2007) covered by The Gunn Report, BBDO Worldwide has been named the "Most Awarded Global Agency Network" in 2000, 2002, 2003, 2006 and now 2007. For the past three years, BBDO companies have also claimed top prize in The Won Report, which ranks agencies for their creative achievements in Direct and Interactive. And just this past June, BBDO was named the first-ever "Network of the Year" at Cannes. That award recognized creative excellence across the full range of marketing communication channels and was given to the agency network that obtained the highest score for entries in the Film, Press, Outdoor, Radio, Media, Cyber, Direct, Promotion, Titanium and Integrated sections.

"We're about 'The Work. The Work. The Work.'" Our goal is to create and deliver the world's most compelling commercial content. The Gunn Report is one of the ways we track our performance against our competitors. I am proud that we have won it again, excited that we did it with work from twenty-four different agencies around the world, and very grateful to all the people who work so hard, day by day, job by job, client by client to make it happen," said Andrew Robertson, President and CEO, BBDO Worldwide.

BBDO Worldwide is a part of Omnicom Group Inc. (http://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.