Advertising, Marketing & Media Issues

Business Environment

Demographics & Regions

Media Options & Channels

Sales, Operations & Tech

Verticals & Sectors

Subscribe to Media Buyer Daily

Follow us on Twitter!

‘Media’ Proves Clout, Gets Own Categories in EFFIES

Published on April 12, 2006 | Email this article

The prestigious EFFIE awards panel used a modified scoring criteria this year to include a stronger focus on the role of media - another indication that media buyers and planners have more clout than ever in the advertising world and are no longer the under-appreciated minions of the past. Based on the new criteria, 70 percent of a campaign’s final score was based on background, strategy, creative and media in equal parts, Mediapost reports. The other 30 percent is based on proving marketing results.

Previously, campaigns were scored based on the brief and the creative, with the brief score counting for two-thirds of the total.

New, media-specific categories included Media Strategy, Anything Goes Media, and Third Screen Media.

OMD is the most-awarded media agency in the 2006 EFFIE awards, with 17 winning campaigns to its credit, followed by Starcom MediaVest Group (12 wins) and MindShare (7 wins).

Get free media planning headlines every business day in your inbox. Easy to read, easy unsubscribe

Email: