Inside news and tips for visitors to Cannes
Coca-Cola and ad agency Ogilvy have announced they will award a €10,000 development contract at MIPTV 2010 for the best branded content idea to engage teens, as part of the 5th annual Content 360 Challenge. The idea can take the shape of a TV show, a web movie series, a mobile application or ad game, [...]
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11 Jan 2010Cannes Lions has announced that its prices for 2010 will be frozen at 2009 levels. Like every trade fair, Cannes Lions saw a drop in attendance last year. But there are already questions as to whether a price freeze will be enough to win back participants. When the effects of music “sharing” hit the music [...]
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18 Apr 2006Originally posted Dec. 5, 2005. Steve Harrison, MD and creative partner of Harrison Troughton Wunderman (HTW) is to head up the Lions Direct Jury in 2006. Harrison began his career at Ogilvy and Mather Direct (now OgilvyOne) in 1985 and has won more Lions direct trophies than any other creative director, with his agency HTW [...]
Originally posted No. 17, 2005. Australian David Droga has become the youngest jury president to helm the Cannes Lion International Advertising fair (June 18-24 2006). After senior creative positions in Australia and Singapore, he worked with Saatchi & Saatchi London before becoming Worldwide Chief Creative Officer of the Publicis Network in 2003. He has since [...]
Glamour, sunshine, contacts. Yup, you can get all that. But you could also get sore feet, hotels miles outside town and hefty bills. Check our tips for getting the most from your time in Cannes.