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DDB NAMED EUROBEST NETWORK OF THE YEAR FOR THE FOURTH

CONSECUTIVE YEAR
December 5, 2016 London

DDB Worldwide, part of Omnicom Group (NYSE: OMC), was named Network of the Year at the
2016 Eurobest Festival of Creativity, which took place in Rome, Friday December 2nd. This marks
the fourth consecutive year DDB has taken home the title.
In total, DDB picked up 57 awards, including 4 Grand Prix, 15 Gold, 14 Silver, 24 Bronze. The
awards were won across 18 categories: Creative Effectiveness, Design, Digital Craft, Direct,
Entertainment, Film, Film Craft, Grand Prix for Good, Healthcare, Integrated, Interactive, Media,
Mobile, PR, Print, Print & Outdoor Craft, Promo & Activation and Radio.
The Grand Prix for Good was awarded to DDB Group Berlin for the Pink Ribbon Breast Cancer
Awareness campaign Check it Before Its Removed, which in addition was awarded 11 Gold.
The Creative Effectiveness Grand Prix went to adam&eveDDB for John Lewis Monty, and the
Integrated Grand Prix was awarded to John Lewis Man on the Moon. adam&eveDDB also took
home the Grand Prix in Entertainment for the H&M campaign Becoming Beckham.
Other Gold awards include one in Print for DDB Brussels Simplified Stories for Alzheimer Liga,
and one in Design for DDB Group Berlins Words of Welcome for Verein Fr Berliner
Stadtmission, as well as in Entertainment for adam&eveDDBs H&M campaigns Becoming
Beckham and Road Trip.
Pietro Tramontin, Chief Executive Officer of DDB EMEA, says: Following on from the recent
African Cristal Network of the Year accolade, this is another great achievement for the EMEA
region. The fact that our awarded work spans so many different categories, also proves that our
agencies continue to deliver on creativity, effectiveness and breadth of offering.
Other agencies contributing to the network accolade with metal include the network agencies in
Amsterdam, Dsseldorf, Paris, Stockholm and DDB Remedy UK.
In addition, adam&eveDDB and DDB Group Berlin ranked third and second respectively for
Agency of the Year.
Eurobest is the worlds pre-eminent celebration of European creativity, arranged by the
organizers of Cannes Lions, and this years Network of the Year win marks the seventh time in
eight years that DDB has taken home the title. DDB was also named Eurobest Network of the
Year in 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014 and 2015.
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About DDB
DDB Worldwide (www.ddb.com) is one of the world's largest and most influential advertising and marketing networks. At
the prestigious 2016 Cannes International Festival of Creativity, DDB took home 101 Lions. DDB is also the 2016 African
Cristal Network of the Year and the 2016 Eurobest Network of the Year for the seventh time in eight years. In
addition, DDB has been named Agency of the Year numerous times by the industry's leading
advertising publications and awards shows. The Gunn Report has listed DDB as one of the Top 3 Global Networks for 12
of the last 15 years. The agency's clients include Volkswagen, McDonald's, Unilever, Mars, Johnson & Johnson, and
Exxon Mobil, among others.
Founded in 1949, DDB is part of the Omnicom Group (NYSE) and consists of more than 200 offices in over 90 countries
with its flagship office in New York, NY.
ABOUT OMNICOM
Omnicom Group Inc. (NYSE OMC) is a leading global marketing and corporate communications company. Omnicoms
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.
CONTACT:
Sara Cosgrove +44 (0) 207 258 4230 sara.cosgrove@ddb-europe.com