Far East DDB Wins Silver Award in AdFest
22 March, 2005
Far East DDB claimed a Silver Award at the 8th Asia Pacific Advertising Festival held in Pattaya, 10-12 March 2005.
The Bangkok marketing communications agency received the award for the Eveready TVC titled “Cat Fetish”. The award was given to Far East DDB for its eminent creativity. The Silver Award is the first prize in this category, as there was no Gold Award for TVC’s.
Far East DDB has won four awards in AdFests over the past five years. This year’s winner, Eveready, also received a Second Place Certificate for Outstanding Creativity at the Mobius Advertising Awards competition held in Hollywood, earlier this year.
Chatree U-Prathum, Creative Director of Far East DDB, commented: “I am delighted that my creative group won this year. The Eveready TVC Cat theme was inspired by the culture of Asia and our creative group skillfully made use of this to bring us first prize in the TVC category.”
Asia Pacific Advertising Festival (http://www.asiapacificadfest.com) is a melting pot for the creative talents to show their skills and exchange ideas with the diverse pool of experts in the continent. The festival was created as a celebration of creativity for creative people of all level in Asia Pacific area. This year 4,027 entries were submitted from over four hundred agencies located in the Asia Pacific area.
Background Information About Far East DDB
Far East DDB PCL (www.fareastddb.com) is a leading brand building marketing
communications agency in Bangkok, Thailand. The agency was founded in 1964 and is this year celebrating its 40th anniversary.
The agency has established itself as one of the foremost communication agencies in Thailand with an extensive portfolio
of 96 brands, both local and international. Far East DDB has a staff of over 200 skilled employees and is listed on
the Stock Exchange of Thailand and is a part of the Saha Group, a large, diversified Thai conglomerate.
About DDB Worldwide
DDB Worldwide (www.ddb.com), voted Global Agency of the Year by Advertising
Age and Adweek, is one of the world’s leading advertising agency network with 206 offices in 96 countries. DDB has won
more Grand Prix Awards in the 50-year history of the International Advertising Festival in Cannes than any other agency,
and over the last 16 years, has won more awards in Cannes than any other agency network. In 2004, for the fourth year in
a row, DDB was also named Network Agency of the Year at the Clio Awards.
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