David Lubars, Chairman and CCO of BBDO
North America, will judge the 2006 Titanium Lions at the advertising festival
in Cannes. BBDO has just been named "US Agency of the
Year" by Adweek, "Global Agency of the Year" by Campaign, and the
"Advertising Network of the Year." Lubars himself was selected by
Adweek's "Creative Director of the Year." Previously, Lubars served as
Creative Director at Fallon and was responsible for the BMW short films.
entitled "The Hire", which was launched in 2003 with the first Titanium Lion
were awarded, responsible.

The Berne Communication Center for
Economy and Politics, Dr. Schenker, receives an additional
Project Manager. Dominik Feusi supports the company with immediate effect in the
Team of the full-service public relations company. He will
Primarily active in the field of political consulting and corporate communications
be

BBDO was, as reported yesterday, both
was named US Agency of the Year by the industry magazine Advertising Age (AdAge),
Adweek has now also named us Global Agency of the Year and
Campaign, the leading industry magazine in England on the advertising network
of the year. To mark the occasion, the Mayor of New York
Michael R. Bloomberg today, Tuesday, January 10, as "BBDO Day"
declared. In doing so, he honored the agency's absolute top performance. This
is the first time that the mayor of New York has bestowed this honor on a
advertising agency, as stated in the press release.
BBDO's partner in Switzerland is Wirz.

The Swiss publishers accuse the
Swiss television SF of breaking their word. You have contacted the Federal Office for
Communication (Bakom) submitted a complaint to the
SRG online news portal to be banned. SRG Director General Armin
Walpen assured the publishers several times last year that the
Swiss television is not planning a news portal on the Internet, explained
Hanspeter Lebrument, President of the Swiss Press Association, at the
Epiphany meeting of the association. However, as Swiss television
has developed an online news portal to coincide with the new website,
the publishers' associations filed a complaint with OFCOM, reports the
SDA. For its part, SRG emphasizes that it has repeatedly told publishers
signaled that it wanted to professionalize its online presence.
In addition, the offer complies with the European standard of the
public TV broadcasters and is in line with the
strategy to generate additional benefits for viewers.

The Swiss Press Association had organized the
invited to the competition for the third time, at the Epiphany Conference on 10.
The winning agency was announced in January: the Favo advertising agency
from Basel. Renowned Swiss advertising agencies had been invited,
the topic "Only an ad can do that" in the form of an ad creatively
implement.
The public jury chose the winner with 4,087 votes from almost 25,000
received for the Favo contribution. Overall, the
Participation in the competition increased by 8,000 votes. In addition to Favo
also took part in the competition: Blue Spirit Communications Schlieren,
Burson-Marsteller Bern, Grendene, Ogilvy + Mather Zurich, Grey
Worldwide Zurich/Geneva, JWT+Hostettler+ Fabrikant Zurich, Lesch + Frei
Zurich, Metzgerlehner Worldwide Partners Erlenbach, Pucci, Sulzer
Zurich, Saatchi & Saatchi Simko Geneva, TBWA/Switzerland Küsnacht and
Zogg.Kettiger.Gasser Zurich.

According to a trend report from the BSW Association,
BSW members are confident for 2006. This
positive outlook applies to our own development as well as to the
prospects for the industry as a whole. Two thirds of the members have
took part in the annual survey, explained BSW Managing Director
Walter Merz told Kleinreport. The detailed evaluation is still in the
aisle. However, it has already become clear that the
last year "for a majority of the agencies compared to 2004 slightly
was better". According to the BSW, the initial analyses have also
showed that the agencies for 2006 of the Swiss
communications industry is expected to grow faster than the
entire economy. More detailed information will be published in mid-February
Published in 2006.

The Eastern Switzerland radio station Radio Aktuell
has opened its 12th station in Urnäsch (AR). The
private radio station in the Appenzell hinterland. The new station
Urnäsch Chronbach supplies the area between Urnäsch, Appenzell and
the Schwägalp. The broadcasting area of Radio Aktuell also includes
the canton of St. Gallen (excluding the Rhine Valley and the districts of See/Gaster) and
the Oberthurgau region.

Media Daten Verlag, publisher and others.
of Werbewoche and Media Trend Journal and Edition Renteria,
The publisher of the Swiss PR and Media Directory will in future be
publish and market publications together. The first fruits
are the two online tools "PR-Guide" and "Corporate Publishing-Guide
at www.werbewoche.ch and www.renteria.ch. The "PR Guide" includes the
Addresses and contact persons of over 300 Swiss PR agencies and
enables searches by size, sectors, competencies and regions.
The "Corporate Publishing Guide" provides over 700 descriptions and links
to Swiss customer and employee magazines. Further launches
joint online and print products of the two publishing companies
for media users are planned. The cooperation between the two
The transnational cooperation between the publishing houses and the
Verlag Dieter Zimpel in Wiesbaden. The aim is to network the PR
and media contacts from the three German-speaking countries in Germany,
Switzerland and Austria. Both Zurich-based publishing houses will remain
self-employed.

The Zurich advertising agency Weber Harbeke has
won the mandate for a new Swisscom project. The agency will
oversee the launch of Betty TV, a new interactive medium from
Swisscom Fixnet and Betty Deutschland. Betty TV to provide television
more attractive for the broadcaster and advertising client by making the
opportunity to involve viewers in the program.
This is made possible by a remote control that communicates via radio with the running
TV program is connected and via a wireless return channel to the
telephone connection. Betty TV offers
interactive formats such as quizzes, competitions and
and teleshopping. Weber Harbeke prevailed against international
competition and is supported with TV commercials, advertisements and
Below-the-line activities to promote the new channel. Initial work
should be on show in spring 2006.

As the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung
reported, the interim decision by the Cartel Office is likely to increase the chances of
destroy a merger between Springer and ProSiebenSat.1. The central
Findings: The case should be rejected unless Springer sells the
Bild newspaper or one of the two major channels Pro Sieben or
Sat.1. Springer had previously refused to be bound by the Bild newspaper.
separate. The Cartel Office has accepted the conditions offered by the media group
and divestment proposals were not accepted, they were altogether
was not sufficient to approve the purchase. As the Handelsblatt reports at
Appointment in the environment of Springer CEO Mathias Döpfner
reported, the chances of a withdrawal are currently 60
percent. Springer now has until January 12 at 12 noon to respond to
to respond to the Cartel Office's interim decision. For Tuesday, 10.
January, the vote of the Commission for the determination of the
Concentration in the media sector CEC expected.

The Zurich PR agency Primus
Communications takes over media relations for the vacation home broker
Interhome. The mandate includes the coordination of
Communication activities of Interhome and its brands Utoring and
Solemar for the whole of Switzerland. Interhome, based in Zurich, will become
100% is held by the Hotelplan Group, which is owned by Migros.

The Berlin office of Publicis Public
Relations advertises the Ringier magazine Cicero. Since the beginning of the year
the agency is responsible for all of Cicero's communications. Publicis
is intended to help the magazine for political culture to
to continue the success story, explains Martin Paff, Publishing Director
Ringier Germany, told New-Business.de.