NEW YORK, June 29 /PRNewswire/ -- For the third year in a row, BBDO Worldwide won Network of the Year honors at the 56th International Advertising Festival in Cannes, regarded as the preeminent advertising competition in the world.

Twenty-one BBDO agencies combined to win 52 of the coveted Lions, with work for 34 clients, spanning all forms of communication from Cyber to Design, Direct, Film, Media, Outdoor, Press, Promotion, Radio and Titanium/Integrated.

The Network of the Year Award was established in 2007. BBDO Worldwide is the only agency network to have received this recognition.

"The correlation between creative awards and in market sales success has been established," said Andrew Robertson, President and Chief Executive Officer of BBDO Worldwide. "Creativity -- the magical ability to attract and hold the attention of an audience while we give them some information, a demonstration or an experience that changes their behavior -- is the only way to deal with the challenges of the attention economy. That's why we are so committed to 'The Work The Work The Work.' And that's why we are so pleased to have won again at Cannes."

Almap BBDO in Brazil was the Runner Up individual Agency of the Year for the second year in a row. Other award-winning BBDO agencies included: AIM Proximity, NZ, AMV BBDO, London, ANR BBDO, Sweden, BBDO Argentina, BBDO Chile, BBDO New York, BBDO/Proximity Malaysia, BBDO/Proximity, Singapore, BBDO Toronto, Clemenger BBDO, Melbourne, Clemenger BBDO, Sydney, CLM BBDO, Paris, Colenso BBDO, Auckland, Contapunto, Madrid, Impact BBDO, Dubai, Net#work BBDO, Johannesburg, Pages BBDO, Dominican Republic, Proximity/BBDO, Brussels, Proximity London, and Sancho BBDO, Colombia.

For a complete listing of all BBDO award-winning work, click on the link below:

http://awards.bbdo.com/cannes2009/

BBDO Worldwide is part of Omnicom Group, Inc. (NYSE: OMC; www.omnicomgroup.com). Omnicom is a leading global marketing and communications company. Omnicom's 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.

SOURCE BBDO Worldwide