Media Week Awards shortlist announced

LONDON - The Media Week Awards 2007 take place this Thursday, with the annual ceremony and celebrations at the Grosvenor.

The prestigious agency of the year award will be fought between Carat, OMD and Mindshare, while the sales team of the year trophy will go to either Emap2, Evening Standard, Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions, Sky Media or Times Media.

The shortlist:
Agency of the year: Carat, Mindshare, OMD UK
Sales team of the year: Emap2, Evening Standard, Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions, Sky Media, Times Media
Media idea large (over £1m): Carat, Manning Gottlieb OMD, Mindshare, OMD UK,
Media idea medium (£250k-£1m): Carat, OMD UK, Starcom, ZenithOptimedia
Media idea niche (under £250k): I-Level, MediaVest, Media Planning Group, Mindshare, Monkey Communications, Universal McCann
Sales pitch large (over £1m): Emap2/GCap/Chrysalis/TalkSport, Five, Sky Media, Times Media
Sales pitch medium (£250k-£1m): CBS Outdoor, GCap Media, JCDecaux, Talksport, Telegraph Media Group, Turner Media Innovations
Sales pitch niche (under £250k): Emap2, Evening Standard, MEN Media, Microsoft Digital Advertising Solutions, Times Media, Virgin Radio
Media innovation: I-Level, Dennis Publishing, Lunch Communications/MPG, Manning Gottlieb OMD, ZenithOptimedia
International campaign: MediaCom, Mediaedge:cia, Mindshare
Best research initiative: Carat, Channel 4, Guardian News & Media, MediaCom
Collaboration: Carat/Leo Burnett/MTV, Mirror Group Advertising/Steam/MediaVest/Scottish&Newcastle, OMD UK/GCap/Emap/MSN/OMD Fuse/The Works London/News International, thelondonpaper/Capital FM/Mindshare/Sputnik Communications, Vizeum UK/ITV/Emap
Media brand of the year: Associated Newspapers, BBC Magazines, Emap Advertising, GCap Media, The National Magazine Company, UTV
Rising star: Dean Dempsey, Nik Dewar, Rachel Wilson, Stacey Knight

Source: Media Week