PATTS MELBOURNE, SAATCHI NZ HONOURED AT BEST ADS ON TV AWARDS

The bestads 2006 awards night was at the Melt Bar in Sydney's Kings Cross, sponsored by Prodigy.
best agency Aust / NZ:
equal best ... Saatchi & Saatchi NZ / George Patterson Y&R Melbourne.
best ad Aust / NZ
you guessed it ... Big Ad (GPY&R Melb)
best production company Aust / NZ:
Revolver Film
best director Aust / NZ:
equal best ... Garth Davis (Exit), Paul Middleditch (Plaza), & Steve Rogers (Revolver).

WORLDWIDE:
GOLD AWARD WINNERS:
Guinness "noitulovE"
Sony Bravia "Balls"
Carlton "Big Ad"
Honda "Choir"
Honda "Impossible Dream"
Sky One "Simpsons"

best production company 2006 worldwide - GORGEOUS.
... and the best director 2006, worldwide ... NOAM MURRO.

Judges for the 2006 awards :

Al Moseley – ECD Wieden+Kennedy/Amsterdam
Al Young – CD St Luke’s London
Andy Fackrell - ECD 180 Amsterdam
Clive Pickering - head of copy, TBWA\London
Danny Brooke-Taylor – CD - TBWA London
Emma Hill – CD Clemenger BBDO Melbourne
Glen Ryan – CD JWT Australia (Melb)
Jae Goodman and Jon Soto – Co-ECDs Publicis & Hal Riney San Francisco
James McGrath – CD George Patterson Y&R Australia (Melb)
John Norman - ECD Wieden+Kennedy/Amsterdam
Mark Fairbanks – AMV BBDO London
Matt Eastwood – ECD DDB Sydney
Mike Schalit - Net#work BBDO South Africa
Murray White – CD Springer & Jacoby Amsterdam
Olivier Altmann – ECD Publicis Conseil Paris
Paul Warner – ECD TBWA South Africa
Peter Ampe – CD Duval Guillaume Brussels
Phil Cockrell - AMV BBDO London
Roger Pe – ECD DDB Phillipines
Rose Sauquillo – CD Taxi Canada
Sam Walker – Mother London
Scott Linnen - VP/Creative Director CP+B
Sylvain Thirache – ECD DDB Paris
Toby Talbot – CD Saatchi & Saatchi New Zealand
Tony Bradbourne – CD Generator New Zealand
Tony Granger – Chief Creative Officer Saatchi & Saatchi NY
Tony Hardcastle - AMV BBDO London