Starcom wins at Festival of Media Awards, while Mars awarded advertiser of the year

Tim Burrowes

April 21, 2010 5:06

Starcom and Whybin\TBWA were the Australian winners for their Mars work at this year’s Festival of Media Awards.

The first dedicated global media awards which are held in Spain, Valencia, saw Starcom and Whybin\TBWA win the consumer benefit category for their Mars Pedigree Dog Adoption campaign.

It was also recently awarded the Grand Prix at the Internationalist Awards.

Starcom received another award with Channel Ten for the Mars Strauchanie: Sponsoring a legend campaign, in the best use of content category.

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.