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Media Week Awards winners 2026: Media Idea – £250k-£1m (Agency)

%22Turning media into accessible art%22 by PHD, Talon and Grand Visual for Kleenex

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Media Idea – Launch (Agency)

%22The Co-op cyber attack%22 by Carat UK for Co-op

Media Week Awards winners 2025: Media Idea – Over £1m (Agency)

%22A tale of two giants%22 by Wavemaker UK, A WPP Media Brand and Amazon for Morrisons

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Best Advertiser-Funded Programme or Entertainment

%22WSQK - The Squawk%22 by Global and iProspect for Netflix Stranger Things Season 5

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Best Use of Content – £250k-£750k

%22Macmillan and Emmerdale%22 by ITV and Zenith for Macmillan

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Best Use of Content – Over £750k

%22Train-ing it with Joe Wilkinson%22 by Channel 4 and Spark Foundry for Rail Delivery Group

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Best Use of Content – Under £250k

%22Radiant as a radioactive seal%22 by EssenceMediacom, a WPP Media Brand for Absolute Collagen

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Best Use of Retail Media

%22The ultimate brunch showdown%22 by Spark Foundry for Mondelez | Philadelphia

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Long-Term Media Strategy

%22Amex 'Unsigned' powerfully backing the next generation of UK music%22 by UM London for American Express

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Media Idea – Launch (Media Owner)

%22Waitrose Christmas %22 by ITV, MG OMD for Waitrose

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Media Idea – Under £250k (Media Owner)

%22Superman and Love Island%22 by ITV for Warner Bros

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Media Idea – Over £1m (Media Owner)

%22Benenden Health%22 by ITV

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Best Use of Data for Audience Buying

%22Building trust through data: how Vets for Pets drove new client registrations%22 by MG OMD for Pets at Home

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Research Insight

%22For f**k's sake productions%22 by LADbible

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Trade Body Research

%22The Growth Gap%22 by Thinkbox with WPP Media

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Small Collaboration - Under £250k

%22Bring in the sauce whisperers%22 for Unilever - Hellmann's

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Mid-Sized Collaboration - £250K-£750k

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Media Week Awards winners 2026: Large Collaboration - Over £750k

%22Rugby like never before%22, Asahi

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Best Creative & Media Agency Partnership

%22Dirty business%22 by OMD UK and 4Creative for Channel 4

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Media Creativity - Launch

%22The secret menu%22 by OMD UK for McDonald's

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Media Brand of the Year

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Media Week Awards winners 2026: Media Leader of the Year (Media Owner)

Jane Wolfson, UK & international president, Captify

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Sales Team of the Year

Sales Team of the Year: ITV Commercial

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Media Idea – £250k-£1m (Media Owner)

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Media Creativity - Under £250k

%22The filet-o-fish Facebook society of 2012%22 by OMD UK for McDonald's

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Media Creativity - £250k-£1m

%22Turning media into accessible art%22 by PHD, Talon and Grand Visual for Kleenex

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Media Creativity - Over £1m

%22The newest house on TV's oldest street%22 by Havas Media UK and ITV for EDF

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Grand Prix

%22Macmillan and Emmerdale%22 by ITV and Zenith for Macmillan

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Best Use of Audio

%22WSQK - The Squawk%22 by Global and iProspect for Netflix Stranger Things Season 5

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Rising Star (Media Owner)

Benjamin Wynne Davies, Acast

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Media Innovation

%22Turning drama into data science%22 by Publicis Next for Sky

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Inclusive Media Strategy

%22Built in, not bolted on%22 by MG OMD and Unite for O2

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Rising Star (Agency)

Robert Lingham, Havas Media Network UK

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Media Leader of the Year (Agency)

Paul Knight, chief executive officer, PHD

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Independent Media Agency of the Year

Independent Media Agency of the Year: Medialab

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Media Agency of the Year

Media Agency of the Year: PHD

Media Week Awards winners 2026: Econometrics

%22Domino's predictive econometrics%22 by Havas Media UK & Ebiquity for Domino’s

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