Comcast, Univision Awarded for Multicultural Ad Campaigns

Ad campaigns from Comcast and Univision were honored at the Association of National Advertisers (ANA) Multicultural Excellence Awards in Los Angeles at the group's annual diversity conference.

The awards go to client side marketers as well as their media partners and agencies. Comcast and agency Burrell Communications in the print category, and Univision and ts agency Blanco Lorenz in the business-to-business category were among were a dozen Grand Prize winners this year.

“My congratulations go out to all the winners of this year’s competition for their outstanding work and their overall contributions to multicultural advertising and marketing,” said ANA president Bob Liodice in a statement. “Their work is an inspiration for our entire industry and serves as an example to other marketers and agencies who are striving to excel in the all-important multicultural arena.”

A portion of the entry fees for the awards goes to sponsor scholarships for multicultural students in advertising and marketing.

John Eggerton

Contributing editor John Eggerton has been an editor and/or writer on media regulation, legislation and policy for over four decades, including covering the FCC, FTC, Congress, the major media trade associations, and the federal courts. In addition to Multichannel News and Broadcasting + Cable, his work has appeared in Radio World, TV Technology, TV Fax, This Week in Consumer Electronics, Variety and the Encyclopedia Britannica.