Representatives of ad agencies pose during the Commward event organised by Bangladesh Brand Forum to recognise top performers in media and communication, at Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka on Saturday. Photo: Star

Bangladesh Brand Forum (BBF) has awarded 49 advertising campaigns in a bid to promote innovation in creative communications.

Advertising agencies, TVC producers and a radio channel received the awards on Saturday in 16 categories, including press, radio, outdoor to copy, mobile marketing and direction for ad film.

Of the 49 recognitions, 16 were given in the Grand Prix category, 20 in Gold and 13 in Silver, at a ceremony at Sonargaon Hotel in Dhaka.

A panel of global and local experts selected the winners from around 220 nominations.

Grey Advertising and Asiatic received the highest recognitions, each bagging nine awards, followed by Adcomm with seven.

Other winners include Bitopi Leo Burnet, Ogilvy & Mather, Mindshare, Cookie Jar, Strategeek Digital, Mediacom, Half Stop Down, Apple Box Films, Top of Mind and Radio Foorti.

BBF has been awarding such accolades in recognising and inspiring creative communication in business and marketing since 2009.