bpg and MovieTickets.com Top the Box Office for Mobius Awards

LOS ANGELES, April 7 /PRNewswire/ -- bpg, a full-service, award-winning creative advertising agency for the entertainment industry, was honored with seven Mobius Awards in this year's competition.  Established in 1971, Mobius Awards is the oldest, independent, international advertising awards competition, honoring the year's most creative campaigns in the advertising industry.

bpg was honored with the Best of Show Award in Cinema/In-flight, First Place and the Kodak Cinematography Award for "The Train." The entry, which was created for MovieTickets.com, depicts the struggle against time as a man runs to catch his receding train.

Other first place honors for bpg include History Channel's "Ice Road Truckers" and TV Land's "She's Got the Look." Alliance Films' "Blindness" and Bravo's "Make Me a Supermodel" both won Certificates.  bpg won these honors in a crowded field of multinational agencies all vying for coveted Mobius Awards.

"These Awards symbolize bpg's dedication to creative excellence and the valuable partnerships we've developed with our clients," said Steph Sebbag, president of bpg.  "It's a tremendous honor to be repeatedly recognized for our work by such a prestigious worldwide competition."

"We're honored to have worked with bpg as a creative partner on this commercial," said Walt Borchers, executive vice president, MovieTickets.com. "'The Train' is an original vignette, bringing to life artistic cinematography and memorable storytelling solely through vivid imagery. We're thrilled that this spot is being recognized with such a prominent award as we continue to receive numerous industry accolades for our campaigns."

Mobius Awards Chairman, Lee Gluckman, along with Kodak's Aaron Saffa, traveled to bpg's office to present the awards. The bpg visit kicked off Gluckman's campaign to deliver Mobius Best of Show and Image awards to winners over the next few weeks.

Additional awards and nominations bpg has recently received include Davey Awards, the 2009 Golden Trailer Award, Telly Awards, and PromaxBDA Awards, among others.

About bpg

bpg (http://www.bpgadvertising.com/) is a full service, award-winning creative advertising agency for the entertainment industry.  Through print, online and broadcast media, bpg conceptualizes clean, cutting edge and comprehensive campaigns, with big picture thinking.  bpg has been nominated and has won dozens of industry awards recognizing its work in various media, including PromaxBDA Awards, Graphis Awards, Davey Awards, Golden Trailer Awards, Key Art Awards, and Telly Awards. The agency was established in 2005 by Steph Sebbag.  Clients include Bravo, CBS, Fox, History, Syfy, NFL Network, Oxygen, Showtime, Spike, TVLand, Warner Bros, Paramount and MovieTickets.com.

About the MovieTickets.com

MovieTickets.com (www.movietickets.com), the worldwide leader in advance movie ticketing offers moviegoers a destination for movie news, reviews and trailers as well as a convenient way to buy movie tickets in advance. MovieTickets.com enables consumers to buy tickets online for movie screens across the United States, as well as in Canada at MovieTickets.ca; in the U.K. at MovieTickets.co.uk; in Ireland at MovieTickets.ie; in Argentina at MovieTickets.com.ar; from any Internet-enabled wireless device at mobile.movietickets.com; and from any phone at 877-789-MOVIE. Formed in 2000, MovieTickets.com is a joint venture between AMC Entertainment, Hollywood Media Corp. (NASDAQ: HOLL), National Amusements, Cineplex Entertainment, Marcus Theatres (NYSE: MCS), Viacom (NYSE: VIA) and Time Warner, and leverages the collective theater chain expertise to deliver consumers a premium movie ticketing experience. Its elite collection of partner theaters consistently represents over 50 percent of the top 100 grossing theaters in North America on any given weekend. The MovieTickets.com theater chain group, which includes 187 theater chains, is about eight times the number of chains of its nearest competitor.

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