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Digiday Media Awards Europe

The Digiday Media Awards Europe recognize the companies, campaigns and technology modernizing European media. Over the years, they’ve honored industry-leading work from Hearst UK, Culture Trip, Politico Europe, Adidas and more.

Interested in entering? To access everything you’ll need to join the ranks of our past winners including our entry kit, expert tips on crafting a winning entry and past coverage of this program, click here.

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Key Dates

  • Early Deadline: Oct 09, 2026
    €319 per entry
  • Regular Deadline: Nov 20, 2026
    €409 per entry
  • Last Chance Deadline: Jan 15, 2027
    €469 per entry
All deadlines end at 11:59PM PST

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Categories

  • Best Zero-Click Strategy

    Awarding the strategy that most effectively engaged audiences and drove measurable outcomes across zero-click platforms amid the rise of AI-driven discovery.

  • Best Creator Marketing Strategy

    Awarding the creator marketing strategy that has most successfully leveraged creators to engage audiences and achieve its marketing objectives.

  • Best Subscription or Membership Product

    Awarding the subscription or membership product that most effectively drove acquisition, retention, revenue growth, and delivered strong subscriber benefits.

  • Most Effective Sports Coverage

    Recognizing a media company that has successfully used sports content, partnerships or programming to engage audiences and achieve its marketing objectives.

  • Best New Content Vertical

    Awarding a media company that successfully launched a new niche or content vertical, building a distinct audience and creating new opportunities for growth.

  • Best Ad Tech Solution

    Awarding the technology solution that has most effectively improved advertising performance, efficiency or measurement for advertisers, agencies or publishers.

  • Best Brand Partnership

    Awarding the brand and media partnership that has most successfully promoted a brand, product or service.

  • Best Branded Content Program

    Awarding the branded content program created by a media company that has most successfully engaged audiences and achieved its objectives.

  • Best Contextual Targeting Offering

    Awarding the contextual targeting offering that has most successfully helped clients reach relevant audiences and achieve their advertising objectives.

  • Best Event

    Awarding the virtual, hybrid and/or live event that has most successfully engaged audiences and achieved its objectives.

  • Best First-Party Data Strategy

    Awarding the first-party data strategy that has most successfully collected, organized and utilized first-party data to achieve business objectives.

  • Best Multichannel Campaign

    Awarding the multichannel campaign that has most successfully used multiple channels to engage audiences and achieve its objectives.

  • Best Newsletter

    Awarding the newsletter that has most successfully engaged and grown its audience while achieving its business objectives.

  • Best Podcast

    Awarding the podcast that has most successfully engaged audiences and achieved its editorial and/or business objectives.

  • Most Innovative Publisher Platform

    Awarding the publisher platform that has most innovatively enabled media companies to create, distribute, monetize or grow content and audiences.

  • Best Use of AI

    Awarding the use of AI by a media company that has most successfully enhanced content, audience engagement, operations or business outcomes.

  • Best Use of Audience Insights

    Awarding the strategy that has most successfully used audience insights to understand, engage or grow an audience and achieve key objectives.

  • Best Use of Data

    Awarding the content strategy by a brand or agency that has most successfully used data to inform its approach and achieve campaign goals.

  • Best Use of Emerging Technology

    Awarding the use of emerging technology, including but not limited to AR, VR and AI, that has most successfully enhanced an initiative and achieved its objectives.

  • Best Use of Game Content

    Awarding the media company that has creatively used interactive or gamified content, such as quizzes, polls or games, to engage audiences and achieve its goals.

  • Best Use of Social

    Awarding a media company that has used social platforms creatively and effectively to engage audiences, grow its reach and strengthen its brand.

  • Best Use of Video

    Awarding a media company that has created compelling video content, from a single video to a series, to engage audiences, grow its reach and achieve its goals.

  • Editorial Team of the Year

    Awarding the editorial team that has most successfully produced high-quality content in alignment with its company’s editorial mission.

  • Media Company of the Year

    Awarding the media company that has demonstrated the greatest overall excellence, innovation and creativity in its approach to media.

Judges

  • David Wilcox
    COMMERCIAL DIRECTOR
    NEWS BROADCASTING
  • Lizzie Frew
    PROGRAMMATIC CUSTOMER SUCCESS LEAD FOR EUROPE
    BAUER MEDIA OUTDOOR
  • Milton Elias
    DIRECTOR OF STRATEGIC DEVELOPMENT
    TIMES MEDIA
  • Owen Griffiths
    COMMERCIAL REVENUE DIRECTOR
    THE SUN
  • Elsa Demain-Griffiths
    DIRECTOR, DIGITAL SALES & INNOVATIONS
    THE TELEGRAPH
  • Chrissy Marshall
    HEAD OF MEDIA
    MATTEL UK
  • Aaron Watkins
    HEAD OF PAID SEARCH SOLUTION & STRATEGY
    MG OMD
  • Clare Beddow
    SENIOR DIRECTOR, AGENCY PARTNERSHIPS
    MIQ
  • Jane (Evgeniya) Kubryak
    FOUNDER
    DISCOVER WITH JANE DOO
  • Alex Prezenszki
    MEDIA DIRECTOR
    MEDIATOR GROUP
  • Serge Sohen
    EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND OWNER
    MIRRORS
  • Elena Pastor Heras
    HEAD OF CREATIVE
    WPP MEDIA

Past Winners

  • ADIDAS
  • Boiler Room
  • Carat
  • Clickon
  • CNN
  • Discovery Channel
  • Forward PMX
  • Havas
  • Culture Trip
  • Hearst
  • JOE
  • Jungle Creations
  • LAD Bible
  • LIME Pictures
  • Pink News
  • Politico

Judging Criteria

Judges will be looking for companies or campaigns that can clearly demonstrate success over the past 12 months. Judges are seeking companies or campaigns that have seized challenges and created opportunities and will evaluate entries based on the following criteria: Innovation, Creativity, Consumer Value, Results and Overall.

Judges will require evidence to substantiate all entries. This can include details of financial performance, specific KPIs, creative evidence in the form of a sizzle reel, campaign images, or links to the final project or related sites. The judges will also consider the structure, presentation and clarity of each entry.

Judging Process

Judges will score each entry prompt and consider any supporting materials submitted. After each judge submits their score for the above criteria, the scores of each criteria will then be averaged and then combined to determine an overall score for each entry. The highest scoring entries will appear on the shortlist and winner lists.

Confidentiality

All material will remain confidential to the judges. Only the 'Credits' section of an entry will be made public via the shortlist/winners announcement. If you win a particular category, our team may summarize the entry for shortlist/winner announcements and winners guides.