WORD Big picture show
BOARD FLOW Board Flow
Los Angeles: 6/10, Toronto: 8/10, New York: 9/10, London: 9/10
MONITOR A quickie with an agency producer
DDB San Francisco director of broadcast David Verhoef
Toy stories
Toy creates online game smorgasbord for OfficeMax
MTV gives PSAs a creative kick in the ass
Spots offered rights-free to broadcasters worldwide
Playlist
Top spots
TOPIC Fast-forwarding is so passe
Advertisers want in on DVR and providers are finally listening
SPOTOPSY Animated beauty gets a real face for lux soap
Bent puts the 'S' & 'M' in stop motion
ON LOCATION Parkour in the new Prague
Bucharest is Garth Davis' playground for Xbox
DIRECTOR'S CHAIR Best adapted screenplay
RSA's Dawn Shadforth moves from electronic music to the macabre
YEAR IN REVIEW A year in spots
The year that was
Top campaigns, interactive players, clients and top story of 2007
Top of the screening room
Double vision
TBWA\Chiat\Day scoops Agency of the Year honors for 2nd year running
Top agencies: The rest of the best
Still free
Smuggler's fearlessness makes them our Prodco of the Year.
Top 20 production companies
DESIGN & GRAPHICS Sharing the wealth
72andSunny taps top designers and animators for Zune Arts site
State of the art
New visions from the design and graphics set
Embraceable artistry
Nike nicks mograph's finest for new campaigns
REGIONAL REPORT: RUSSIA AND THE BALTIC STATES Warming to the Western world
Russia's exploding ad industry is knocking on directors' doors
Latvia's wonder years
Baltic production capital eyes the outside world
INVENTORY & HOOKUPS Inventory & hookups
A look at who's making the moves
REARVIEW Reader's eye view
Thoughts on 2006 from a selection of our readers