[By NBC-1TV H. J Yook]Dentsu Inc. (TOKYO:4324)(ISIN:JP3551520004)(President & CEO: Tadashi Ishii; Head Office: Tokyo; Capital: 74,609.81 million yen) was named Advertising Agency of the Year1, Network of the Year, and Interactive Agency of the Year at the 17th Asia Pacific Advertising Festival (ADFEST 2014) held from March 6 to 8 in Pattaya, Thailand.

Dentsu Inc. received the top award, the Grande Lotus, in the Film, Interactive, Promo, Design, and Integrated categories, and, together with other Dentsu Group companies, won five Gold Lotuses, sixteen Silver Lotuses, nineteen Bronze Lotuses and one INNOVA Lotus award for a total of 46 awards across twelve categories.