BEIJING, Jan. 29, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Today in
Beijing, Terry Savage, Chairman of the Cannes Lions
International Festival of Creativity, announced that SY Lau, Senior
Executive Vice President of Tencent (HKEx:
0700) and President of its Online Media Group (OMG) has been
named Cannes Lions 2015 Media Person of the Year.
This prestigious award has been presented in the past to
visionary leaders from world-class companies, including
Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman of
Google; Mark Zuckerberg, founder and
CEO of Facebook ; Richard Plepler,
CEO of HBO, Salar Kamangar, CEO of
YouTube, etc. SY Lau, the first executive of a Chinese
company ever to receive the coveted award, was selected for his
leadership in overseeing the emergence of Tencent's Online Media
Group as China's leading online
communications, social and entertainment service company.
The Cannes Lions Awards is
an international benchmark for creative excellence, recognizing the
best work and the most original thinking. Known as the world's
largest celebration of advertising and communications, the Cannes
Lions International Festival of Creativity is held yearly in
Cannes and has drawn thousands of participants from
around the globe.
Cannes Lions selected SY Lau for his vision and direction in
transforming OMG from a provider of a single Internet portal
service into China's largest and
most admired integrated media service matrix. OMG's success is
derived from a mix of powerful platforms, unwavering focus on
quality content and innovative products.
The result of this effort is the establishment of a
game-changing industry model. Under the leadership of SY Lau, OMG
is now setting a new industry standard and has changed the way that
Chinese people utilize media. His team has been fundamental in
developing a strong media business that contributes to Tencent's
success.
"I am humbled and delighted to receive the prestigious Cannes
Lions Media Person of the Year Award," said SY Lau. "This award not
only demonstrates the success of Tencent OMG, but also highlights the rise of
China as a global force for online
innovation, creativity and for the highest quality content.
Tencent's vision is to connect everything. I am convinced that the
media is a critical part of this strategy. In addition to provide
information, the media will be platform for people to communicate
and interact with people, services and hardware surrounded.
Tencent OMG stands proudly at the
forefront of this movement. We thank Cannes Lions for recognizing
us as a leading global player in online communications."
Pony Ma, Core Founder and Chief Executive Officer of
Tencent said, "We are pleased that SY
Lau is awarded as the Cannes Lions Media Person of the Year, which
underscores the success of Tencent
Online Media Group and how it transforms people in China consuming online information and
entertainment content. This is a special moment for Tencent, and we extend our warmest
congratulations to SY Lau, and thank the Cannes Lions International
Festival of Creativity for recognizing his achievement."
Tencent OMG manages and owns the
country's leading online platforms including the video streaming
service Tencent Video v.qq.com,
Internet access and news portal qq.com, plus the Tencent micro blogging platform and related
services. All of these services are available on PC and mobile
devices. According to Alexa.com, Tencent is now the leading Internet portal in
China according to traffic.
Tencent News is China's leading smartphone news platform by
daily active users; and Tencent Video
has the highest monthly unique view on PC and its mobile client
takes the second position in the industry according to monthly
unique view.
"We hope that by giving this annual accolade, we can set
precedents and benchmarks across the industry while also providing
inspiration across the board," concluded Terry Savage.
SY Lau will be presented with the award on Tuesday 23 June
during Cannes Lions, which will
take place from 21-27 June in Cannes, France.
In 2011, SY Lau was honored by
Advertising Age as one of "The World's 21 Most Influential People
in Marketing and Media." He has been appointed an Honorary
Ambassador to the City of Brisbane,
Australia to recognize his contribution as, in the words of
Brisbane's Lord Mayor, "a world
leading global entrepreneur."
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