World: Media Analysis - It can take a while to find a place for dollars 7 billion-worth of media.

Whether it's the onset of summer or an increasingly complex and protracted review process, accounts waiting for a winner are stacking up like 747s over Heathrow. This month's table boasts only four account wins worth dollars 50 million or more, while almost dollars 7 billion of business is still circling, looking for a home.

Last month, Zurich Financial followed the HSBC lead, appointing the Publicis network to handle all its marketing and communications work. In a rare secret pitch in Zurich, led by Rick Bendel, the chief operating officer, Publicis beat off undisclosed competition and managed to wrestle around dollars 150 million of business from a string of creative and media shops.

This is not to say that there is no movement in accounts under review.

Subaru of America has announced a first cut of 11 agencies for its global creative business, worth dollars 150 million, and three names have emerged in the play-off for Heinz's European media buying and planning business, worth around dollars 70 million. With Starcom Mediavest pulling out of the running, OMD, Mediaedge:cia and Vizeum are set to battle it out alone in a pitch whose result is expected some time this month.

Such dates are rarely to be taken as read, though. A decision on SC Johnson & Son was expected back in May, and still hasn't been made. Ditto the Pfizer Viagra account. And with Unilever delaying a decision on its dollars 1.2 billion pan-European media buying business until December, it's going to be a long wait until the dollars 7 billion prize is finally handed out.

 
ACCOUNTS UNDER REVIEW 
CLIENT: Procter & Gamble 
TASK: Media planning, North America 
BUDGET: dollars 2.5bn 
SHORTLIST: MediaCom, Starcom Mediavest 
INCUMBENT: MediaCom, Starcom Mediavest 
DECISION: July 
CONSULTANT: None 
 
CLIENT: Nestle 
TASK: Media planning and buying, global 
BUDGET: dollars 1.5bn 
SHORTLIST: IPG, WPP, Publicis 
INCUMBENT: Various, including MindShare, OMD, Universal McCann 
DECISION: July 
CONSULTANT: n/s 
 
CLIENT: Unilever 
TASK: Media buying, Europe 
BUDGET: dollars 1.2bn 
SHORTLIST: Initiative, MindShare, Carat, OMD 
INCUMBENT: Initiative, MindShare 
DECISION: December 
CONSULTANT: n/s 
 
CLIENT: Samsung 
TASK: Creative, global 
BUDGET: dollars 400m 
SHORTLIST: WPP, Publicis Groupe 
INCUMBENT: Foote Cone & Belding (IPG) 
DECISION: June 
CONSULTANT: None 
 
CLIENT: SC Johnson 
TASK: ...