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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Mobile Entertainment Awards Shortlist Announced
London, 16 May 2006 – MEF has announced the shortlist of companies for its 2006 Mobile Entertainment awards, the Meffys.
As the industry’s official benchmark for measuring success and rewarding innovation, the Meffy shortlist is a ‘who’s who’ of mobile entertainment success stories and visionaries from around the world. It honours the companies and individuals who are pioneering new ideas, technologies and business models that are shaping the mobile entertainment industry. Last year’s winners included an array of industry heavyweights including Endemol, Nokia, Orange and Vodafone.
The top entries for each category were selected by panels of independent industry media and analyst experts.
Rimma Perelmuter, MEF Executive Director, commented: “The high calibre and volume of entries this year reflects the vibrant nature of the mobile entertainment market. Companies reaching the shortlist range from major global brands through to dynamic start-up companies, each significantly contributing in their own way to the growth of mobile entertainment.”
The Awards will take place alongside Mobile Entertainment Market (MEM) 2006 at Islington’s Business Design Centre, London. Winners will be unveiled by Pete Tong at an awards ceremony sponsored by Motorola and Sun Microsystems on 24 May 2006, in front of an assembled crowd of industry leaders and media.
List of Nominees for MEFFYS 2006
The Mobile Games Award
Digital Chocolate – ‘Tower Bloxx"
Glu Mobile – ‘Zuma’
Ideaworks3D - Electronic Arts ‘Need for Speed: Most Wanted’
iFone – ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’
InfoSpace & MTV – ‘Dirty Sanchez’
The Mobile Music Award
Hungama Mobile – ‘Jhalak Dikhla Ja Music Service’
3 UK – ‘3’s Mobile Music Service’
Sprint Nextel and Groove Mobile – ‘The Sprint Music Store’
Vodafone Group Services and Sony NetServices – ‘Vodafone Radio DJ’
Warner Music – ‘WAMO Packs’
The Mobile Content Award
Buongiorno – ‘Soccer Addicts’
Channel 4 New Media – ‘Channel 4 Mobile Portal’
Chooz Active Content – ‘Foreplay’
Inventa Productions – ‘Jamie’s Mobile Kitchen’
Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation – ‘Winter Olympic Games 2006’
The Mobile Services Award
Bango – ‘The Bango Service’
3 UK & Yospace – ‘SeeMe TV’
mBlox – ‘Off Portal Full Track Music Download Service’
MTV Networks – ‘Mobile TV Channels’
QUALCOMM – ‘The BREW Solution’
The Mobile Innovation Award
Cascada Mobile – ‘TAG’
CoreMedia – ‘CoreMedia DRM 2005’
3 UK and Yospace – ‘SeeMeTV’
Liquid Air Lab – ‘Spodradio’
MX Telecom – ‘Video Short Codes’
The Mobile Entertainment Operator Award
3 UK
Orange
Que Pasa Communications – ‘Virgin Mobile BITES 3G’
Vodafone Group Services
The Mobile Entertainment Handset Award
LG Electronics – ‘U880’
Motorola – ‘RAZR V3x’
Nokia – ‘N70’
The Mobile Entertainment Marketing Campaign
Celltick Technologies – ‘mLive Thailand’
Parlophone – ‘Gorillaz: Queen’s Speech’
Hungama Mobile – ‘Apsara Awards’
iFone – ‘Sonic the Hedgehog’
France Telecom/Orange and Warner Music – ‘Madonna: Confessions on a Dance Floor’
Judges:
Mobile Gaming
Stuart Dredge - Informa Telecoms & Media
Keith Stuart - freelance journalist
Jon Jordan - freelance journalist
Mobile Music
Tim Grimsditch - Frukt
Steve Mayall - MusicAlly
Juliana Koranteng – Billboard
Mobile Content
Alex Dean - Fathom Partners
Nick Lane - Informa / Mobile Media
Neil McCartney – FT, Broadcast
Mobile Innovation
Alex Dean - Fathom Partners
Nick Lane - Informa / Mobile Media
Neil McCartney - FT, Broadcast
Mobile Services
Nick Howell - New Media Age
Phil Taylor - Strategy Analytics
Dominic Schreiber - Broadcast
Paul Goode - M:Metrics
Kate Bulkley – Guardian, Independent, FT
Mobile Operator
Nick Howell - New Media Age
Phil Taylor - Strategy Analytics
Dominic Schreiber - Broadcast
Paul Goode - M:Metrics
Kate Bulkley – Guardian, Independent, FT
Mobile Handset
Joost Bos - Vodafone
Matthius Hilbert - France Telecom
Ben Wood - ex-Gartner
Tom Dunmore - Stuff Magazine / The Gadget Show
Marketing Campaign
Dominic Dudley - Marketing Week
Jack Horner - Frukt
Simon Andrews - Big Picture
About Mobile Entertainment Forum (MEF): MEF exists to represent the interests of its global membership across the mobile entertainment value chain. Our goals are to build awareness, create business development opportunities and facilitate the development of commercial guidelines and best practices to promote a healthy and profitable industry.
With headquarters in London, a Hollywood-based Americas secretariat and the newly established Asia chapter, MEF’s network of members represents a veritable ‘Who’s Who’ of mobile entertainment businesses and entrepreneurs. For more information and a full list of members please visit: www.m-e-f.org.
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