MIPCOM Mobile & TV Awards
Mobile Friday, October 19 by Martin / The Wit
Cannes, 10 October 2007 – MIPCOM announces the winners of the MIPCOM Mobile & Internet TV Awards 2007. The international trophies were awarded yesterday evening in a packed auditorium at the 23rd annual MIPCOM (8 - 12 October, 2007, Palais des Festivals, Cannes). The winning titles were chosen by an international grand jury from a
total of 32 nominated projects.
Organised in partnership with the Marché du Film de Cannes & Short Film Corner, Any Screen Productions, The Hollywood Reporter and Billboard, the MIPCOM Mobile & Internet TV Awards 2007 received 280 entries from 38 countries, and a record number of 180 companies participating in the competition.
Ted Baracos, Director of Digital Media at Reed MIDEM comments : “The record participation in this year’s Awards demonstrates the growing importance of Mobile and Internet production to the global TV and Film Industries. By creating and hosting the Mobile & Internet TV Awards at MIPCOM, we are actively promoting the creative and commercial development of new content formats over digital platforms.”
The 9 winners of the MIPCOM Mobile & Internet TV Awards 2007 are:
1. Best short form audiovisual entertainment made for mobile and/or Internet comedy: Jeb’s Jobs, Weakend Productions, UK.
2. Best short form audiovisual entertainment made for mobile and/or Internet drama: Emmerdale Online Channel: Hoodlum, Australia.
3. Best short form audiovisual entertainment made for mobile and/or Internet lifestyle/music : History Rocks, A&E Television Networks, USA
4. Best short form audiovisual entertainment made for mobile and/or Internet factual : The Finer things, Speedy Productions, South Africa
5. Best mobile service for social community & UGC: Vringo, Vringo Inc, Israel.
6. Best made-for-mobile or film channel: Toei Anime Comic, Toei Animation Co, Japan
7. Best Cross platform & Interactive mobile TV format: Best Show Ever, MTV Networks International, USA
8. Best short film originally created or repurposed for mobile: King Boxer-Mobisode Celestial Pictures Ltd, Hong Kong
9. Best film shot on a mobile device: Colorful EU, Kodolanyi Janos University-
Visual Workshop, Hungary.
Martin / The Wit
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