Mipcom announces Mobile TV Award Winners

MIPCOM announces the winners of the MIPCOM Mobile & Internet TV Awards 2007. The international trophies were awarded earlier this 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 Any Screen Productions, Marché du Film de Cannes & Short Film Corner, 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 international grand jury presented a “Mobile & Internet TV Award” to the most compelling project in each category. The grand jury included the following members: President of Grand Jury, Neeraj Roy, Managing Director & CEO, Hungama Mobile (India), Miles Beckett, Co-Founder & CEO LG15 Studios (USA), Judy Gladstone, Executive Director, Bravo!FACT Foundation to Assist Canadian TalentCTVglobemedia Inc. (Canada), Laurence Herszberg, General Manager Forum des Images & Founder Pocket Films Festival France, Mark Selby, Global Vice President Multimedia, Nokia (UK), Juha Tiihonen CEO & Co-Founder, Starcut Oy (Finland), Karin Timpone, Head of Consumer & Customer Innovation, Yahoo! Inc. (USA).

The 9 Winners of the MIPCOM Mobile TV Awards 2007 are :

1. Best short form audiovisual entertainment made for mobile and/or Internet drama: Emmerdale Online Channel: Hoodlum, Australia.
2. 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.