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Industry's best acclaimed at ME Awards
Stuart O'Brien Sep 20 2006, 12:00pm
Digital Chocolate, 3UK and MTV were among the winners of the first ever ME Awards last night - and Bango's Ray Anderson received a special award for his contribution to the mobile entertainment industry.
The eagerly-awaited event in London attracted over 350 mobile content execs from media, technology and entertainment companies around the world. A wide range of categories covered all aspects of the mobile entertainment space, including content publishing, technical services and operator activities.
The ME Awards were organised by Mobile Entertainment magazine and sponsored and supported by SEGA along with Nokia, Infospace, Player X, Dot Mobi and the MMA. The category winners were chosen by a voting panel of over 300 industry execs.
Tim Green, executive editor of Mobile Entertainment magazine, said: "It was an amazing evening. We learned that the industry wants, needs and deserves a gala event like this. We also learned that next year we need to book a bigger room."
The winners in full:
Best Imaging Company
Fonestarz
Best Gambling Company
Spin3
Best Adult Services Company
Cherrysauce
Best D2C Aggregator
Jamster
Best Games Developer
Digital Chocolate
Best Games Publisher
Gameloft
Best Music Label
Universal Music
Best Video Producer
MTV
Best Video and TV Service Provider
MobiTV
Best Music Service Provider
Shazam
Best Games Service Provider
Terraplay
Best Handset Company
Sony Ericsson
Best Payment/Billing Provider
mBlox
Best Content Service Delivery Platform
Motricity
Best On-Device Portal Provider
SurfKitchen
Best Mobile Marketing Service Provider
Enpocket
Best Operator Content Service
3 UK: See Me TV
Best Operator
3 UK
Outstanding contribution to mobile entertainment
Ray Anderson, Bango
Companies attending the ME Awards included: BSkyB, ITN On, ITV, BBC, Nokia, SEGA, Glu, 3, T-Mobile, Orange, Sony Ericsson, Player X, MTV, mBlox, Infospace, Bango, EA Games, I-Play, Sony BMG, THQ Wireless, Jamster, RealNetworks, MobiTV, Spin3, Warner Music Group, Groove Mobile, Motricity, News International, Morpheme, Universal Music, Digital Chocolate, Tira Wireless, Vodafone, Enpocket, O2, Gameloft, Musiwave, Google, WIN, EMI, Codemasters, Player One, SurfKitchen, Distinctive Development, Samsung, Cellectivity, Chrysalis, Mobix Interactive, Channel 4, Rockpool, Probability, Endemol, Terraplay, Telia Sonera, WAAT Media, Cherry Media, Manchester United FC, Ministry of Sound, Fonestarz, Shazam, HMV, Slotland, Beggars Group, Getty Images, End2End, dotMobi, Amdocs Qpass, Volantis, Valista, Action Engine, July Systems, Openwave, MIG, M:Metrics, Turner Broadcasting, Que Pasa and LaNetro Zed.
To see compromising pictures from the evening, visit:
http://www.nokialifeblog-meawards.com
