The man responsible for building mobile content giant Hungama recognised in the Outstanding Contribution category
Neeraj Roy became the fourth winner of the ‘Outstanding Contribution to Mobile Entertainment’ category at the ME Awards last night.
Previous winners include Nokia's Anssi Vanjoki, Bango's Ray Anderson and Mobilium's Ralph Simon.
Neeraj received the 2009 prize for building India’s biggest content content company, Hungama, and for his energy in promoting the industry all over the world.
He is also the chair of the MEF Asia trade body and is heavily involved in the FICCI Frames digital entertainment conference.
Tim Green, executive editor at ME Magazine, said: "I’m so pleased to be able to give this award to Neeraj, one of the hardest working and most respected guys in the business. He has not only built Hungama into India’s biggest mobile content company – which is itself an excellent advertisement for the industry – but he also works tirelessly for the MEF and other organisations to fly the flag for our market. He got a fantastic reception last night, and thoroughly deserved it."
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It was also a great night for Apple, which retained the Best Handset Company award, and for Flirtomatic, Shazam and Admob, all of which retained their awards from the 2008 event.
First time winners included PlayPhone, Vodafone, Universal Music, Saffron Digital and others.
The ME Awards ceremony, hosted by Mobile Entertainment magazine, rewards innovation and creativity in the mobile content sector and took place at the Royal Garden Hotel in London last night, attracting guests from over 120 companies in media, technology and entertainment from around the world.
Click here to view a list of the ME Awards 2008 winners in full.
