Reveals 30 companies chosen to present their interesting ideas to a jury of digital experts.
MidemLab is the new media bit of the big music conference in Cannes, and returns for its second year between January 28th and January 31st 2012.
This contest comprises three entry categories: music discovery, recommendation and creation; marketing and social engagement; direct-to-consumer sales and monetising content.
Last year’s winners were Discovr, Next Big Sound and Shuffler.fm.
The finalists have been chosen by UK digital consulting company Music Ally and French specialist open innovation consultancy, bluenove. They are:
Music Discovery, Recommendation & Creation Category
ChartsNow.mobi (UK) – mass market mobile music service
MPme by Apsmart (UK) – curated internet radio
musicplayr (Germany) – music discovery & blogging
Navegas (Germany) – connecting the world of music tool
Rexly (USA) – social discovery & recommendation
Songs2See by Fraunhofer (Germany) – music game development
SoshiGames (UK) – game-based social music discovery
Twusic by LemonLab (Belgium) – Twitter music application
Watzatsong (France) – crowdsourced music search engine
WhoSampled (UK) – music discovery
Marketing & Social Engagement Category
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BandApp (UK) – free instant artist app creation
Beloola by V-Cult (France) – social music service
CrowdSurfing by LiveOne Group (USA) – live content social viewing app
Flowd (Finland) – music marketing and social music service
iPluggers (Netherlands) – worldwide digital radio promotion
Oocto by GeniusMonk (France) – crowdfunding & crowdsourcing music platform
Pipe (Germany) – file transfer for social networks
RockStar Motel (USA) – fan-centric music social network
Tastebuds.fm (UK) – social events discovery
Webdoc (Switzerland) – fan engagement
Direct to Consumer Sales and Content Monetisation Category
Getonic (Israel) – direct to consumer social ecommerce
Menyou (Sweden) – online sales and distribution tool
Musicsoft Arts (USA) – interactive music discovery, playback and sales
My Bee (France) – access control and dematerialized payment
Ondango (Germany) – Facebook commerce solution
SonicAngel (Belgium) – next generation crowdfunding label
TuneRights (Sweden) – stock market for music
Tunipop (USA) – connecting merchandise with digital music
Weezevent (France) – cloud ticketing service
WildChords by Ovelin (Finland) – guitar learning game
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