
nextMEDIA is proud to announce the winners of the nextMEDIA Banff Interactive Awards:
- Best Branded Entertainment: In Gayle We Trust, Universal Media Studios in association with Mindshare Entertainment and American Family Insurance, NBC Universal (www.nbc.com)- USA
- Best Cross Platform Project: The Well, Conker Media, BBC - United Kingdom
- Original Online Programs: FREAK, FremantleMedia - United Kingdom
- Best Interactive: The Well Conker Media, BBC - United Kingdom
BANFF and nextMEDIA also presented winners in the first annual International Pilots Competition. Awards were given to 2 winners in each category - a veteran and a newcomer:
- BEST PILOT: El Sistema, Greg Hemmings, Hemmings House Pictures
- Over 20 Minutes:
- Players, Exclamation Films, Mona Grenier, Exclamation Films
- The Gayest Show Ever, Pink Triangle Press, David Walberg, Pink Triangle Press
- 5-20 Minutes:
- American Wife, Frigate Films Inc.
- El Sistema, Hemming House Pictures, Greg Hemmings, Hemmings House Pictures
- 2-5 Minutes:
- Sterile Atomic Fly, spicybackpain Productions, Riley Beach, spicybackpain Productions
- Cubicle to the Cage, Hemmings House Pictures, Greg Hemmings House Pictures
The renowned Digital Hot List competition awarded Anaid Productions and Slice Networks’ XWEIGHTED.COM with its prestigious top honour as well as a full-access registration to MIPCOM 2010, provided by contest sponsor Reed Midem and valued at over 1,000 euros.
nextMEDIA’s new iPad/Tablet Competition presented Peter McNeill, of Deloitte and creator of the iStoreWine app with the top prize. iStoreWine received a development deal worth $25,000 to make their concept a reality via leading interactive development agency Trapeze and the Toronto-based Mobile Experience Innovation Centre.