Canadian New Media Awards names nominees for 2009

The Canadian New Media Awards (CNMAs) has announced nominees for 2009 in 19 categories. The nominees will receive their awards at the CNMAs gala scheduled for Dec. 1 at the Toronto Design Exchange. Jointly presented by CNMA and nextMEDIA—an organizer of conferences for executives in the broadcast, telecom and new media fields—the awards recognize a slew of companies across Canada, for their successes and innovation in the interactive media industry. “As Canada’s only nationwide new media competition of its kind, we’re proud of the achievements that this country’s innovators have to offer,” says Mark Greenspan, Executive Producer of nextMEDIA. “This year, we’re pleased to showcase some of the best work from many cutting-edge companies.” Three new categories have been introduced this year: best online video portal, best mobile application, and brand of the year. The following is a list of the nominees: 1-Best Brand of the Year Molson Coors – Coors Light, Toronto BBDO/Proximity Canada – Doritos, Toronto B360 Media Inc. – Bitchin’ Lifestyle, Montreal 2-Honest New Digital Kid on the Block ChickAdvisor Inc. – Toronto, www.chickadvisor.com Trinome Inc, Montreal www.trinome.com Fuel Industries, Ottawa – www.allgirlarcade.com/sparkcity 3-Promising new company of the year Syncapse Corporation, Toronto www.syncapse.com CoveritLive, Toronto www.coveritlive.com Polar Mobile, Toronto www.polarmobile.com Stitch Media, Halifax & Toronto www.stitchmedia.ca Zoompass, Toronto www.Zoompass.com 4-Best company of the year Cyberplex Inc., Toronto www.cyberplex.com Vision Critical, Vancouver www.visioncritical.com Silverback Media, Toronto www.silverback-media.com Frima Studio Inc., Quebec City www.frimastudio.com Vantrix, Montreal www.vantrix.com 5-Best mobile marketing company Addictive Mobility-Brisk ARTwist, Markham MyThum Interactive Inc.-Coors Light Colder Than iPhone App, Toronto MyThum Interactive Inc.-Rogers MTV Leak Live Tour, Toronto 6-Best mobile application IBM Canada - Air Canada iPhone App, Markham Canwest - Food Network Mobile App, Toronto StreamTheWorld – StreamTheWorld, Montreal 7-Best location based service Xtreme Labs Inc. - Buzzd for iPhone, Toronto POIFriend/Simply Good - Scotiabank Nuit Blanche Night Navigator, Oakville Multiplied Media – Poynt, Calgary 8-Best use of social media Invoke Media – HootSuite Twitter application, Vancouver Trinôme Inc. - KWAD9, Montreal EyeSteelFilm – Rip: A Remix Manifesto & Open Source Cinema, Montreal 9-Best in interactive marketing BBDO/Proximity Canada - Doritos White Bag, Toronto Bluesponge - Montreal Canadiens Historical Website, Montreal BStreet - Polar Ice Vodka, Toronto Sweetspot.ca Inc. - The Sweetest Giveaway Yet, Toronto 10-Best branded entertainment Frima Studio inc. - Build-A Bearville, Quebec City doug agency - Worldwide Short Film Festival: Short Attention Span, Toronto Ogilvy Toronto - Waking Up Hannah, Toronto 11-Best cross-platform project A51 Integrated & Smokebomb Entertainment Inc. – CTV’s “Listener Online Experience”, Toronto Xenophile Media – Cartoon Network’s “Total Drama Island - Totally Interactive!”, Toronto National Film Board of Canada - Waterlife Interactive, Toronto 12-Best online video portal MovieSet Inc. – www.MovieSet.com, Vancouver National Film Board of Canada - NFB Online Screening Room www.nfb.ca, Toronto Kung Fu Numerik Inc./Turbulent - www.whoweare.ca, Montreal 13-Best innovative web-based game Social Game Universe - Avastar Social Facebook Application, Toronto Frima Studio Inc. - Build-a-Bearville, Quebec City Antic Entertainment - Junk Battles, London 14-Best kids interactive Tribal Nova - Kids' CBC Wonder World, Montreal Fuel Industries - Spark City / AllGirlArcade.com, Ottawa mod7 - Titanium Chef, Vancouver 15-Best in Canadian culture interactive Bluesponge - Canadian Center for Architecture, Montreal ecentricarts inc. – Textile Museum of Canada inTouch: Connecting Cloth, Culture + Art”, Toronto Isuma Distribution International – IsumaTV, Montreal 16-Leader in social change Mark Surman, Executive Director, Mozilla Foundation & Tonya Surman, Executive Director, Centre for Social Innovation, Toronto www.mozilla.org www.socialinnovation.ca. 17-Best online comedy performance Têtes à claques, Montreal www.tetesaclaques.tv 18-Best online artist of the year K-OS, Vancouver (Nettwerk) www.k-osmusic.com 19-Lifetime achievement award Red Burns, "Grandmother" of new media and Founder of the ITP Program at the Tisch School for the Arts at NYU.

Canadian New Media Awards names nominees for 2009

Briefs | 11/06/2009 7:09 pm EST

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