InteractiveTV Today Announces Call For Entries For The Seventh Annual Awards For Leadership In Interactive And Multiplatform Television
New Click Awards Sub-Category Introduced To Honor Creative Excellence in Emerging Areas of Broadband/Internet Video; Submission Deadline is February 9, 2010
InteractiveTV Today [itvt] has issued a call for entries for the Seventh Annual Awards for Leadership in Interactive and Multiplatform Television and introduced a new sub-category of awards for emerging areas of broadband/Internet video. The awards submission deadline is Tuesday, February 9, 2010. Winners will be honored at a special ceremony during the TV of Tomorrow Show being held March 3-4, 2010 in San Francisco.
The Awards for Leadership in Interactive and Multiplatform Television recognize excellence in eight categories:
- “Most Significant Impact“: The company or organization that has had the most significant impact on the industry as a whole over the past year (i.e., March 1, 2009 through February 9, 2010)
- “Most Significant Newcomer“: The company or organization that was the most significant newcomer/breakthrough player of the past year;
- “Most Significant Technology, Platform or Product“: The company or organization that invented the most innovative and disruptive technology, platform or product of the past year;
- “Most Significant Content Offering“: The company or organization that created the most innovative and disruptive content offering of the past year;
- “Most Innovative Design or User Interface“: The company or organization that created the most innovative and disruptive design/user interface/content-navigation schema of the past year;
- “Individual Leadership I“: An individual who demonstrated notable leadership in the interactive, multiplatform TV industry over the past year, and whose efforts helped move that industry forward;
- “Individual Leadership II“: An individual who demonstrated notable leadership in the interactive, multiplatform TV industry over the past year, and whose efforts helped move that industry forward;
- “ITV All-Star“: An individual who has a long-term track record of leadership in the interactive television industry, and who is an appropriate candidate for membership in an ITV Hall of Fame.
All nominations for the Awards for Leadership in Interactive and Multiplatform Television should be submitted online.
The Click Awards
This year [itvt] is introducing the Click Awards, a new sub-category of the Awards for Leadership in Interactive and Multiplatform Television. Initially, they will recognize creative excellence in three emerging areas of broadband/Internet video:
- Interactive video programming (i.e. programming that includes annotations, hotspotting, and other forms of clickable video);
- Interactive video advertising/marketing; and
- Interactive video commerce (vcommerce).
Please submit all nominations for the Click Awards online.
Supporting materials for all awards can be sent as pdf format attachments or hyperlinks via email to swedlow(at)itvt.com, or on DVD via postal mail to: InteractiveTV Today, 2959 Mission Street, Suite A, San Francisco/CA 94110.
Media Credentials
Members of traditional media and iTV industry blog writers interested in attending the TV of Tomorrow Show and/or the awards ceremony should submit their contact information, publication’s Web site address, and links to two published articles about the industry since September 2010 to pam(at)dialogikdigital(dot)com for consideration. Please note: There is a limited number of press credentials available.
About The TV of Tomorrow Show
The TV of Tomorrow Show (http://www.thetvoftomorrowshow.com), produced by Interactive TV Today [itvt], is the leading global conference for the multiplatform interactive television (iTV) industry. Attended by C-levels and senior executives from the broadcast, programming, network operator (cable, telco, satellite, wireless), Web 2.0/social networking, advertising, studio, and consumer electronics spaces, the conference emphasizes candid, dynamic and informative discussions about current topics that excite and concern industry decision makers. It is also the top venue for networking with iTV peers and identifying new strategic partnerships. Winners of the annual Awards for Leadership in Interactive and Multiplatform Television and the Click Awards are announced at the conference. An exclusive group of innovative iTV-related products are also showcased. Speakers and/or sponsors have included NBC Universal, CBS, Verizon FiOS, Panasonic, HSN, Microsoft, Wachovia, McKinsey, Starcom MediaVest, MediaStorm, NDS, Siemens, Brightcove, OpenTV, SeaChange, Ensequence, Softel Group and Vidiom Systems.
About Interactive TV Today
InteractiveTV Today [itvt] (http://www.itvt.com) is the most widely read and trusted news and information source on the rapidly emerging medium of multiplatform interactive television (iTV). Now in its 11th year, [itvt] provides concise, original coverage of industry developments, technologies, content projects, and the people building the business. [itvt] also offers industry consulting services and produces the annual TV of Tomorrow Show, the leading global conference for the interactive television industry. [itvt]‘s audience is executives, technologists and creatives across 150 countries.
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