MEF, the Global Community for Mobile Content and Commerce has revealed the finalists for the ninth annual Meffys Awards. With more entries than ever before in 13 categories, from over 35 countries across all five continents, the 2012 Meffys mark the breadth, scale, maturity and continued innovation of the mobile industry.
Judged by an international panel of over 30 journalists, academics, analysts and VCs, the awards are acknowledged as the global benchmark for measuring success and rewarding innovation in content and commerce.
Amongst this year’s finalists are entrants in six new categories including Consumer Trust and Social Responsibility & Development Awards; reflecting MEF’s focus for 2012 in supporting growth markets and mobile privacy & security. Other new categories include Publisher on Mobile, Life Tools App, Discovery and Engagement and Social Entertainment App.
The 2012 Meffys have attracted over 25 percent of its entrants from mobile start-ups reflecting the continued development of the mobile ecosystem and its often disruptive innovation. The winners of the 2012 Meffys will be announced on 12th September 2012 at the prestigious Park Lane Hotel in Mayfair at the annual Meffys Gala Awards Dinner, which last year boasted a sell out attendance of 350 leaders from over 30 countries.
In addition to the new awards, all nominees in the four Innovation categories will be given the opportunity to pitch to the C-level executives at the MEF CEO Summit to be held at City Hall, on the day preceding the Meffys. Guest speakers at the event include executives from companies including Mozilla and Kaspersky as well as the EU Commission. The assembled international CEOs will then vote to determine the most innovative mobile product or service and reward the winner with the CEO Summit Award for Innovation.
2012 Meffys sponsors include Vodafone and Buongiorno. For more information on sponsorship opportunities and to purchase tickets or corporate branded tables, please go to www.meffys.com
The 2012 Meffys are supported by an international group of media partners from trade magazines to national newspapers including: The Guardian Media Network (as Platinum Media Partner), ArabNet, 12Ahead, Mobile Industry Review, MobileGroove, TechnoKitten, MusicAlly, The App Side, PocketGamer, Monty’s Outlook, MobiAdNews, Bnet TV, Digital Market Asia, Recombu, UNTETHER.tv, Variety, Wireless Watch Japan.
The following organisations are also supporters of the 2012 Meffys: NATPE, UCL, Apps Tech, CDG, Centurions, Politecnico di Milano, DMA, The Frankfurt Book Fair, Apps Circus, Mobile Entertainment Africa, Osservatori, seed camp, Strategy Eye, UCL, Wireless Industry Partnership, Mobile Monday Sao Paolo, Mobile Monday Shoreditch,
The Mobile Leaders Alliance, gugst, Apps Circus, CMA. Judged by an international panel of over 30 journalists, academics, analysts and VCs, the awards are acknowledged as the global benchmark for measuring success and rewarding innovation in content and commerce.
Amongst this year’s finalists are entrants in six new categories including Consumer Trust and Social Responsibility & Development Awards; reflecting MEF’s focus for 2012 in supporting growth markets and mobile privacy & security. Other new categories include Publisher on Mobile, Life Tools App, Discovery and Engagement and Social Entertainment App.
The MEFFYS shortlist:
Brand on Mobile Award: Crispin Porter & Bogusky for Just Dance 3 - Autodance.... Crispin Porter & Bogusky for Pringles Crunch Band.... Grupo.Mobi for Augmented Carnival.... Millennial Media for Activision Modern Warfare 3.... Prezence Digital for Ster Kinekor Mobi
Content Service Award: Hungama Mobile for Sanjeev Kapoor on Mobile.... Nazara Technologies for Games Club.... PERFORM for Al Jazeera Sport Mobile Apps.... Voddler for Voddler Lumia Movie Night.... Yala Music for Yala
Content Service Award: Hungama Mobile for Sanjeev Kapoor on Mobile.... Nazara Technologies for Games Club.... PERFORM for Al Jazeera Sport Mobile Apps.... Voddler for Voddler Lumia Movie Night.... Yala Music for Yala
Discovery & Engagement Award: mBlox for Rio #5.... Millennial Media for Activision Modern Warfare 3.... Movellas for Movellas on iOS and Android.... Rancard for Rendezvous.... Yala Music for Yala.....
Innovation Award for App: Bardowl.... Digicave, International Celebrity Networks, Plum Pictures and Qualcomm for James May’s Science Stories.... Citibank Tablet App.... Mapfia.... Shhmooze
Innovation Award for Growth Markets: biNu for biNu Social Network and Content Platform.... Comviva for Lend Me Balance.... DOTGO.... Digital Craft Studios for Prowork.... Twinpine for Twinpine Mobile Advertising Network
Innovation Award for Monetization: adaffix GmbH for adaffix Caller Lookup App .... Digital Foodie for Foodie.fm .... GamesAnalytics for Predict™ Platform .... GetJar for GetJar Gold Virtual Currency.... Zed for Quiz Challenge
Innovation Award for Technology: Bolser for Bringing the Museum of London to life with NFC Calltrunk.... O2 for JetSetMe.... PlayPhone for PlayPhone Social Gaming Network featuring POP.... TIMWE for NFC Launcher....
Life Tools App Award: 3 Sided Cube for First Aid for British and American Red Cross.... Bloomberg LP for Bloomberg TV+ app..... Editora Abril S/A for VEJA Comer & Beber 2012 (VEJA Eat & Drink 2012).... NQ Mobile for NQ Mobile Vault.... The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music for ABRSM Aural Trainer
m-commerce Award: Barclays Bank Plc for Barclays Pingit.... Comviva for mobiquity mPayments.... Ericsson IPX and ATAF for Italy’s First Mobile Ticketing System.... iZettle.... Two Bulls for CatchOfTheDay
Publisher on Mobile Award: Editora Abril S/A for 24 horas Veja.com.... Financial Times for FT Web App.... Metro for Metro Tablet Edition.... Polar Mobile for talkSPORT mobile app.... The Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music for ABRSM Aural Trainer
Social & Entertainment App Award: Bolser for V Festival mobile app.... CBS Interactive for GRAMMYs Live App.... Electronic Arts for The Sims Freeplay on iOS and Android.... Planet Rackus Ltd for Ma3Racer.... Yala Music for Yala
Social Responsibility and Development Award: Afroes for Moraba.... Arogya World for mDiabetes with Nokia Life.... Apps for Good.... eLimu.... Indosat & Nokia Life for Info Wanita
“Congratulations to all the companies that have made the shortlist and thank you to everyone participated in Meffys 2012. This year it’s really exciting to see the democratisation of the mobile ecosystem with companies from start-ups, digital agencies, brands and established mobile giants sharing the limelight. We are also delighted to celebrate the pioneering services committed to building consumer transparency as well as sustainability in growth markets with the introduction of new award categories that mark key focus areas for MEF initiatives in 2012.”
Rimma Perelmuter, Executive Director at MEF
MEF is the global community for mobile content and commerce. It is the leading trade organisation for companies wishing to monetize their goods, services and digital products via the mobile connected device. MEF provides competitive advantage to its diverse membership, shapes industry growth, connects thought leaders and spearheads groundbreaking initiatives which explore and promote monetization opportunities.
With global headquarters in London and operational chapters and offices in Asia, EMEA, Latin America, Middle East and North America, MEF is a member network with global reach and strong local representation, ideally placed to drive market growth. Established in 2000, MEF provides an impartial, consistent and powerful voice for the foremost companies and entrepreneurs from across the mobile content and commerce value chain.
www.mefmobile.org
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