Popkomm 2008: New Business Award Finalists Announced for Popkomm-IMEA
Judges Select ‘Six of the Best’
for the Popkomm-IMEA Business Prize
BERLIN (Business Wire EON/PRWEB ) September 10, 2008 --
The Popkomm-IMEA (Innovation in Music and Entertainment Award) is
the most important prize for innovation awarded by the German music
industry. And the six finalists have now been chosen an expert panel of
entrepreneurs and investors. The awards ceremony will take place on 8
October at Popkomm. All six candidates who have made it through to this
shortlist have already won something: coaching by one of the judges. The
three panel members are:
Julie Meyer, founder of First-Tuesday.
Michael Bornhäusser, a pioneer in
commercial radio and software entrepreneur.
Charles Grimsdale, founder of OD2 and technology investor
More details about each of the six finalists:
BMAT (Spain) has developed technology which rates singers. The
technology offers a graphic presentation of various rated features such
as pitch contours, note segmentation and vibrato, thereby assisting the
user to improve their vocal technique.
Independent IP (Netherlands) has developed the FUGA
business-to-business platform to distribute digital content including
audio tracks, videos and cover art etc.
Kyte (USA) is a mobile and online platform which enables
everyone, from consumers to the media to entertainment groups, to
produce and distribute digital content, live or on-demand, via the
internet, social networks or cell phones.
Rawrip (USA) is a website where users discover new music via The
Rippler search engine, and which guarantees artists and record labels
100% of all revenues from the music sales.
roccatune (Germany) is a free full on-demand music portal
offering over a million tracks from such well-known performers as Robbie
Williams, R.E.M., Mariah Carey and the Rolling Stones.
The Filter (UK) is the brainchild of Grammy winner Peter Gabriel –
a search engine that can filter entertainment and information from
around the world to create recommendations for users.
Each of the six finalists will receive coaching from the panel of
experts to enable the candidates to be well prepared for the
presentations at the finalists’ screening
sessions on 8 October at the Popkomm conference centre, room 1 / Hong
Kong. It will then be up to the audience to choose the winner, who will
receive a free stand together with accreditation at Popkomm 2009, a cash
prize of EUR 3,000 and, of course, plenty of publicity, as well as media
and public exposure.
Popkomm
As an international platform for the music and entertainment industry
Popkomm attracts thousands of trade visitors from all over the world.
What makes Popkomm so unique is the integrated concept of this event.
Popkomm is the only industry meeting place in the world that combines a
trade show with a conference and a festival. Consequently Popkomm is a
major attraction not only for its core business of music but also
because it brings the representatives of other sectors such as concerts,
the movies, mobile entertainment and advertising to the exhibition halls
in Berlin. The fifth Popkomm is taking place in Berlin in 2008, from 8
to 10 October. It is organised by Popkomm GmbH, Berlin. This year the
partner country at Popkomm is Turkey.
Music Ally
Music Ally is the world’s leading digital
music agency, offering services including business consultancy and
research, consumer behaviour, publications and data provision, training,
digital marketing services and events. Clients include Universal Music,
Orange, Tesco and BBC, among others. Several thousand CEOs and senior
executives all over the world, including those of the three biggest
record companies, read the Music Ally information service. More recently
Music Ally launched the first regular digital music blog in Spanish at www.aliadodigital.com.
www.MusicAlly.com
www.TheLeadingQuestion.com
Media partners of the Popkomm IMEA 2008: Billboard (USA), Musikmarkt
(GER)
This press release can also be found on the internet:
www.popkomm.com
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