Digital Switchover Strategies '09

Awards Dinner sponsored by

The Digital Switchover Strategies event is taking place on February 25-26 in London, bringing together international industry executives for two days of high-level debate about the move to digital-only broadcasting and allocating the digital dividend.

Informa Telecoms & Media is proud to announce its inaugural Digital Switchover Strategies Awards on the evening of February 25 and we are seeking nominations to recognise international achievements in this area.

To nominate, please explain in no more than 100 words why the organisation deserves to be recognised and for which category. Please also give details about executives that have been instrumental in switchover in your nomination.

Winners will be decided by a panel of respected journalists from Informa Telecoms & Media’s flagship publications, Digital TV Europe, New Media Markets and Television International and announced at a gala dinner.

For further details visit: www.digitalswitchoverevent.com

Please send nominations to katrina.coyne@informa.com or chris.wynn@informa.com. The deadline for nominations is January 23 and categories include:

Most Innovative Consumer Communication
Educating consumers is a vital part of the switchover process. This award marks acampaign/programme that was highly effective in reaching communicating theswitch in a simple way to a chosen target audience.

Best Technical Solution
The transition to all-digital broadcasting requires complex and difficult technicalplanning to ensure continuity of service and robust performance. The besttechnical solution award recognises the technical acumen of a group ororganisation in planning and/or delivering switchover.

Most Effective Assistance for Vulnerable Groups
Mobilising the public and voluntary sector ensures that consumers are not leftstranded during the switchover process. A public-sector group, charity's contribution, or a third-sector scheme is recognised in this award to highlight the role that these organizations play in making switchover a reality.

Best Broadcaster, Platform or Manufacturer contribution
Switchover cannot be achieved without the input from industry - broadcasters, platforms, manufacturers and industry bodies must all pull in the same direction. We recognise a company or organisation for successfully contributing to switchover.

Best Overall Switchover Plan
Digital switchover is seeing governments and organisations break new ground asthey deliver what is arguably the biggest single innovative in broadcasting for ageneration. The best overall switchover award recognises a plan's successfulinclusion of all stakeholders, ensuring universal consumer understanding of theprocess while guaranteeing minimum disruption.

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