23rd - 24th June 2009, Queen Elizabeth Conference Centre, London


The Mobile Entertainment Awards (The Meffys)

Meffys categories for 2008
  1. Games Award
  2. Music Service Award
  3. Artist Campaign Award
  4. TV & Video Service Award
  5. Technology Innovation Award
  6. Content Award
  7. Communities & UGC Award
  8. Search & Discovery Award
  9. Marketing Campaign Award
  10. Handset Application Award
  11. Quality of Experience Award NEW!
  12. Off Deck Service Award NEW!
  13. Emerging Markets Award NEW!
  14. Innovative Business Model Award
  15. Handset Award
  16. Operator Award
  17. Special Recognition Award*


* MEF accepts nominations for this award, which is judged by the MEF Board of Directors




Meffys 2008 Winners

The Games Award

Nokia – “Hooked on: Creatures of the Deep”

Shortlisted:
Hands-On Mobile – “World Poker Tour: Texas Hold ‘Em 2”
Konami Digital Entertainment – “Metal Gear Solid Mobile”
Konami Digital Entertainment – “Pro Evolution Soccer 2008”
Player X – “Hollywood Hospital”

The Music Service Award

mBlox & Myxer – “Myxer Mobile Music”

Shortlisted:
Gracenote – “Gracenote Mobile Music Platform”
Omnifone – “Vodafone MusicStation”
Shazam – “Shazam iD”
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications – “TrackID”

The Artist Campaign Award

Absolute Marketing & Distribution – “Wet Wet Wet SMS Pre-order Campaign”

Shortlisted:
Mozes – “Rascal Flatts Mobile Campaign”
Parlophone & New Visions – “Kylie Konnect”
RCA Music Group – “Cassidy B.A.R.S. Campaign”
Telenor – “Bigbang Fan Blog”

The TV & Video Service Award

Rhythm NewMedia and 3UK – “Free Video on 3UK”

Shortlisted:
Clippz – “Clippz.com”
inLive Interactive – “Interactive Mass Participation”
Rubberduck Media Lab – “Studio 1: Mobile TV Platform”
Vantrix – “Ad-Supported Video Weather Forecasts”

The Technology Innovation AwardNokia

Zeemote® – “Zeemote JS1 Controller”

Shortlisted:
Bango – “Bango Analytics”
Kyte – “Kyte”
MMCast – “MMCast”
Qualcomm MEMS Technologies – “mirasol™ displays”

The Content Award

Fun Little Movies – “Fun Little Movies Channel”

Shortlisted:
BBH – “Cippi’s Trump Selecta!”
MTV Networks International – “Digital Originals”
Orange Israel and Donna Productions – “Undercover”
Yam112003 – “Quasi TG”

The Search & Discovery Award

Gracenote – “Gracenote Mobile Music Platform”

Shortlisted:
AquaMobile – “Clic2C”
JumpTap – “SmartComponents”
kannuu – “kannuu”
MCN – “Yahoo! Mobile Japan DigiCon Search”

The Marketing Campaign Award

Orange – “Frank TV”

Shortlisted:
BBH – “Cippi’s Trump Selecta!”
BBH – “Lynx Get In There”
Orange – “Wannabe Wicked”
Que Pasa Communications – “V Festival Cross Platform Project”

The Handset Application Award

fring – “fring”

Shortlisted:
Handmark – “Pocket Express”
Juice Wireless – “JuiceCaster”
MMCast – “MMCast”
Picsel Technologies – “Picsel CUI Browser”

The Innovative Business Model Award

AdMob - "AdMob Marketplace"

Shortlisted:
3 UK - "Ad-funded Content on 3UK"
Amobee - "Amobee Media System"
Muzicall - "RBT.4.ALL Programme"
MX Telecom - "Unified Short Codes"

Quality of Experience Award

Zeemote® – “Zeemote JS1 Controller”

Shortlisted:
News International – “Times Mobile”
NXP Software – “SportsDJ”
Picsel – “ePAGE/File Viewer”
Surfkitchen – “Cincinnati Bell ‘My Phone’”

Off Deck Service Award

Thumbplay – “Thumbplay”

Shortlisted:
Dada – “Dada.net for Web & Mobile”
Hungama Mobile – “FTV”
mywaves – “mywaves”
Refresh Mobile – “Mippin”

The Emerging Markets Award

Celtel/Zain & Inmobia Mobile Technology – “Rock Your World!”

Shortlisted:
Geodesic – “Mundu Radio: Comprehensive Internet Radio Solution”
IMImobile – “IMImobile UnIspace”
Tata Indicom & Opera Software – “Opera Mini for Low Cost Handsets”
Telenor Serbia – “Telenor WAP Portal Project”

The Innovative Business Model Award

MMCast – “MMCast”

Shortlisted:
Amobee – “Amobee Media Systems”
Nokia – “N-Gage First Access”
Reitek & Comdata – “Fiat Multi-channel Customer Caring”
Yam112003 – “Quasi TG”

The Handset Award

Nokia – “N95 8GB”

Shortlisted:
Motorola – “MOTO Z10”
Samsung Electronics – “Soul SGH-U900”
Sony Ericsson Italy – “Sony Ericsson W910i”

The Operator Award

Orange – “Orange”

Shortlisted:
3 UK – “3 UK”
T-Mobile International – “T-Mobile’s web’n’walk 3.0”

The Special Recognition Award

Greg Clayman, Gordon Gould and Alex LeVine, the founders of ‘Upoc’

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