BANFF – The 2008 Canadian New Media Award finalists were unveiled Sunday at the nextMEDIA conference, with four firms from across Canada vying for Company of the Year.
Moment Factory, of Montreal; Big Blue Bubble, of London, Ontario; Marble Media, of Toronto; and Vision Critical, of Vancouver, BC were chosen from about 50 entries as the nominees for Company of the Year following an extensive process, including interviews with each.
Nominated in the Most Promising Company of the Year category were b5 Media, Filemobile and Viigo, all from Toronto.
The awards ceremony will be combined with a new media conference organized by Achilles Media, called nextMEDIA: Monetizing Digital Media, that will be held in Toronto from November 18-19.
The 2008 Canadian New Media Awards will be presented on November 18.
The other nominees are:
Excellence in Children’s Programming
Flip Boom (Toon Boom Animation Inc.; Montreal)
TVOKids.com (TVO; Toronto)
Spiderman: Friend or Foe (Next Level Games Inc.; Vancouver)
Excellence in Cross Platform
Postcards from Crystal (Lifecapture Interactive; Toronto)
Mobile Stories (iThentic; Toronto)
www.OddJobJack.com (Smiley Guy Studios; Toronto)
Excellence in Culture, Lifestyle Arts
EMDialog (Department of Computer Science, University of Calgary; Calgary)
1973: Sorry Out of Gas (Bluesponge; Montreal)
Website – The National Ballet of Canada (Momentum; Toronto)
Excellence in Social Media Websites
www.homelessnation.org (Homeless Street Archive; Montreal)
protagonize (Taunt Media; Burnaby, BC)
Pixton, the user-generated comic strip (Goodinson Design Inc.; Vancouver)
Excellence in Social Media Applications
Traveler IQ Challenge (TravelPod; Ottawa)
Real Champions (CloudRaker; Montreal)
These Are My Kids (Kinzin; Vancouver)
Excellence in Gaming
Mario Strikers Charged (Next Level Games Inc.; Vancouver)
Mystery At MansfieldManor.com (SR Entertainment Inc.; Toronto)
The Urban Vermin Adventure (Decode Entertainment; Toronto)
Excellence in Learning
www.arewethereyet.tv (Sinking Ship Entertainment; Toronto)
Le Tapis Rouge (Ellicom inc.; Quebec City)
CBC/Radio-Canada Digital Archives Websites (CBC/Radio-Canada; Toronto)
Excellence in News/Information
CBCNews.ca (CBCNews.ca; Toronto)
sedna.tv (Turbulent Media; Montreal)
Diamond Road Online (Kensington Communications; Toronto)
Educator of the Year
Gerri Sinclair (Great Northern Way Campus; Vancouver)
Dan Zen (Sheridan Institute; Oakville, Ontario)
Daniel Ouellette (Loyalist College; Belleville, Ontario)
Producer of the Year
Diana Arruda (Toronto)
Michael Fergusson (Vancouver)
Mark Bishop (Toronto)
Designer of the Year
Vincent Morisset (Montreal)
Daniel Riley (Toronto)
Myron Campbell (Winnipeg)
Programmer of the Year
Ryan Andal (Toronto)
Corwin Derkatch (Regina)
Evert Pot (Toronto)
