NextMedia hands out interactive awards

BANFF - Rescue Toya!, from Japan’s public broadcaster NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.), picked up the Interactive Grand Prize and the Immersive Entertainment award on Saturday night at nextMEDIA. Gaza-Sderot: life in spite of everything, a production from France by Bo Travail in association with Alma Films, Trabelsi Productions, Ramattan Studio and Upian.com was named best Original Online Program. www.bitchinlifestyle.tv was named the Best Canadian Emerging Digital Brand. Bitchinlifestyle TV is a web destination for the cooking, décor and lifestyle interests of a new media savvy 18-35 demo. Organizers dubbed it the “first annual nextMEDIA Interactive awards, but prizes were previously...