LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The Application Developers Alliance received hundreds of submissions to the first-ever Entertainment App Awards. An internal committee selected three finalists in each of ten categories. The finalists will be evaluated on innovation, design, usability, fit and overall experience. Winners will be recognized at an awards dinner on November 29, 2012 in Los Angeles following the Variety Entertainment Apps Conference.
Finalists include:
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Best Second Screen TV App: ConnecTV; Discovery Channel HD (Bottle Rocket Apps); The Walking Dead Story Sync (AMC) |
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Best Smart TV App: Pandora; Hulu Plus; HBO Go (HBO) |
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Mobile Innovation Award for Social TV App: Showtime Sync (Showtime Networks, Inc.); Discovery Channel HD (Bottle Rocket Apps); DJ Pauly D, Beat that Boardwalk (MEDL Mobile) |
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Best Technology in Social and Interactive TV: ConnecTV; Showtime Sync (Showtime Networks, Inc.); MobiTV |
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Best App Supporting a Film Launch: Fix-It Felix (Disney Interactive); My Wild Night With Ted (MEDL Mobile for Universal Pictures); Happy Feet Two: The Penguin App (1K Studios for Warner Bros. Pictures) |
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Best Entertainment IP-based Mobile Game: The Hunger Games Adventures (Funtactix Inc. for Lionsgate); VeggieTales: The League of Incredible Vegetables (Thruster Apps); The Walking Dead: The Game (Telltale Games for AMC) |
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Best Social Discovery App: NextGuide (Dijit Media, Inc.); Fandango Mobile App; Showtime Sync (Showtime Networks, Inc.) |
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Best Music App: Spotify; Shazam; iHeartRadio (Clear Channel Media and Entertainment) |
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Best Kids Entertainment App: FRANKENWEENIE-FY YOUR PET (Watson DG); Skylanders Giants (Toys for Bob, Activision Publishing); Draw Along Pip (Skyreader Media) |
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Entertainment App Developer of the Year 2012: Watson DG; Bottle Rocket Apps; Activision Publishing |
The Application Developers Alliance selected a panel of judges to determine the winners. The hand-selected panel includes representatives from Mobile Deluxe, Neustar, AppStori, Distimo, Bunchball, Kid Tech Columnist, USA Today.com and Gannett News, Digital Mind State, SleepyGiant and Google TV. Celebrity host and special guest appearance to be announced next week.
The Entertainment Apps Conference + Awards are sponsored by Distimo, The Echo Nest, Tapjoy, Newvue, 1K Studios, Mobile Deluxe, Medl Mobile, 2013 International CES, Parks Associates and SAG-AFTRA.
More information can be found online at www.variety.com/entertainmentapps. For information about sponsorship and group registrations, please contact Variety’s Publishing Director, Linda Buckley-Bruno at linda.buckley@variety.com or 323-617-9429.
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