2008 Mobile Excellence Award Winners announced

21 Dec 2008 at 22:55 GMT Timo Poropudas

The Mobile Excellence Awards (MEA) Monsay announced its 2008 Mobile Excellence Awards winners i9n Los Angeles.

The Mobile Excellence Awards were founded to recognize the best in mobile categories including media, marketing and technology within the mobile entertainment industry.

The competition finalists and winners were selected based upon strategic initiatives and objectives, impact of technology used, creativity, ease of use and reach, and execution and proven market success. Judges for the 2008 Mobile Excellence Awards were comprised of an esteemed panel of industry leaders and luminaries.

The 2008 Mobile Excellence Winners are:

• Best Mobile Start Up - EQO Communications

• Best Innovator, Mobile Technology – 2Ergo

• Best Mobile for Original Programming - Sony Pictures TV International, Afterworld

• Best Mobile Music – GracenoteBest Mobile Advertising - GoTV Networks for Crecent Heights

• Best Innovator, Mobile Entertainment – Transpera

• Best Mobile for Adapted Campaign - DirectTV/NFL

• Best Mobile Comeback – FusionOne

• Best Mobile Games - EA Mobile for Monopoly

• Best Mobile Community Fan Content – Vringo

• Mobile Ambassador Award – Jack Hallahan, MobiTV

• Peoples Choice Award – GoTV Networks

"We are very proud of all the 2008 Mobile Excellence Award winners. These companies are visionaries and creative leaders who are driving the transformation of the mobile entertainment industry," said Jari Tammisto, CEO of Mobile Monday Global.

“We congratulate them all and look forward to seeing them all and other new companies participate in another successful and innovative awards program in 2009.”