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Nominees for HbbTV Awards 2018 announced

October 26, 2018 09.14 Europe/London By Robert Briel

The HbbTV Association and Deutsche TV-Plattform have announced the shortlists of entries nominated for the HbbTV Awards 2018.

During the call for entries, a total of 47 submissions were received covering 35 services and 12 countries. The shortlists of finalists will be put forward to an independent jury of industry experts selecting the winners.

The prizes will be awarded at a ceremony on November 14, 2018. The ceremony forms part of the 7th HbbTV Symposium and Awards 2018, taking place on November 14-15, 2018 in Berlin under the theme Growing Value Through HbbTV. All finalists are invited to attend the awards ceremony.

“We are excited about the new and innovative applications nominated for the HbbTV Awards 2018, showing the broad variety of services enabled by HbbTV’s open specifications. They ensure that market players of all sizes can offer compelling viewer experiences by combining the best of both worlds in today’s increasingly converged broadcast and broadband industry,” said Vincent Grivet (TDF), Chair of the HbbTV Association.

The finalists are:
Best use of HbbTV for advertising and promotion
Mautilus, s.r.o.: TV GAMES (Czech Republic)
Antenna Hungaria Ltd.: MinDig TV Plusz – “Raid the Cage” (Hungary)
Admeira AG: OK Button: Dialogue Case (Switzerland)

Best use of HbbTV for broadcast enhancement
Sofia Digital Ltd: Participation TV with HbbTV (Finland)
SRG SSR: Soccer live statistics (Switzerland)
Channel One: HbbTV voting services for: “Voice”, “Who wants to be a millionaire” and “Let’s get married” (Russia)
Antenna Hungaria Ltd.: MinDig TV Plusz – World Cup Service(Hungary)
TeraVolt GmbH: BR – Wahlspecial (Germany)

Best multiscreen HbbTV service
BT: Multi Screen MotoGP concept(UK)
Tivù: tivùon! HbbTV companion screen (Italy)
IRT: A Tangible TV Companion for a Children’s Quiz Show (Germany)

Best use of HbbTV for content discovery (VOD and Guides)
Mediaset: Mediaset Play (Italy)
ARTE G.E.I.E.: The ARTE HbbTV App (France)
ProSiebenSat.1 Digital: Red Button Entertainment Feed (Germany)
Bayerische Medien Technik GmbH: Lokal-TV-Portal (Germany)
Cellnex: LOVEStv (Spain)

Best marketing or promotion of an HbbTV based service
Tivù: tivùon! HbbTV service (Italy)
Freeview: Freeview’s Free Love Freeway Campaign (UK)
CCMA: HbbTV promotion for TV3 CANAL SUPER3 (Spain)

Best technology innovation in an HbbTV product or service
Tivù: tivùon! Operator Application [OpApp](Italy)
CRTVE: España Directo Green Button (Spain)
ARD Play-Out-Center: Signing Livestream App / ARD(Germany)
Hellenic Broadcasting Corporation (ERT) by Fraunhofer FOKUS: Cloud-based 360° Video Playout for HbbTV (Greece)

Best individual contribution to the HbbTV Association
Rob Foreman, BBC: HbbTV test suite activity
Harald Molina-Tillmann, Freelancer: 10 years of contributions
Chris Poole, BBC: Contributor to the activities of the Specification Group
Mika Kanerva: Sofia Digital Ltd.: Work promoting HbbTV in the South-East Asia region

A Judges Grand Prix award will also be selected from across the categories.

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Filed Under: HbbTV, Newsline Tagged With: HbbTV Awards 2018 Edited: October 26, 2018 09:14

About Robert Briel

Arnhem-based Robert covers the Benelux, France, Germany, Austria and Switzerland as well as IPTV, web TV, connected TV and OTT. Email Robert at rbriel@broadbandtvnews.com.

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