“Because of their special nature, the IBC Innovation Awards have firmly established themselves as ‘the ones to win’,” said chair of the judges Michael Lumley. “The international judging panel had the demanding job of coming up with a shortlist from an excellent range of quality entries. We selected the most outstanding submissions, displaying innovative applications of technology.”
The judging panel was made up of leading editors and journalists from around the world. They were impressed with the remarkable range of nominations which reflected the creativity of the industry and the drive to deliver content more cost effectively. The winners were announced at the IBC Awards Ceremony. Divided into three categories for most innovative projects in content creation, content management and content delivery, the awards are highly sought after and well respected.
The 2009 Judges’ Award went to the Arab States Broadcasting Union for its MENOS project – multimedia exchange network over satellite. Michael Lumley, chairman of the judging panel, said: “What impressed us about this entry most was the way that the partners worked together to harness the technology in a project to move the business forward. It is an innovative solution to a real, practical, commercial requirement which will make the ASBU and its broadcaster members more effective.”
Accepting the award, Dr Riyadh Najm said: “We are very proud of MENOS as one of our most innovative and challenging projects, and we are really appreciative to IBC and to the international community to recognise it. I would like to thank all those who have worked very hard from ASBU to make this regional and Arab project achieve this recognition in the international arena. Thank you very much, and thanks once again to IBC.”
The winners and finalists for the 2009 IBC Innovation Awards were:
Winner
Winner
Winner
