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13th October 2010

Canadian New Media Awards Announces 2010 Finalists

The Canadian New Media Awards have announced the full slate of finalists for the 2010 Canadian New Media Awards, which will be presented at a gala affair in Toronto on December 1st. Congratulations to all of these very talented developers, designers, teachers and leaders.

Company of the Year – Sponsored by Deloitte

* Frima Studio
* I Love Rewards
* Metroleap
* Syncapse Corp.
* Vision Critical

Promising New Company of the Year – Sponsored by RBC Royal Bank

* Bitstrips Inc.
* Entrinsic
* Polar Mobile
* Trend Hunter

Best Branded Entertainment

* Cliff Your Ride | The Vacuum Design Inc.
* Pedigree Adoption Drive | Proximity Canada
* The Weak Shop | DDB Canada
* Urbania.ca | TOXA

Best In Canadian Culture – Interactive

* Days of Remembrance | GlobalNews.ca
* Le Tapis Rose de Catherine | Les Productions Rose Nanan
* Redress Remix | Stitch Media
* Tourism Montreal | Sid Lee

Community Campaign of the Year

* It’s Time to Shout | Gravity Ltd.
* Love Letters to the Future | Xenophile Media
* Pocheville.ca – Motel Bigoudi | Inpix
* The NFB Test Tube with David Suzuki | National Film Board of Canada

Best Cross-Platform Project

* Inside Disaster | PTV Productions Inc.
* The Baxter Online Experience | Smokebomb Entertainment Inc.
* The NFB Test Tube with David Suzuki | The National Film Board of Canada
* The Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games from Canada’s Olympic Broadcast Media Consortium | CTV

Digital Media Technology of the Year

* dimeRocker | Overinteractive Media
* HootSuite | Hootsuite Media, Inc.
* Shiny Ads | Shiny Ads
* Voices.com | Voices.com

Best Kids’ Interactive

* MY LIFE ME / 3 et Moi | Carpe Diem Film & TV Inc.
* Overruled: You Rule! | Smokebomb Entertainment Inc.
* RoboMath / RoboMatique | Canadian Space Agency and Project Whitecard Inc.
* The M.I. High Game: The Grand Mistress Mystery | Xenophile Media

Best Mobile Application

* 2010Guide – Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games: The Official Mobile Spectator Guide | Xomo Digital Inc.
* MyFoodFacts | Visdatec Inc.
* NFB Films Application | National Film Board of Canada
* Thumpies | Big Blue Bubble

Best Online Advertising

* Gillette ProGlide | BBDO NY / Proximity Canada
* K-Y Intimacy Experiment | Noise Digital
* Tic Tac Small Fun | Noise Digital
* Tourism Montreal – Montreal Buzz | Sid Lee

Best Online Portal

* CTVOlympics.ca and RDSolympiques.ca: Canada’s Digital Olympic Destination | CTV
* Doritos Viralocity | Proximity Canada / BBDO
* Hot Docs Doc Library | Hot Docs
* Urbania.ca | TOXA

Best Online Program, Series or Film

* Canadians in Haiti: Stories of Loss and Remembrance | CBCNews.ca
* En audition avec Simon | Radio-Canada
* GDP: Measuring the Human Side of the Canadian Economic Crisis | National Film Board of Canada
* RemYx | Vivavision

Best Use of Social Media

* Doritos Viralocity | Proximity Canada / BBDO
* NOS Energy Drink Challenge | The Hive
* Republic of Doyle | Republic Season 2, Inc.
* Thoora.com | Thoora.com

Best Web-Based Game

* Experience the Haiti Earthquake | PTV Productions Inc.
* Home Sweet Home Online | Big Blue Bubble
* One Ocean Interactive | Tactica Interactive
* Woozworld | Excydium for Woozworld Inc.

Producer of the Year

* Pablo Vio | Jam3media
* Phillipe Lamarre | TOXA
* Thomas Wallner | Xenophile Media
* Victoria Ha | Stitch Media

Interactive Designer of the Year

* Jason Kerr | Taxi
* Myron Campbell | Switch United
* Tyler Kealey | The Vacuum Design Inc.

Executive of the Year

* Alon Marcovici | CTV
* Michael McGuigan | Breakthrough Entertainment
* Ryan Holmes | HootSuite Media, Inc.
* Yann Paquet | Reader’s Digest

Developer of the Year

* Benoit Beausejour | Turbulent Media
* Boris Chan | Xtreme Labs
* Kris McLaughlin | The Vacuum Design Inc.
* Matt Fisher | marblemedia

Digital Media Woman of the Year

* Guinevere Oris | Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
* Jessica Leigh Clark-Bojin | Vancouver Film School
* Nadia G (aka Nadia Giosia) | BitchinLifestyle.tv
* Ramona Pringle | PeakMedia Collective

Online Artist of the Year

* Arcade Fire
* Deadmau5
* Down with Webster
* Hail the Villain

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