Don’t count Awards Season as being over just yet! The second annual Streamy Awards are just around the corner and nominations have been announced. Produced by Tubefilter, Inc. and co-hosted by Tubefilter and NewTeeVee, the Streamy’s honor the best in online entertainment from traditional categories like best comedy to new and exciting areas such as best vlogger, best branded entertainment and best mobile experience in a web series. The first awards show of its kind, the Streamy’s are not only a godsend for the great content creators on the Internets but they’re also helping to set the standard for great original and complimentary web content of the future.
Among the nominees this year are “Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis,” a comedy mock-talk show in which Zach Galifianakis interviews stars such as Conan O’Brien and Natalie Portman, and “Interview Project,” a series of documentary interviews with ordinarily extraordinary Americans shot by two friends on a back roads road-trip across the United States. I had a chance to work with Austin Lynch and Jason S. at the American Film Institute’s Digital Content Lab last year. Their work is truly inspiring and heart felt. Check out their collaboration with AFI Digital Content Lab in the video below.
A full list of nominees can be found at Streamys.org. Check them out! You just might get hooked like I did and find yourself drowning in anticipation of who will win. Winners will be selected by the International Academy of Web Television and the awards will be handed out on April 11th and streamed (of course!) live on the Streamy’s web site. A few tickets may be released to the public so look out for that if you wish to see some of your favorite celebs in person. Some of last year’s attendees/nominees included Joss Whedon, Neil Patrick Harris, Lisa Kudrow, Felicia Day and Rosario Dawson. It’s a good time either way so start watching videos of the nominees now and show your support for this growing confluence of talent!! I promise the show won’t be 4 hours long!
If you’re looking to get your Mobile game a little tighter, here’s a great event. We’ll be there, so should you!!! Official details here!
MEF Americas is holding a half-day Leadership Summit on Tuesday September 1 at Writer’s Guild of America West at 7000 W. Third near The Grove. According to MEF Americas general manager Mike Navarre, places are quickly filling up for the Summit, which runs from 1 pm to 6 pm and includes a cocktail party open to all. To register, click here.
The opening keynote for the Mobile Leadership Summit will be presented by Sam Sarkar, a senior executive from Infinitum Nihil, Johnny Depp’s production company. An additional keynote will be devoted to the State of the Union in Mobile given by The Nielsen Company’s Eric Puterbaugh.
The agenda for the Summit begins with an opening panel on “Global Revenues are $19.5B and $32B for Theatrical Box Office and Mobile Entertainment–So How Does Hollywood Stack Rank the Mobile Entertainment Industry? Moderated by Andrew Wallenstein editor, digital media of The Hollywood Reporter, panelists include Troy Carter, Lady Gaga manager, CEO, Coalition Media; Doug Neil, senior vice president of Digital Marketing, Universal Pictures; Andreea Enuche-Thune, vice president of Games & Digital Distribution, Marvel Entertainment Inc.; Madeline Herdrich, vice president, Mobile Paramount Pictures, Digital; Steve Byrd, executive vice president, STATs; and Charles B. Slocum, assistant executive director, Writers Guild of America
The concluding panel–”Holy Grail or Holy Fail–Straight Talk on Mobile Entertainment”–is a debate focusing on the trends in the mobile value chain moderated by Eric Puterbaugh of The Nielsen Company, with panelists including Lawrence M Harris, senior vice president and senior research analyst, CL King; William Quigley, managing director, Clearstone Ventures; David Strehlow, director of marketing, Media Solutions, Huawei; Kevin Arnold, founder and CEO, IODA; Gary Schwartz, president and CEO, Impact Mobile; John Orlando, CMO, LiveWire Mobile; andBill Loewenthal, vice president and general manager, Mobility and Monetization Solutions, Limelight Networks.
After the Summit, MEF Americas will hold its Annual General Meeting and Board Elections. MEF Americas has expanded its board to eleven seats, with seven seats available in this election, to reflect the increased growth and activities in the U.S., Canada and Latin America. The elections will be voting in seven new board members who will help shape the direction of the mobile entertainment industry in the Americas, Canada and Latin America.
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Established in 2000, MEF is the leading trade organization for companies across the mobile entertainment value chain. Its membership base spans the entire range of mobile entertainment activities, including music, film, TV and video companies who create and package content; publishers, retailers, service providers and technologists who sell and deliver content and network operators who get the content to the end users.
For more information regarding the Mobile Leadership Summit, contact Christine Krajewski at christine_krajewski@livewiremobile.com. For more information on becoming a MEF member or general election information, please contact Mike Navarre at mike@m-e-f.org.
