Bristol businesses were presented with three awards at the Media Innovation Awards 2010 gala dinner held at St Mellion International Resort last night to recognise the innovative use of media and design in the region.

The evening was introduced by Mark Hawkins, Chairman of the Media Innovation Awards, and hosted by David Fitzgerald. The award winners of the 15 categories were announced with Bristol businesses winning awards in the Mobile Communications, Live event and Most innovative newcomer/business categories.

Karen Stockdale of the Media Innovation Awards said, “There is hot competition to win one of the coveted Media Innovation Awards and all the winners can be very proud of their achievement as only the finest work has been selected to showcase the wealth of creative media talent in the region.”

Simon Games won the Mobile communications category for Mobile Social Game Engine produced with funding from the Technology Strategy Board. The judges all agreed that Simon Games had used multiple delivery methods very effectively to ensure the maximum amount of interaction and engagement from followers and contributors. This made the application both personal and meaningful.’

The Extended Theatre Experience won the Live event category for ‘extending the boundaries of theatrical experience and offering huge potential for new audiences’. The research project was co-produced by Bristol Old Vic, Watershed and Hewlett Packard Labs in collaboration with director Sally Cookson and film maker Geoff Taylor, with support from the Technology Strategy Board.

Tom Mansfield from Glorious took the Most innovative newcomer/business award ‘for producing exceptionally well crafted, intriguing and innovative work’.

Highlights of the awards are web streamed on the Media Innovation Awards website at www.mediainnovationawards.com

The awards were presented by representatives from each of the award sponsors and were as follows:-

TELEVISION
Sponsored by Silverstream TV
Sari Stories- A Sequoia Films production, commissioned by Al Jazeera English for the Witness strand, presented by Rageh Omaar (Poole, Dorset)

DVD/CD
Someone Who Listens – Produced by Company of Designers, a co-production with Routeways in association with Plymouth College of Art and Sunridge and funded by Plymouth City Council (Plymouth)

COMMUNITY WEB USE·
Dott Shot – Created by Gendall Design, a co-production with SEA Communications commissioned by Dott Cornwall supported by the Design Council, Cornwall Council and University College Falmouth (Falmouth, Cornwall)

CORPORATE WEB USE
Sponsored by Business Link
Exeter Family Website – Produced by Twofour for Exeter Friendly (Plymouth)

MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS
Sponsored by Tamar Science Park
Mobile Social Game Engine – Produced by Simon Games with funding from the Technology Strategy Board (Bristol)

MULTI-PLATFORM PROJECT
Sponsored by Pyramid
Rivers of Ice – Produced by Primal Journey in association with Tarka L’Herpiniere and Katie Cooper (Clayhidon, Devon)

INDEPENDENT FILM/VIDEO
Sponsored by Plymouth City Council
Sea Front –A Sundog Media Production (Plymouth)

PRINT GRAPHICS
Sponsored by Out Of Hand
University College Falmouth Prospectus 2010 – Produced by Gendall Design for University College Falmouth with Copywriting by Stranger Collective, Photography by Matt Jessop with supporting student photography by Helen Flanagan, Thomas Jenkins, Michael Langford and Mathew Taylor (Falmouth, Cornwall)

PHOTOGRAPHIC
Sponsored by Bristol City Council
British Design 2010 – Photographs by Joakim Borén. Commissioned by Taxi Studio for BIS Publishers (Plymouth)

PHOTOGRAPHIC USE
Routeways Centre Ltd – developed by Routeways Equal Voices, Stonehouse Youth Project, Devon and Cornwall Constabulary – Plymouth Youth Team and Plymouth Children and Young People’s Trust (Plymouth)

BRANDING
Sponsored by Tell
Lowd and Klea Viral Advert – Produced and Directed by David Aspinall for Lowd and Klea (Gloucestershire)

LIVE EVENT
The Extended Theatre Experience – A research project co-produced by Bristol Old Vic, Watershed and Hewlett-Packard Labs, in collaboration with director Sally Cookson and filmmaker Geoff Taylor. With support from the Technology Strategy Board (Bristol)

COLLABORATION BETWEEN BUSINESS & YOUNG PEOPLE
Sponsored by icci
Growing Live! – A collaboration between Silverstream TV, The Herald and students Jason Hill, Callum Alexander, Adam Hill, Alex Alawode and Adam Bartlett (Plymouth)

MOST INNOVATIVE NEWCOMER/ NEW BUSINESS
Sponsored by Formation Zone
Tom Mansfield from Glorious (Bristol)

OUTSTANDING CONTRIBUTION TO INNOVATION
Sponsored by City College Plymouth
David Pritchard (Plymouth)