Production News South Africa

Content 360 competition 2008 winners

Cannes, 11 April 2008 – MIPTV featuring MILIA has announced the 10 winners of the 2008 Content 360 competition which took place in Cannes, France, on April 10. The Content 360 competition rewards outstanding interactive and multi-platform content. Congratulations to Ochre Media and Okuhle Media from South Africa.

The 10 winners were chosen from 27 short-listed producers and designers across the competition's eight categories by digital commissioners from Content 360's partners: the BBC, the Korean Broadcasting & Communications Commission (BCC), the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) and Ogilvy Interactive Worldwide.
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BBC Category

Mass Participation Fiction & Entertainment

The winning project from this category will be given a £15,000 development contract with the BBC


TitleNameCompany
Alex FleetwoodPoltergeist 360Shoal Media (UK)
Tassos Stevens

BBC Category

New IPTV Concepts

The winning project from this category will be given a £15,000 development contract with the BBC



TitleNameCompany
Interactive ProgrammeKrishna StottBellyfeel Limited (UK)
Templates

BBC Category

Advanced Mobile Interaction with TV Content

The winning project from this category will be given a £15,000 development contract with the BBC



TitleNameCompany
Coded VisionGail DudlestonTwentysix Leeds (UK)
Matt Pallatt

BBC Category

New Forms of Web-based Audio and Video Aggregation
The winning project from this category will be given a £15,000 development contract with the BBC



TitleNameCompany
Micro StationsDavid EcclesNumiko (UK)
Tom Evans

BBC Category

Multi-Platform Projects Suitable for International Coproduction on Cultural or Natural Heritage
The winning project will receive a €10,000 development award from BCC.


(UK)
TitleNameCompany
B4 MobileTom CunninghamMetadigita Limited
Dorigen Hammond

BBC Category

Cross-Media Formats for Children including DMB or Interactive TV
The winning project will receive a €10,000 development award from BCC.



TitleNameCompany
Mimi & Dada's Art OdysseyInpyo HongB.D. Corea (Korea)
Kyung Jo Min

NFB Category

Multi-platform Co-production on Human Rights
The winning producer will receive a co-production development deal from the National Film Board which will include up to 5,000 Euros in development funding.



TitleNameCompany
RelateBronwyn BerryOchre Media (South Africa)
Stan Joseph

Ogilvy Interactive Category

Using the Power of the Brand for the Power of Good
The winning contestant will receive a partnership deal for an Ogilvy Group UK client project valued at minimum 10,000 Euros.


TitleNameCompany
Fanta's HeroesRachelle Boyle(Australia)

And Ogilvy Entertainment US will award 2 surprise partnership deals for an Ogilvy Group US client project valued at min 5.000 US Dollars.




TitleNameCompany
Expressions of KindnessMarissa Cooke(Australia)
Young AmbassadorsPaula BrownOkuhle Media (South Africa)
Karyn Romero

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