Two South African cos winners at Cannes

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The 2008 edition of MIPTV featuring MILIA in Cannes, France, drew to a close on a high note for South Africa with the announcement on Thursday evening that two South African companies had achieved success in the prestigious 2008 Content 360 Competition.

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 OgilvyInteractive Worldwide.

BBC Category

Mass Participation Fiction & Entertainment
The winning project from this category will be given a £15,000 development contract with the BBC

Title

Name

Company

Alex Fleetwood
Tassos Stevens

Poltergeist 360

Shoal Media (UK)

 

BBC Category

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

Title

Name

Company

Interactive Programme Templates

Krishna Stott

Bellyfeel Limited (UK)

 

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

Title

Name

Company

Coded Vision

Gail Dudleston
Matt Pallatt

Twentysix Leeds (UK)

 

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

Title

Name

Company

Micro Stations

David Eccles
Tom Evans

Numiko (UK)

 

BCC 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.

Title

Name

Company

 B4 Mobile

Tom Cunningham
Dorigen Hammond

Metadigita Limited (UK)

 

BCC Category

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

Title

Name

Company

Mimi & Dada’s Art Odyssey

Inpyo Hong
Kyung Jo Min

B.D. Corea (Korea)

 

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.

Title

Name

Company

Relate

Bronwyn Berry
Stan Joseph

Ochre Media (South Africa)

 

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.

Title

Name

Company

Fanta’s Heroes

Rachelle 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.

Title

Name

Company

Expressions of Kindness

Marissa Cooke

(Australia)

Young Ambassadors

Paula Brown
Karyn Romero

Okuhle Media (South Africa)

 

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