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Canadian New Media Awards Announces 2010 Finalists

[1]The Canadian New Media Awards [1] 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