|
| More Releases... |
| Press Release 05/15/06 |
| MobileMonday
Global Peer Awarded to ComVu (watch video 1,
2)
|
| Mobile industry leaders choose ComVu
as favorite for B2C product/service category |
| Helsinki, Finland — May 8, 2006
— ComVu, a leading company in the personal mobile video broadcasting
industry, was awarded the top prize in the business-to-consumer
category of the MobileMonday Global Peer Award held in Helsinki,
Finland. Canadian ComVu was selected by the 15-country jury,
out of 21 finalists from around the world, for its PocketCaster,
a live video broadcasting solution from a mobile phone to a
global audience. |
| ComVu president, Olaf Lohmann demonstrated PocketCaster to
the judges table, and the Award was later presented to ComVu
by event sponsor, Nokia. The award is based on nominations and
judging done by peers who are at the center of mobile business
development around the world: MobileMonday chapter founders
and organizers. The Peer Awards nominees truly represent the
best products/services from global mobile business hotspots
in two categories: business-to-consumer (B2C), and business-to-business
(B2B). Each chapter nominates one product/service for each of
the categories. |
| The 2nd annual MobileMonday Global Summit brought
together mobile business leaders and over fifteen hundred participants
from around the globe. The event conference sessions, focused
on mobile trends and visions, profitability for businesses and
fun for consumers. Illustrative of the global nature of MobileMonday
Global Peer Award, Norwegian-made Opera 8 Mobile Browser, nominated
by MobileMonday Japan, won the business-to-business category.
|
| "We feel honored that the leading technical innovators
and business leaders from the mobile world chose PocketCaster
as the winner of the global peer B2C Award. This strong validation
illustrates to consumers and operators, that ComVu has enabled
a truly innovative, useful and entertaining service," says
William Mutual, ComVu CEO. "We'd particularly like to thank
MobileMonday Vancouver chapter for nominating us for this award;
it's an exciting time for all of us to be a part of this rapidly
evolving mobile industry. |
| ComVu sits at the forefront of converging developments in
wireless and entertainment, where mobile phones are gaining
high-end cameras and powerful processors, and where everyday
people are creating and sharing their own content. With the
push of a button on a camera phone, now bloggers, citizen reporters,
families, friends and corporate professionals can broadcast
events live to a worldwide audience. |
| |
| About ComVu |
| ComVu Media, Inc. offers the first service for broadcasting
live video from a mobile device to a global audience. Viewers
can watch real-time video streams on mobile devices or desktop
computers. In creating a personal broadcasting service, ComVu
has pioneered two fields: transmission from a mobile device
and the world’s first ‘’do-it-yourself’ streaming video network.
ComVu’s mobile service integrates: “one button” live video streaming
capabilities, automated video archiving on ComVu’s servers,
and a secure broadcast video blog. For more information please
visit www.comvu.com. |
| For further information, please contact: |
Jennifer Blome
Tel: 604.844.2263 ext 2#
Email |
