The Mobile Excellence Awards (MEA) today announced its 2008 Mobile Excellence Awards winners presented on December 8th during the Mobile Excellence Award Winner's Ceremony & Reception at the Sofitel Hotel in Los Angeles. The Mobile Excellence Awards were founded to recognize the best in mobile categories including media, marketing and technology within the mobile entertainment industry. The annual Mobile Excellence Awards are one of the most influential and prestigious events in the Mobile Entertainment industry.

Mobile Excellence Award finalists and winners were selected based upon strategic initiatives and objectives, impact of technology used, creativity, ease of use and reach, and execution and proven market success. Judges for the 2008 Mobile Excellence Awards were comprised of an esteemed panel of industry leaders and luminaries.

The 2008 Mobile Excellence Winners are:

Best Mobile Start Up - EQO Communications
Best Innovator, Mobile Technology – 2Ergo
Best Mobile for Original Programming - Sony Pictures TV International, Afterworld
Best Mobile Music – Gracenote
Best Mobile Advertising - GoTV Networks for Crecent Heights
Best Mobile Promotion – Sportgenic, AT&T Ironman
Best Innovator, Mobile Entertainment – Transpera
Best Mobile Video – QuickPlay
Best Mobile for Adapted Campaign - DirectTV/NFL
Best Mobile Comeback – FusionOne
Best Mobile Social Networking - Zannel
Best Mobile Games - EA Mobile for Monopoly
Best Mobile Community Fan Content - Vringo
Mobile Ambassador Award – Jack Hallahan, MobiTV
Peoples Choice Award – GoTV Networks


"We are very proud of all the 2008 Mobile Excellence Award winners. These companies are visionaries and creative leaders who are driving the transformation of the mobile entertainment industry," said Jari Tammisto, Founder and Chairman of Mobile Monday Global. "We congratulate them all and look forward to seeing them all and other new companies participate in another successful and innovative awards program in 2009."

This year MEA presents five separate categories of awards: Mobile Business, Mobile Technology, Mobile Marketing, Mobile Entertainment, in addition to two very special awards presented – The Mobile Ambassador and Peoples Choice Awards. The 2008 Mobile Excellence Awards were presented by Mobile Monday Global, in association with its program sponsors: GoTV Networks, MobiTv, Device Anywhere, Textopoly and Mobile Media Institute: Media Sponsors: The Hollywood Reporter, Fierce Mobile Content, Fierce Wireless, iMedia Connection, Mobile Marketer, MobiADNews, ,GOMO News, Mobilized TV and Axis Marketing & PR, Industry Supporters: include, Mobile Monday, Interactive Television Alliance, Little Monster Media, Parks Associates, NXTcomm and Digital Hollywood.