Coldplay Among DEMX Awards Nominees

50 Cent, Coldplay, Cream and Paul McCartney are among the nominees for the second annual DEMX Awards honoring vision, innovation, entrepreneurship and brand development in 21 digital entertainment categories. Winners in the fields of games, music, film, television and video will be revealed during a Dec. 1 gala dinner at the Century Plaza Hotel in Los Angeles.

Rapper 50 Cent is nominated in the best use of technology by an artist category with Vivendi Universal Games for their collaboration on the video game "Bulletproof." Coldplay and Cingular are also up for the honor, as is crunk kingpin Lil' Jon and Prince and his NPG Music Club.

Vying for the title of music DVD of the year is "Chick Corea Akoustic Band" (Geneon Entertainment), "Cream Royal Albert Hall" (Reprise/Rhino), "Live 8" (EMI Music) and "Paul McCartney Live in Red Square" (Blink Digital).

AOL and Microsoft lead the field with five nominations each. Yahoo!, Napster and HBO each received three nominations.

Among AOL's nods is a visionary of the year mention for Jon Miller, chairman/CEO of America Online Inc and a best radio service nomination for the AOL Radio Network. Microsoft's recognitions include a best interactive television programming bid for MSN Music's "Rock Star: INXS" and nominations for its Xbox Live Arcade service in the innovator and game innovation of the year categories.BEST OF SHOW

Visionary of the Year

Lucy Hood, President, Fox Mobile Entertainment

Jon Miller, Chairman & CEO, America Online, Inc.,

Nicholas Negroponte, Professor of Media Technology, MIT

Hugh Panero, Chief Executive Officer, XM Satellite Radio

Innovator of the Year

HDNet for the “Day-and-Date” Movie Release Concept

Microsoft for Xbox Live Arcade

Napster for Napster to Go

Sony Pictures Digital for Spiderman 2 on Mobile Memory Cards

Brand of the Year

Apple

Blizzard Entertainment for the Warcraft Brand

Google

Yahoo!

GAMES

Game Innovation of the Year

Microsoft for Xbox Live Arcade

NCsoft for Guild Wars

Nintendo for Nintendo DS

Tira Wireless for Advanced Technology for Mobile Content Deployment

Console Game of the Year

Halo2, MS Game Studios and Bungie Software

Jade Empire, Bioware Corp.

Resident Evil 4, Capcom

Tom Clancy's Splinter Cell Chaos Theory, Ubisoft

Mobile Phone Game of the Year

Asphalt, Gameloft

Doom, Jamdat Mobile

Pac-Mania, Namco

Zuma, Glu Mobile

Casual Game of the Year

Bewitched, Sony Picture Digital

Chuzzle Deluxe, PopCap

Diner Dash, PlayFirst

Poppit, EA Games/Pogo

Multiplayer Game of the Year

City of Villains, NCsoft

Delta Force Black Hawk Down, NovaLogic

Guild Wars, NCsoft

World of Warcraft, Blizzard Entertainment

Advergame of the Year

America’s Army, U.S. Army

Hot Wheels Battle X, Shockwave

Mojo Master, Conductor & WildTangent

Watch Me Change, Fuel Industries

Best Use of Sound in a Game

Darkwatch, Capcom, High Moon Studios

Grand Theft Auto: San Andreas, Rockstar Games

Resident Evil 4, Capcom

SSX on Tour, Electronic Arts

MUSIC

Digital Music Innovation of the Year

Groove Mobile’s Complete Music Gateway

Motorola’s iRadio Service

Napster to Go

Sonos Digital Music System

Best Use of Technology by an Artist

50 Cent and Vivendi Universal Games for “Bulletproof”

Coldplay and Cingular

Lil’ John

Prince and the NPG Music Club

Best Radio Service

AOL Radio Network

Motorola iRadio

Yahoo! Music’s LAUNCHcast Radio Service

XM Satellite Radio

Best Downloadable or Subscription Music Service

Apple iTunes

Napster

RealNetworks’ Rhapsody 25

Yahoo! Music Unlimited

Music DVD of the Year

Chick Corea Akoustic Band, Geneon Entertainment

Cream Royal Albert Hall, Reprise / Rhino

Live 8 Concert, EMI Music

Paul McCartney Live in Red Square, Blink Digital

FILM, TELEVISION & VIDEO

DVD of the Year

Deadwood, HBO

From the Earth to the Moon, HBO

The Incredibles, Buena Vista Entertainment

The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (Extended Ed.), New Line

Television Technology of the Year

GoldPocket's Event Matrix iTV System, GoldPocket Interactive

GoTV Networks’ Innovative On Demand Mobile Television

thePlatform

Veoh Networks’ Internet Television Peercasting Network

Best Interactive Television Programming

AOL’s Who Wants to be a Millionaire (AIM) Integration

Ball State University’s The Holocaust Museum Experience: Exploring Our Daily Decision Making

NASCAR in Car, NASCAR Digital Entertainment

MSN Music’s Rock Star INXS

Best Use of Technology for Educational Programming

Baby Einstein: Baby Wordsworth First Words Around the House, The Walt Disney Co.

Ball State University’s Discovering Our American Spirit

BoxWrench Media’s Box Wrench 8 Point Rebuild

Inside 9/11 DVD Set, National Geographic

Most Innovative Use of Technology for Advertising

Atom Films’ Mobile Movie Theatre PSP

Conductor’s Evan and Gareth / Mojo Master

HBO’s Rome Goes Digital, Deep Focus

Shockwave’s Hot Wheels BattleX: Arena

Best Video On-demand Service

AOL Music on Demand

GoTV Networks’ Innovative on Demand Mobile Television

Live 8 on AOLMusic.com, AOL

MSN Video