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
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
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