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BT: BT Digital Music Awards 2008 - Now Open For Entries; The Only UK
Music Awards Dedicated To Digital Music Entertainment
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:14082008
The BT Digital Music Awards will be held on Wednesday 1st October at
the Camden Roundhouse for the third year running. The awards are
entering their eighth year, and look to recognise UK pioneers in
digital music - music artists, services and companies making innovative
use of digital platforms to share, promote and sell music.
From today, artists and music companies can enter one or more of the 19
award categories, via the BT DMA official website -
www.btdma.com/nominations <http://www.btdma.com/nominations> The
deadline for entries is August 26th 2008 after which an expert panel of
judges will consider the entries and shortlist each category.
From mid September, music fans will be given the chance to vote for
their digital favourites in 12 categories, including Best Artist, Best
Podcast, Best Music Store and Best Music Magazine, at the official
website.
There are three People's Choice Awards, for Best Unofficial Music Site,
Best Music Blog and Best Official Music Site. Best Unofficial Music
Site is open to music fans who create and develop their own online
music presence for themselves or for their favourite artist. The
latter, Best Official Music Site, is open to music professionals and
recognises the official online homes of recording artists all around
the world. Best Music Blog is open to fans, artists and music industry
professionals alike and was won last year by David Gilmour's official
blog.
Anyone wishing to enter a music site in the People's Choice Awards can
go to www.btdma.com <http://www.btdma.com> from this Friday 15th
August to download a voting button' which will sit on their website
encouraging consumers to vote for their site.
Last year Natasha Bedingfield, Muse, and the Chemical Brothers all
bagged themselves an award, as well as a surprise win by Funeral For A
Friend, for Artist of the Year. Lemar scooped Best Urban Artist, and
NME.com won Best Music Magazine.
BT is dedicated to enabling the digital media marketplace and committed
to developing and producing cutting-edge technology. BT Total
Broadband is the UK's most complete broadband packages, enabled by the
BT Home Hub. BT Total Broadband customers benefit from ultra-fast
download speeds of up to 8Mb*, inclusive internet voice calls**, secure
online storage with BT Digital Vault, the new BT ToGo Smartphone on the
BT Anywhere package and TV on demand with BT Vision. In addition, BT
has recently launched a new Home Hub enabling twice the wireless range
of any other UK broadband provider, improved security and stronger,
more reliable connection.
As part of its partnership with the music industry, BT is restricting
participation in the awards to sites and services that have licensed
music from official sources, ensuring that artists are properly
rewarded for their work.
Note to Editors
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and 02 numbers, excluding Channel Islands. Other exclusions apply.
Pence per minute charging apply after one hour. Redial before one hour
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Appendix A:
Full list of award categories below:
Categories shortlist selected by panel for a public vote on the
shortlist. Final winner calculated by combining the votes of the judges
and the votes of the public
Best Pop Artist
Best Rock/Indie Artist
Best Urban Artist
Best Electronic/DJ
Best Podcast
Best Radio Station
Best Music Store
Best Music Magazine
Best Music Community
People's Choice awards Best Unofficial Music site Best Official Music
site Best Music Blog Categories judged by panel of experts Best
Artist Promotion Artist of the Year Breakthrough Artist of the Year
Best Mobile Campaign Best Digital Service Best Innovation Best Music
Hardware
The panel of experts will come from a range of positions involved with
digital music including broadcast and online digital media, record
companies, music websites, digital music retailers and distributors,
soft and hardware manufacturers and providers, network and telecoms
providers and digital rights management companies.
Appendix B:
About BT
BT is one of the world's leading providers of communications solutions
and services operating in 170 countries. Its principal activities
include the provision of networked IT services globally; local,
national and international telecommunications services to our customers
for use at home, at work and on the move; broadband and internet
products and services and converged fixed/mobile products and services.
BT consists principally of four lines of business: BT Global Services,
Openreach, BT Retail and BT Wholesale.
In the year ended 31 March 2008, BT Group plc's revenue was GBP20,704
million with profit before taxation and specific items of GBP2,506
million.
British Telecommunications plc (BT) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of BT
Group and encompasses virtually all businesses and assets of the BT
Group. BT Group plc is listed on stock exchanges in London and New
York.
For more information, visit www.bt.com/aboutbt
<http://www.bt.com/aboutbt>
Appendix C: Industry Partners
The BT Digital Music Awards are supported by industry partners; AIM,
BPI, FRUKT, MEF, PPL, and, The Official UK Charts Company.
AIM
The Association of Independent Music (AIM) is a non-profit-making trade
organisation for independent record companies and distributors in the
UK.
Their job is to help individual members' businesses, and to support the
needs of the independent sector.
BPI
The BPI represents the British recorded music industry. Its membership
comprises of hundreds of music companies including all four 'major'
record companies, associate members such as manufacturers and
distributors, and hundreds of independent music companies representing
literally thousands of labels. (http://www.bpi.co.uk
<http://www.bpi.co.uk> )
FRUKT
FRUKT is a specialist music strategy and communications agency who work
with traditional music companies and artists and help them find new
ways to do business in the often-confusing digital and connected world.
Frukt works with consumer brands and technology companies who use their
deep understanding of music marketing, business and technology to build
better music activities into their businesses.
Frukt also produces the music industry newsletter, Five Eight.
MEF Founded in 2000, MEF Global's network of members represents a
Who's Who' of mobile entertainment businesses and entrepreneurs.
Since launching, MEF has actively promoted the mobile entertainment
industry as an identifiable and significant sector, with specific
commercial structures and interests.
By bringing together thought-leaders from across the value chain, MEF
has created a focal point for the industry to work together on global
issues and local priorities to accelerate the industry's growth.
OCC
The Official Charts Company, formerly Chart Information Network (CN),
was formed in 1998 and is a joint venture between BPI and ERA
(Entertainment Retailers Association formerly known as BARD). The
Official UK Charts Company is responsible for the commissioning,
marketing, distribution and management of the UK's official music and
video charts.
PPL
PPL is the London-based UK music industry service company which
licenses recorded music on behalf of over 3,500 record companies and
40,000 performers. The company collects domestic and international
broadcast/new media revenues and public performance income which is
then distributed and paid to its record company and performer members.
These include featured artists as well as all session musicians,
ranging from, for example, orchestral players to percussionists and to
singers. PPL is a not-for-profit company, acting as it does for and on
behalf of all its members. All income, after running costs, is
distributed amongst the member companies and performers whose tracks
have been either broadcast, included in new media services or played in
public. PPL's other areas of operations include, amongst others, VPL,
CatCo and Music Mall.
CONTACT: Rose Hobson / Laura Smith
Tel: +44 (0)207 479 4310
Tel: +44 (0)207 479 4381
Fax: +44 (0)207 734 4672
e-mail: rose@kazoo.co.uk
e-mail: lauras@kazoo.co.uk
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