[August 31, 2007] Popkomm IMEA Selects 8 Finalists for the Worldwide Business Competition Tweet (Wireless News Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) German rapper Samy Deluxe and Popkomm on September 19 will be presenting the eight finalists in this year's competition for innovative business ideas, Popkomm-IMEA. Following in the footsteps of Herbert Gronemeyer and Paul van Dyk, this is the third year that a leading artists has been persuaded to act as patron of the "Innovation in Music & Entertainment Award". "We are delighted that Samy Deluxe has agreed to act as patron of the Popkomm-IMEA 2007", says Popkomm Director Katja Bittner. "He continues the same high level set by previous patrons of Popkomm-IMEA, artists who control their own business affairs and whose contribution to the future of the industry is not confined to music alone. They exemplify innovation in the music industry, which is also represented by the finalists of the Popkomm-IMEA, primarily on a technical level." The eight finalists are: BMAT (Spain) - a music recommendation system GD Worldwide's Usync Backstage (Australia) - an audience relationship management application Kazzong (Germany) - a decentralised Web 2.0 music distribution system MOG.com (USA) - a music recommendation community mSpot/Remix (USA), a music streaming service on mobile terminals (mobile phones) Playtime's MusicMakesFriends (Luxembourg) - a complex, multilingual music community platform Trivid's Clipgenerator (Germany) - a do-it-yourself video creation application YouLicense (Israel) - an international B2B music licensing platform The eight companies will be presenting their innovative projects to the judges and the public on the afternoon of 19 September at the Finalists' Screening Session of Popkomm-IMEA. The panel of judges for the award is made up of industry experts, investors and venture capitalists as well as music industry journalists from all over the world. The winner of this year's Popkomm-IMEA will be chosen at around 6 p.m. by the panel of judges, IMEA patron Samy Deluxe and the IMEA partners SDC AG, Yavido/Euro1 AG and RealNetworks, Inc. The winner will receive 5,000 euros and a free stand at Popkomm 2008. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) ((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com)) Copyright 2007 Wireless News [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]