Popkomm IMEA Selects 8 Finalists for the Worldwide Business Competition
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TMCNet: Popkomm IMEA Selects 8 Finalists for the Worldwide Business Competition

[August 31, 2007]

Popkomm IMEA Selects 8 Finalists for the Worldwide Business Competition

(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.

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((Distributed on behalf of 10Meters via M2 Communications Ltd -
http://www.m2.com))
((10Meters - http://www.10meters.com))

Copyright 2007 Wireless News

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