IBC2008 Celebrates Winners

Celebrating in Amsterdam were winners of the IBC's four 2008 Awards for Innovation, which honor the partnerships between the suppliers and users.

Award recipients ranged from a teen concert movie to a VOD concert for grownups to technical tools.

The winners are:

International Honour for Excellence—Jeffrey Katzenberg

Special Award—The first international transmission of Super Hi-Vision content

Innovation Award Judges Prize—Walt Disney Pictures' "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds" concert film

Innovation Award for Content Creation—Stereo 3D post production for Walt Disney Pictures' "Hannah Montana & Miley Cyrus: Best of Both Worlds Concert" film

Innovation Award for Content Management—NBC Universal's MICAH Production Workflow

Innovation Award for Content Delivery—Instant VOD delivery of the Live Earth Concerts

Best Conference Paper—"Aspect Processing: The Shape of Things to Come" by Mike Knee of Snell & Wilcox

Best Large Free Design Stand—Astra (1.B51)

Best Smaller Free Design Stand—Ruwido (1.D68)

Most Imaginative Use of Shell Scheme Space—Innobits (12E.D37)