Popkomm’s annual ‘Innovation in Music and Entertainment Awards’

B) DIGITAL MUSIC AND ENTERTAINMENT INNOVATIONS

DIGIMPRO - Digimpro makes world leading interactive music software. The "di" format allows artists to include extra material (drums, bass, vocals etc.) into one file giving the listener literally billions of different versions of the track. Its free player then allows a variety of exciting, engaging playback options. It's simple enough for a child to use but sophisticated enough to engage a studio engineer. The files can be sold as downloads opening new revenue opportunities.

GO FISH - The GoFish playlist publisher is the first open technology to enable individual consumers to publish, share, and distribute their personal music playlists amongst a larger community of music enthusiasts. Key attributes include the ability to append rich-media, album art, meta-data and audio sample clips to user's playlists via the platform.

GRACENOTE - This voice activated playlist technology enables people to create instant playlists using voice commands. Song mixes are created using multiple criteria, such as "play my rock from the 70's" or simply, play "more like this". The playlist technology works by accessing extended information for each track (such as artist, era, origin, micro-genre, popularity), for a massive number of songs using Gracenote's database of over 48 million tracks.

GROUPER - Grouper is an application that enables friends to easily share music, videos, photos or any file of any size in a private-network group setting. By leveraging proprietary peer-to-peer technology, Grouper creates private, direct connections between friends' PCs and thereby enables the high-quality and secure transfer of files between friends.

KSOLO.COM - kSolo.com is the world's first web-based karaoke application that allows users to sing their favourite songs, record themselves, and send their personalized renditions to their friends. Supported by a proprietary state of the art technology and requiring nothing more than a microphone and an Internet connection, the system will be available anywhere from users' homes to their favourite karaoke clubs. This novel application will enable millions of enthusiasts not only to sing along and record popular songs, but also to send recorded versions via email (as a singing E-Card), mobile phones and PDA's, as well as broadcast performances for the world to judge.

MUSICSTRANDS - MusicStrands helps people discover and enjoy new music, as well as share their music tastes. MusicStrands develops social recommendation systems, using artificial intelligence technologies, to provide independent music recommendations based on the listening behaviour of individuals and social networks. Using people's listening behaviour as input, MusicStrands compiles and analyzes a complex network of linked-songs in order to deliver personalized and instantaneous music recommendations.

C) LIVE MUSIC & MARKETING INNOVATIONS

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