Finalists announced for AIMIA’s 20th Annual Awards
Australia’s digital industry association AIMIA has announced the finalists for its 20th Annual Awards, with 171 entries selected as finalists across 32 categories.
The winners of the digital awards known as ‘The Amys’ will be celebrated at a ceremony in Sydney on April 3.
AIMIA Awards judging chair Paul McCarthy said in a statement:“Increasingly, we’re seeing technology innovation break new frontiers of digital media and services. This year’s finalists feature serious tech such as 3D printing, data-science, eye-tracking and even robotics, to provide new and more engaging customer experiences.”
The awards categories increased from 23 in 2013 to 32, with the categories divided into eight major divisions: Websites & Online Services; Smartphone Apps and Services; Tablet Apps and Services; Digital Advertising; Social Media; Video; Enterprise; Cross Platform; as well as awards for Effective and Innovative new Digital Product or Service.
Commenting on the range of entries, McCarthy said: “We’re seeing a lot more world class video-centric apps emerge including four major broadcaster catch-up services (TenPlay, Foxtel Go 2013, SBS On Demand Android and ABC iView). We also observed more use of video in eCommerce such as the Coles Feed Your Family iPad app which features a smorgasbord of Masterclass video recipes and cool cooking tips like ’how to confit a duck’.”
The finalists are:
Best of Websites & Online Services
- Learning & Education
ABC Active Memory, ABC Splash, Comwriter, Mentally Healthy Workplace, CBeebies- Cultural or Lifestyle
Cronulla Riots – The Day that Shocked the Nation, NGV: Melbourne Now, The Opera House Project, Convict love tokens interactive, ANZ Buzz Sydney Festival- Government & Non-Profit
Sydney 360, Mentally Healthy Workplace, Breastscreen Victoria, Flinders Street Station Design Competition, The Ian Potter Foundation, Most Powerful Arm, Unlock The Grid- Publisher
Yellow Pages Responsive Web Design, Gourmet Traveller, Curve Live, SBS.com.au, Vogue.com.au- Retail & e-Commerce
KeepCup, Nissan Australia, IKEA Kitchens, Sportscraft, Coles Website, Sunny Queen ‘Chook Tracker’, Denim Seeks Soulmate- Tourism or Travel
Sydney 360, Barossa Be Consumed, Wet ‘n’ Wild Summer Games, Reef Live, Skydive the Beach and Beyond- Entertainment
ABC iView, TENplay, Doctor Who, Nowhere Boys: The 5th Boy, Peleda, Tokyo Fury, WeAreDigital storePlay- Financial Services
ING DIRECT Mobile Banking App, Commonwealth Bank, BPAY, PayPig, Suncorp Bank WebsiteBest of Smartphone
- Learning & Education
CanUHanyu, QUT ‘2013 Open Day Interactive Mobile Experience’, Kudos, ABC International, Westpac PayPig App- Cultural or Lifestyle
Lorna Jane – Active Living, ABC Vegie Guide App, NGV: Melbourne Now, Cricket Australia Live, KFC Snack! in the FACE- Government & Non-Profit
Snap Send Solve V2, Department Veteran Affairs – On Track App, Victoria Police News, Better Health Channel V2, Federal Department of Health & Ageing ‘Quit for you, Quit for two’- Publisher
Carsales, ABC Mobile Flagship, realestate.com.au, Domain.com.au, Yellow Pages- Retail & e-Commerce
My Optus, Starbucks, Leggo’s, GoGet, Weet Bix – Bix- Tourism or Travel
Gold Coast Traveller – Queensland Australia, BAC, Melbourne Viewfinders, Tourism & Events Queensland China, South Australia Tourism Commission- Entertainment
NRL Live, TENplay, KFC Snack! in the FACE, Lynx Lunar Racer, Foxtel Go 2013Best of Tablet
- Learning & Education
Alcohol and Your Brain interactive book, The Opera House Project, Blake Education Targeting Maths 3, Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll, ABC4Kids Play School Play Time- Government & Non-Profit
ANMM, Birth Choices, Dossiere, Better Health Channel V2- Publisher
Carsales, ABC Mobile Flagship, Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll, Bauer Digital, realestate.com.au- Retail & e-Commerce
Coles Feed Your Family, Aussie Framers Direct, Leggo’s, lite.tab.com.au, Andersens iDesign App- Entertainment
Foxtel Go 2013, ABC iView, ABC4Kids Play School Play Time, SBS ON DEMAND, TENplayBest Digital Advertising or Communication
- Government & Non Profit
Missing Person Pre-Roll, Roadtrip Forever, Sydney 360, Most Powerful Arm, Flinders Street Station Design Competition- Retail & e-Commerce
Sunny Queen ‘Chook Tracker’, Australia Land of Quattro, Iron Man, Lynx Apollo, Telekinize The Rainbow- Tourism or Travel
Globus Family Of Brands, Reef Live, Sydney 360Best Social Media
- Best Community
ACCI ‘Too Big To Ignore’, Lorna Jane – Active Living, ABC3 RAWR, LiveandLost, The Loop 2- Best use of social media
Most Powerful Arm, Salvation Army Christmas, Missing Person Pre- Roll, Telekinize The Rainbow, ACCI ‘ Too Big To Ignore’Best Video
- Use of Video
Roadtrip Forever, The Opera House Project, Sea Shepherd Australia, ACO VIRTUAL, Cronulla Riots – The Day that Schocked the Nation, ABC3 RAWR- Video publisher & platform
ABC iview, Foxtel Play, Foxtel Go 2013Best Cross Platform
Target Toy Sale, Reef Live, Roatrip Forever, Lorna Jane – Active Living, Most Powerful Arm, Lynx Apollo, WeAreDigital TAC
Most Effective Digital Product or Service
ING Direct Mobile Banking, Sunny Queen ‘ Chook Tracker’, ABC Active Memory, AFL Live, Microlancer, Weet Bix, WeAreDigital storePlay, Lynx Apollo
Most Innovative Digital Product or Service
- Platform innovation
QUT ‘2013 Open Day Interactive Mobile Experience, Melbourne Viewfinders, Telekinize The Rainbow, Mobile Den, WeAreDigital storePlay, Wet ‘n’ Wild Summer Games, Kudos- Content innovation
Summer Of The Seventeenth Doll, Sunny Queen ‘ Chook Tracker’, The Opera House Project, Telekinize The Rianbow, Cronulla Riots – The Day that Shocked the Nation, Lynx Apollo, Roadtrip ForeverBest Enterprise – Websites, Online, Smartphone or Tablet
Commonwealth Bank, WeAreDigital TAC, Freelancer.com, NAB Business View, Westpac Banking
