Attention digital media innovators: there's a new award that might have your name on it. The first annual
Moonshot Awards, organized by the Canadian Digital Media Network, are now open for nominations.
"There are companies out there with great potential and great skill sets," Kevin Tuer, managing director of CDMN, told us this week, "and sometimes we don't celebrate them as much as we should."
The awards were launched in an effort to help rectify that reticence and shine a light on homegrown innovations in digital media. Awards will be distributed in four categories: dynamic company (for demonstrating "the greatest increase in productivity through the adoption of digital media"), globalizer (for increasing international interest in and support for Canadian digital media), innovator, and overall company of the year (chosen from nominees for the first three categories).
Tuer says CDMN hopes to see applications from companies of all kinds. The goal is to acknowledge companies that are making the most of the opportunities digital media offers, or creating new opportunities entirely. "Small companies can make a great impact as well," he points out.
Nominations close on April 12, 2013.
Writer: Hamutal Dotan
Source: Kevin Tuer, Managing Director, Canadian Digital Media Network