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Ministry of the future has announced that the winner of the 2nd Korean TV app innovation award

관리자 2013.11.26

 

MOBIRIX had excellence awarded at the 2nd Korean TV app innovation with the app ‘Sudoku and world exploring’

 

The contest as the second time, it has been held for discovering TV apps that contribute to the activation of smart TVs among commercial products applied to smart TVs and pay-TV platforms and also the contest helps to encourage developers.

 

More than 40 commercial TV apps have participated for this competition, which the Ministry of Future held for three weeks from the 18th of last month to the 11th of this month. Among them, a total of 11 TV apps had been selected as the Best and Excellence Awards through the first and second evaluation.

 

For the grand prize, the TV app 'The World's Fastest Gingerbread Man' made by Hand Studio had been picked up. Gingerbread man is an app installed on Samsung Smart TV that allows user to enjoy the connection between smart TV and mobile, providing amazing interaction with multiplying the fun of TV.

 

For the best prize, 5 other including ‘3D Popup Book World Masterpiece’ made by Red Rover had picked up, and also 5 other including ‘Sudoku and World Exploring created by MOBIRIX had selected as excellence prize.

 

This contest’s, the member of second evaluation, Jae Won, Kang the professor of DongGuk University mentioned that "Unlike mobile apps, there were many works that reflected the characteristics of TV apps well, therefore selection standards were outstanding ideas with connecting well between mobile and TV had been selected as winners of this competition”.

 

Yoon Hyun, Park the officer of Ministry of Future broadcast policy, said that “do the best effort to create an environment where small and medium-sized developers and competent one-man developers can challenge themselves”.

 

The winning apps in this contest will be awarded a plaque and prize money at the '2nd Korea Innovation Awards' awards ceremony held on the 3rd of next month.

 


 

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