The Banff World Television Festival and nextMEDIA Banff Select Viigo as Official Mobile App
Conference schedules, delegate information, photos, live reports as well as industry news will be published to smartphones via the Viigo platform
(June 4, 2009) – Viigo Inc. (www.viigo.com), developer of the popular mobile content and services platform for smartphones, announced today that both nextMEDIA, being held June 5 – 7, and the Banff World Television Festival, taking place June 7-10 in Banff Alberta, will be using Viigo to deliver conference information including; delegate information, schedules, industry news, photos and reports on what’s hot at the event, to delegates on their smartphones.
The Banff World Television Festival hosts International broadcasters, producers, writers, directors, distributors and industry executives from over 25 countries. A core feature of the festival is the prestigious Banff World Television Awards (“The Rockies”), which includes finalists from over 30 countries in the 23 categories. nextMEDIA Banff is where the world’s leading edge content creators, aggregators, broadcasters, agencies, advertisers, and solution-providers meet to develop key business relationships.
Further to the conference specific services, the application provides access to standard Viigo modules including News & RSS, Weather, Sports, Stocks & Finance, Local Interest, Shopping, Social Networks, Entertainment, Flights & Travel, Audio & Podcasts and Politics.
“Viigo makes it easy for conference organizers to deliver a range of real-time content and event information to the smartphones of their delegates,” said Mark Ruddock, CEO, Viigo. “We’re pleased our application has been selected as the official mobile app for both the Banff World Television Festival and nextMEDIA Banff and look forward supporting these two great events.”
ABOUT BANFF WORLD TELEVISION FESTIVAL AND NEXTMEDIA
The Banff World Television Festival is a not-for-profit event produced by Achilles Media Ltd., an international events management company serving the television and digital media industries. nextMEDIA is owned and produced by Achilles Media Ltd. with the help and support of an international advisory board from the digital media industry. Achilles Media Ltd. events include: History Makers: International Summit of History & Current Affairs Producers, nextMEDIA World, and Canadian Innovation Exchange (CIX). For more information, visit http://www.banff2009.com/ and http://www.nextmediaevents.com/banff/index.php