The Indian Digital Media Awards 2016, presented by Wan-Ifra and Google, recognize publishers who have adopted digital media and mobile strategies as part of their total product offering to meet the major changes in how people consume news and information today. Google is supporting this year’s Wan-Ifra media awards in Asia recognizing innovations in storytelling and business strategies adopted by news publishers in the era of transformation of the media landscape through digital and mobile.
The awards categories include Best News Website, Best Lifestyle Website, Best Digital Advertising Campaign, Best Use of Online Video, Best Data Visualisation, Best News Mobile Service, Best Lifestyle Mobile Services, Best Tablet Publishing, Best New Product and Best Reader Engagement.
The competition is open to all publishers in South Asia who will participate in their regional contest. All entries must have been published between 25 May 2015 to 15 June 2016. Registration and submission of entries is fully online. On completing the registration and payment, you will receive a link and password to upload your entries. All entries must be uploaded by 24 June 2016. You can submit any number of entries. However, each entry has to be specified during the online registration and requires the payment of the entry fee. Entries that do not conform to submission criteria will be disqualified. Participants must grant Wan-Ifra Asia the full rights to retain and use, free-of-charge, any images or material from the contest for publication in books, exhibitions, websites, or for educational and promotional purposes.
