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  British Academy of Film and Television Arts - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
BAFTA's main office is on Piccadilly in London, but it also has branches in Northern England, Scotland, Wales, New York City and Los Angeles.
BAFTA's main film awards ceremony is known as the British Academy Film Awards, taking place since 2000 in the flagship Odeon cinema on Leicester Square.
In 2003, these awards were split into the BAFTA Interactive Awards and the BAFTA Games Awards.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BAFTA   (702 words)

  
 BAFTA 2004 Interactive and Games Awards - 'The Sector for the Event' Events - Brand Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
For the second year The BAFTA Interactive and The BAFTA Game Awards will be held at separate ceremonies in early March 2005.
This is the chance for the creators of the most exciting, involving and progressive interactive experiences across the world to have their work recognised with the coveted BAFTA mask.
The BAFTA Interactive Awards reward the artists, educators and entertainers who are pushing the boundaries and bringing the media we engage with alive.
www.brandrepublic.com /events/event/1147/bafta-2004-interactive-games-awards   (108 words)

  
 Eidos Interactive UK - Eidos News Info
Members of the committee are responsible for steering the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards, held in Association with ICL, developing the various categories, chairing the judging of the Awards and co-ordinating BAFTA’s programme of Interactive Events, according to their particular specialisation.
BAFTA Interactive was formed in 1998 to nurture and reward talent in interactivity and to place British interactive industry experts on a par with their film and television counterparts.
An Interactive Entertainment Committee, comprising industry professionals, is responsible for steering the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards, held in association with ICL, and the strand of Interactive Events.
www.eidosinteractive.co.uk /newsinfo.html?nwid=42   (482 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Technology | Halo shines at Bafta Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The DVD of the film Memento from Pathe Distribution, directed by Christopher Nolan, was awarded the prize in the category Enhancement of Linear Media.
Bafta interactive entertainment committee chair Sue Thexton said: "Once again, the huge diversity of entries has made the job of judging this year's entries immensely enjoyable and challenging."
One of the most prestigious awards bestowed by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts was to Ian Livingstone.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/technology/2316875.stm   (468 words)

  
 BAFTA EAST COAST
Now in its sixth successful year, BAFTA East Coast is a nonprofit membership organization providing a lively environment in which film and television professionals in New York can meet and exchange information and ideas about their sister industry in Britain.
Full members of BAFTA East Cost are eligible to vote for the prestigious Orange British Academy Film Awards, held annually in London in early spring.
BAFTA East Coast plans to expand its membership and increase its visibility beyond the metropolitan New York area.
www.baftaeastcoast.com   (439 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Technology | BBC leads interactive Bafta wins
Bafta's Grant Dean, chair of Bafta's Interactive Entertainment committee, said all the entrants had been of "outstanding quality" and that judging had been "enormously difficult".
Awards were given out in 12 different categories, including interactive TV, film, music, design, as well as technical and social innovation, at a London ceremony.
The awards have been running since 1997, but in 2002 the British Academy of Film and Television decided to split them into separate games and interactive ceremonies.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/technology/4312683.stm   (410 words)

  
 BBC scoops BAFTA interactive awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Awards for BBC Online’s News and History sites, as well as our first interactive services, reflect the diversity and strength of the BBC’s New Media output.
The success of the BBC’s first interactive television services was confirmed with the award of Best Enhancement of Linear Media for the new interactive sports services launched this year for Wimbledon 2000 and the Open Golf Championships.
Viewers were able to enjoy a comprehensive interactive service offering the latest news, results, player profiles, quizzes etc while continuing to watch uninterrupted live action of the tournaments on ¼ screen.
www.bbc.co.uk /info/news/news278.htm   (462 words)

  
 2001 in video gaming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences hosts the 4th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts John Carmack of id Software to the AIAS Hall of Fame
BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) hosts the 4th annual BAFTA Interactive Awards for multimedia technologies; 15 of 21 awards go to video games
December 31 - Jez San is awarded an OBE in the New Year Honours, becoming the first person awarded specifically for services to computer and video games.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/2001_in_video_gaming   (634 words)

  
 IOI - Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
In Autumn 2003 IO Interactive was nominated as "Entrepreneur of the Year" by Ernst and Young.
IO Interactive was awarded as“Start-up of the year” in Denmark 2003.
The BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards have taken the new media industry by storm, and have quickly established themselves as the world's #1 Interactive Entertainment awards ceremony.
www.ioi.dk /pressroom/awards.htm   (407 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
It was a close run thing until the end with the majority of the votes being split between Championship Manager, Black and White and Gran Turismo 3 (all of which won BAFTA awards on the night).
The Sports Interactive team were delighted to have won an award especially one voted for by the people who actually play the game.
The 2001 BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards were held on Thursday, October 25 at the Grosvenor House Hotel, London.
www.amazon.co.uk /bafta   (436 words)

  
 Abbey Road News
Abbey Road Interactive, the music industry’s leading design and digital video studio, are this month celebrating a prestigious BAFTA Interactive Awards nomination for their work on Westlife’s Unbreakable, The Greatest Hits DVD.
The disc was created by the Interactive team, and contains an abundance of extras, including a comprehensive documentary which incorporates an interactive interview, footage of the band from their days as IOU through to their current chart success and all of their promo videos to date including US versions, “making of” videos and hidden extras.
The BAFTA Interactive Awards are presented to professionals across the new media industry, recognising excellence in the Interactive industry.The awards ceremony takes place on the 19th of February 2004.
www.abbeyroad.co.uk /news.php?id=90   (247 words)

  
 MotoGP 2 snags BAFTA awards - News at Talk Xbox
BAFTA has lent its voice to the loud chorus already singing the acclaim of Climax's MotoGP 2:Ultimate Racing Technology by putting the high-speed racer forward for two prestigious awards.
"To have MotoGP:URT 2 nominated for two BAFTA Interactive Awards is a fantastic honour and a huge pat on the back for our development team," said Tony Beckwith, Studio Head of Climax in Brighton.
With fully licensed professional riders, bikes and tracks, six single-player game modes, realistic bike physics and sensational graphics running at up to 60 frames per second, MotoGP:URT 2 has proven itself to be one of the most innovative and influential racing games of the year.
www.talkxbox.com /article156.html   (325 words)

  
 BAFTA: sadly not this time...
The first Ceremony and Dinner for the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards was held last Thursday 29th October at the Intercontinental Hotel in London, hosted by Stephen Fry.
BAFTA launched the Awards in January in association with ICL.
Real World's "Ceremony of Innocence" netted two awards - Moving Images and Sound, while Rare won the special award for contributions to the industry.
www.tdv.com /html/news/19981103-0-n.html   (86 words)

  
 GamesPaper News: Halo scoops two at Bafta interactive entertainment awards
Halo scoops two at Bafta interactive entertainment awards
Microsoft's Halo has scooped two Bafta awards, at the Interactive Entertainment Awards ceremony which was held in London last night.
Neverwinter Nights from Infogrames was awarded as the best PC Game, and the company also won the best Sports Game, with Grand Prix 4, which the judges felt GP4 had "enormous depth and a vast array of racing and game variables, reflecting accurately the nature of both the real sport and its most ardent fans".
www.gamespaper.com /news/HaloscoopstwoatBaftainte.shtml   (468 words)

  
 Immersive Education - About Immersive Education - Kar2ouche, MediaStage, Krucible - E-Learning Credits/Curriculum Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Just two weeks after being nominated for a BETT Award in the category of 'Secondary Learning', Immersive Education's new Science platform, Krucible, has been nominated for a 2003 BAFTA Interactive Award in the category of 'Offline Learning'.
The BETT Awards have been designed to recognise and reward the creativity, innovation and commitment of an organisation or company in developing high quality and effective educational ICT resources.
Over 300 products are nominated each year for an Award, and in the five years since their launch, The BETT Awards have become the benchmark by which standards in UK educational ICT product development are judged.
www.immersiveeducation.com /us/krucible/Krucible_InTheMedia_Default.asp   (1191 words)

  
 SADiE archive news - Feb 2000   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The BAFTA was originally awarded at a star-studded ceremony held in London, on Wednesday 20 October 1999.
This is the second annual BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards, which were established to recognise creative excellence and innovation in interactive media.
This award highlights SADiE's diverse range of functions that are suitable for multimedia applications.
www.sadie.com /latestnews/archive/BAFTA_feb2000.html   (375 words)

  
 Fremantle Home Entertainment Nominated For BAFTA Interactive Award   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The BAFTA Interactive Awards is the premier international event rewarding achievement in innovation and creativity in the new media industries.
Created to recognise and reward talent in interactivity, they occupy a unique position within the interactive landscape, reflecting a diversity of genres within the sphere of entertainment.
Almost 400 entries were submitted this year for the BAFTA Interactive Awards, a third more than the previous year.
www.fremantlemedia.com /page.asp?partid=285   (487 words)

  
 Scotsman.com News - Entertainment - City gallery kiosks are up for Bafta   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The new interactive hall at the National Gallery of Scotland has been shortlisted from more than 400 entries for the prestigious award - alongside contenders such as the BBC, MTV and the London Stock Exchange.
It also includes an interactive introduction and tour of the collections and exhibitions and provides up-to-date information about the range of events and services on offer.
In the factual category of the Bafta Interactive Awards, the gallery’s IT kiosk faces competition from a Christian Aid project which encourages people to live in other countries and a creative programme organised by London’s National Theatre.
news.scotsman.com /entertainment.cfm?id=209762005   (679 words)

  
 NESTA Futurelab - Events - Creative Alchemy: partners   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards were begun in 1997 and, with the support of Lord Puttnam, Vice-President of BAFTA, the event has quickly grown into what is considered to be the world's largest and most prestigious interactive entertainment awards.
A membership-led organisation, BAFTA runs a wide range of events covering topical issues on all areas which are not only open to Academy members but non-members as well.
The NMK website (www.nmk.co.uk) is an important focal point for the community, providing up to date information about the programme, reports on NMK events and a valuable online resource for anyone involved with new media.
www.nestafuturelab.org /events/past/ca_partners.htm   (485 words)

  
 M2 Presswire : BAFTA INTERACTIVE: BAFTA sets standards with 1999 BA BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards. @ HighBeam ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
BAFTA INTERACTIVE: BAFTA sets standards with 1999 BA BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards.
The 1999 BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards held in association with ICL, today reports that at the close of entry for this year's awards, 6th August 1999, entries for the web categories have increased by 50%.
Indicative of current industry trends and emerging technologies, one of the awards which received the greatest number of entries was "The Best Entertainment Website".
static.highbeam.com /m/m2presswire/august191999/baftainteractivebaftasetsstandardswith1999babaftai/index.html   (233 words)

  
 BAFTA split Interactive Awards   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The BAFTA Interactive Awards will focus on a broad spectrum of new media, whereas the BAFTA Games Awards ceremony will focus purely on the games industry, with 18 categories covering formats and genres.
Sue Thexton, Chair of the BAFTA Interactive Committee, said “We have taken the decision to separate the awards after extensive consultation with sections of the industry.
The Games Awards nominations will be announced on 31st October, and the Interactive Awards nominations will be announced on 24th November.
www.immediatefuture.co.uk /173   (287 words)

  
 3D Realms Site: Press Releases: Max Payne wins BAFTA award
The BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards are Europe's top recognition for interactive entertainment.
The game industry is comparable in size to the film industry and the BAFTA awards are considered by many to be the Oscars of games.
With the continued support of Lord Puttnam CBE, Vice-President of BAFTA, the event has quickly grown into what is considered to be the world's largest and most prestigious interactive entertainment awards.
www.3drealms.com /press/maxwinsbafta.html   (674 words)

  
 2002 in video gaming - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Academy of Interactive Arts and Sciences hosts the 5th Annual Interactive Achievement Awards; inducts Will Wright of Maxis to the AIAS Hall of Fame
BAFTA (British Academy of Film and Television Arts) holds 5th annual BAFTA Interactive Awards for multimedia technologies; 10 of 21 awards go to video games; awards Ian Livingstone the BAFTA Interactive Special Award
Eidos Interactive selects Dutch model Jill De Jong as the new digitized Lara Croft character
www.bexley.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/2002_in_video_gaming   (584 words)

  
 Interactive - Events - BAFTA Awards - Skillset   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
Interactive - Events - BAFTA Awards - Skillset
The BAFTA Interactive Awards are now in their 7th year.
With the coveted BAFTA mask up for grabs, the Interactive Awards are as important and prestigious as ever, recognising and rewarding talent across a broad spectrum of the new media industry.
www.skillset.org /interactive/events/article_3641_2.asp   (79 words)

  
 Two Worlds: The Game
The award itself is lovingly photographed here in the exotic surroundings of a Holborn Pizza restaurant, whose staff created an impromptu homage to the occasion by taking 7.5 million years to serve dinner.
It wasn't really until we released Starship Titanic in 2000 that the art of the conversation engine as a user interface was significantly advanced over Infocom's parser, itself derived from the original work by Crowther and Woods at MIT in the 1970s.
I still fervently believe that a natural language interface is the future of interaction and that universal communication by e-mail and text messaging and the blogosphere represents a re-evolution of the word as a means of interaction.
www.two-worlds.com /the_game.html   (719 words)

  
 New media battle for Bafta awards - Ferrago News Portal   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
These special awards were created for giving recognition and praise to the people who have contributed much to the industry as a whole, and yet...
The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences sends along the list of finalists for their 8th annual Interactive Achievement Awards, with the winners to be announced at the awards ceremony February...
More awards are available at Voodoo Extreme (who has separate categories both for PC Games and Console Games) and at the mega-hub Gamespy, who gives Halo 2 the top nod for Game of the Year 2004.
www.ferrago.com /portal/cluster/79608   (677 words)

  
 Mobile News - Mobile Games BAFTA awards
The BAFTA Interactive Awards will focus on a broad spectrum of the new media industry, including DVD, websites, education etc. Whereas the BAFTA Games Awards ceremony will focus purely on the games industry.
In 1997, BAFTA had the foresight to realise the impact Internet and multimedia technologies would have on the entertainment industry.
With the support of Lord Puttnam, Vice-President of BAFTA, the event has quickly grown into what is considered to be the world's largest and most prestigious interactive entertainment awards, recognising and rewarding creative talent in interactivity.
www.mobileguru.co.uk /news/Mobile-News-1471.html   (361 words)

  
 Music 4 Games   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
The BAFTA Games Awards, formerly part of the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards, have in the last couple of years relegated Music to be clumped in with Sound.
According to the organisers, in past years they have not received sufficient submissions to support a separate award category for music in games.
The BAFTA Games Awards nominations will be announced on 31st October, and the awards ceremony will take place in February 2004.
www.music4games.net /n_bafta_gamemusicaward.html   (200 words)

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