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Pod Digital Design Awarded For Best Interactive Entertainment Website...



Pod Digital Design has been selected as a winner in the category of Best Entertainment Website for the 2008 MITX Awards. The annual MITX Awards is the largest awards competition in the country that recognizes achievements in the development and implementation of interactive technologies. Winners were announced in 33 categories, including five Best of awards, at a sold out ceremony attended by more than 1,000 industry professionals held on November 19th at the Boston Marriott Copley Place.



Pod Digital won in this category for its production of an interactive adventure promoting A's38;E Television'ss Andromeda Strain; a two-part original mini-series from A's38;E. The adventure entitled Wildfire Labs challenged gamers to treat and contain unknown biological threats before they become global catastrophes in an exciting multi-level online game. Every week for four weeks prior to the main event, players were challenged to discover the cure for fictitious diseases. The game allowed the audience to experience the thrill and excitement of the science behind the program and meet the cast.The game is comprised of 20 mini-games, 25 storyline videos, 3D renderings and extensive animation.



The Wildfire Lab experience was an ambitious undertaking that involved a wide-variety of talents including programmers, 3D animators, designers, video producers and voice-over professionals. We are honored to win a MITX Award for our biggest project of the year particularly in such a competitive category as Entertainment and Sports



The award caps an exciting year of growth for Pod Design, who saw revenues grow 33% over 2007, and added new project work for clients such as Novell, Yahoo!, Discovery Channel International, Warner Brothers, Bio Channel and others.



Entries were judged by over 100 industry professionals representing various disciplines including creative directors, designers, technologists, online media representatives, investors and business professionals.



About Pod Digital Design


Pod conceives, designs and produces interactive branding solutions and branded entertainment for some of the most exciting companies in the world of entertainment, technology and consumer goods. Pod has created innovative and effective solutions for clients including: AETN, Discovery Channel, Biography Channel, History Channel, Crime and Investigation Channel, Yahoo!, Novell, Warner Brothers, Atlantic Records, and Novell. For more information go http://www.poddesign.com



About MITX


Established in 1996, The Massachusetts Innovation 's38; Technology Exchange (MITX) is the region'ss premier professional organization for the Internet business 's38; marketing industry. Reaching more than 7,000 professionals in New England, MITX is the community for thought leadership, building business relationships and professional training and development. Members of the MITX community take advantage of events, sponsorships, speaking opportunities and networking to make business connections and exchange ideas. With more than 70 events annually, MITX provides its members with the opportunity to promote their companies to targeted audiences and provides a valuable forum for networking to source potential business leads, partnerships, ideas, funding and other likeminded peers in the industry. MITX is headquartered in Cambridge, MA. For more information please go to mitx.org.






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