1. The Indian Digital Media Awards 2010 (hereinafter referred to as IDMA 2010) recognise excellence by organisations and individuals for their work in India’s growing digital media sector

2. The Submission of the Entry Form assumes that you have carefully read the IDMA 2010 terms and information and agree to abide by them.

3. The following is the procedure for submitting forms:

a. Forms must be submitted online only. Please be careful while filling in the form as incorrect and incomplete forms will work against your entry at the time of judging. The forms must be entered in English.
b. Note: we will not accept any CDs/ DVDs, screenshots, posters etc. All work must be showcased on the internet only. If necessary, please create a microsite specially for IDMA. In case of gaming and mobile advertising, powerpoint slides or a short video film can be put on the website.
c. The entry will be deemed accepted only when the entry fee as detailed in #11 below reaches our Mumbai/Delhi office.

4. Entrants are expected to ascertain that the entries put up on the web can be viewed on multiple browsers and platforms (including the Mac). The organisers will not contact entrants in case an entry cannot be viewed. The works should be resident on the microsites till March 31, 2010.

5. For non-English language advertising, the justification field in the entry form entry must be accompanied with the translation into English.

6. Please note: we are accepting entries only for the following categories of the India Digital Media Awards 2010:

CATEGORY A: WEB
a. Best Use of Online Banner Advertising
b. Best Use of Online Banner Advertising in Rich Media
c. Best Microsite
d. Best Corporate Site
e. Best Website Debut
f. Best Web Portal of the Year
g. Best News Site of the Year

CATEGORY B: GAMING
a. Best Gaming Site of the Year
b. Best In-game Advertising
c. Best Use of Gaming as a tool for advertising

CATEGORY C: MOBILE/VIRAL
a. Best Use of Email Marketing
b. Best Use of Viral Marketing
c. Best Use of Mobile Advertising
d. Best Mobile App

CATEGORY D: SOCIAL MEDIA
a. Best Use of Social Media
b. Best Blog of the Year

CATEGORY E: SPECIAL AWARDS
a. Best Public Utility Site of the Year
b. Best Use of Language in Online Advertising
c. Best Integrated Digital Campaign

7. The jury will deliberate on the following awards (Category F: Hall of Fame awards). No entry and no entry fee should to be sent for the same:
a. Best Digital Advertiser
b. Digital Agency of the Year
c. Digital entrepreneur of the Year
d. Digital Person of the Year

8. To be eligible,work of the entrant must have been used/deployed between 0000 HRS January 1, 2009 and 1159 HRS on December 31, 2009.

9. In case of Best Integrated Digital Campaign, the URL provided must feature all the creatives that support the entry.

10. The justification must be entered in the space provided on the form. It can be written in point form.

11. Entry Fees:

a. There is no limit to the number of entries a digital/creative agency, organisation, or individual can send us but an all-inclusive, non-refundable entry fee should be sent after submitting the entry. The cheque/demand draft (payable at par in New Delhi or Mumbai) should be drawn in favour of ‘Adsert Web Solutions Private Ltd’.
b. The entry fee is of Rs 1,000 (Rupees One Thousand Only). There is an incentive for sending multiple entries: 10 entries: Rs 9,000; 10-19 entries: 10% discount; 20 entries: Rs 17,500; 20 or more entries: 12.5% discount or Rs 30,000, whichever is lower.
c. Non-Delhi or Non-Mumbai, non-payable at par cheques will NOT be accepted. The entry fees cannot be submitted in cash.
d. Entry will be accepted only on realisation of cheque(s).
e. We repeat: Entry fees (and entries) are accepted only for Categories A, B, C, D and E and NOT for Category F (Hall of Fame awards)

12. The INBA jury will comprise eminent individuals from all walks of life. The decision of the jury is final and binding. Any form of canvassing for the awards will disqualify an entrant.

13. All entries must be completed online before 2pm on Tuesday, March 2, 2010. The deadline has been extended given several requests. Note: entries will be considered accepted only upon realisation of the cheque/draft with the entry fee. The last date of March 2 indicates that cheque/DD must be received by our office by that date. The forms can be submitted online 24x7. The cheques must reach our Mumbai or Delhi office between Monday and Friday, 11am to 5pm. Cheques/DDs can also be sent by courier to our New Delhi or Mumbai office. Please address envelope contain cheque/DD to Ms Shivani Jamwal and clearly superscribe envelope with 'IDMA 2010 ENTRY FEE'. Our Delhi and Mumbai office addresses are stated below. Important: Our offices are closed on Sunday, February 28 and Monday, March 1. However, we are working on Saturday, February 27, 2010.

14. If you do not view a 'Success' screen after submission of an entry, there has been an error at the backend. Please resubmit the entry.

15. All entries submitted will become a property of the exchange4media group. Submission of entry also authorises the exchange4media group to use images and/or audio/video clips of up to 2 minutes from a single entry for use on broadcast television (free-to-air, pay, cable, satellite, DTH, FTA, mobile, out-of-home, internet or any other digital medium for the purpose of promoting or reporting the awards) with due credits.

16. We presume that all entries sent to us are based on original work. The submission of entry guarantees that the entry is original. If any entry is found to plagiarised, the entry will be disqualified.

17. The exchange4media group is a mere custodian of the Indian Digital Media Awards 2010. At no stage of the jury meetings will anyone from the exchange4media group team be part of the decision-making and/or influencing process.

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