Skinkers wins Media Momentum Judges Award 2007
UK's fastest growing digital media companies
27 March 2007
Investment Bank GP Bullhound announced the 50 fastest growing digital media companies in the UK at their annual Media Momentum awards, held in association with Sky Media, Barclays and Olswang. Additional awards were given to five companies demonstrating exceptional growth potential and management.
This year, the Judges Award went to Skinkers who has developed the first universal push platform for multi channel messaging and content delivery. Overall the Judges felt that the Skinkers’ management team, offering and vision for the future, made the company a worthy winner of the coveted Judges’ Award for 2007.The judging panel of industry experts who select the companies demonstrating exceptional growth potential and management includes Anil Hansjee, Head of M&A Google Europe, Seb Bishop, President of Miva and co founder of Espotting and Michael Nutley editor of New Media Age.
Matteo Berlucchi, Skinkers CEO commented, “We are absolutely delighted to have won this prestigious award and I’d liked to acknowledge the tremendous work of everyone in the Skinkers team and to thank our customers for believing in the power of push!”
The Judges commented “With this market being worth in excess of $10bn and there being a clear need for time-sensitive information, we felt that Skinkers management team had strong entrepreneurial drive and excellent knowledge of the broader market. We were also excited by additions to their offerings with the impending launch of a technology for live TV broadcast via the PC.”
About Media Momentum
The Media Momentum list is recognised by the industry as covering the best known companies in the digital media industry with previous winners including Betfair and Espotting. The top 50 companies in this year’s list have collectively grown their revenue base from £139m to a staggering £453m in a two year period.
About GP Bullhound ltd.
Established in 1999, GP Bullhound is a research centric investment bank focused on providing capital-raising services and mergers & acquisition advice to companies in the digital media and technology sector. It raised and released over $150m for entrepreneurs and shareholders in 2006 alone. With offices in London and Silicon Valley, GP Bullhound is recognised as one of the leading independent investment banks focused on the technology sector in Europe and the US. The firm has particular experience and expertise in digital media, software and services, and is regularly requested to provide commentaries on CNN International, CNBC Europe and BBC World, as well as print media and industry conferences.
About Skinkers
Skinkers is the market leader in enterprise communication management platforms. Our solutions ensure ShouldKnow information is delivered to audiences with visibility and impact. ShouldKnow information is important and useful information that audiences need to know e.g. service outages, corporate communications, breaking news etc. Audiences can select what type of ShouldKnow information they would like to receive and what device they would like it sent to (computers, handhelds and mobile phones). Skinkers technology is used by many of the world's leading brands.
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