Canada’s only nationwide digital media awards show honoured the best of the best in the industry last night in 19 prestigious categories. The gala celebration was hosted by award-winning comedian Seán Cullen and more than 200 industry leaders were on hand to celebrate with the winners.

The 2009 CNMA Winners are:

Best Company of the Year: Cyberplex Inc., Toronto

Best Brand of the Year: Doritos White Bag - BBDO/Proximity Canada, Toronto

Promising New Company of the Year: Syncapse, Toronto

Hottest New Digital Kid on the Block: ChickAdvisor.com, ChickAdvisor Inc., Toronto

Best in Mobile Marketing: Brisk ARTwist - Addictive Mobility, Markham

Best Mobile Application: Air Canada iPhone App - IBM Canada, Markham

Best Location Based Service: Poynt - Multiplied Media, Calgary

Best Use of Social Media: Invoke Media - creator of HootSuite Twitter application, Vancouver

Best in Interactive Marketing: Doritos White Bag - BBDO/Proximity Canada

Best Branded Entertainment: Worldwide Short Film Festival: Short Attention Span - doug agency

Best Cross-Platform Project: Waterlife Interactive - National Film Board of Canada, Toronto

Best Online Video Portal: National Film Board of Canada: Online Screening Room - National Film Board of Canada

Best Innovative Web-based Game: Junk Battles - Antic Entertainment, London

Best Kids Interactive: Titanium Chef - mod7, Vancouver

Best in Canadian Culture: Interactive: In Touch: Connecting Cloth, Culture & Art - ecentricarts inc., Toronto

Leader in Social Change:
Mark Surman, Executive Director, Mozilla Foundation
Tonya Surman, Executive Director, Centre for Social Innovation

Best Online Comedy Performance: Têtes à claques, Montreal

Best Online Artist of the Year: K-os

Lifetime Achievement Award: Red Burns, "Grandmother" of new media and Founder of the ITP Program at the Tisch School for the Arts at NYU.

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