Saffron Digital Wins Again at ME Awards

LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Saffron Digital, the leading global video delivery platform company, is delighted to announce that it has been named as Best Video Service Provider at the Mobile Entertainment Awards, the second year running that it has won at this ceremony. The award was made last night at a dinner attended by the leading companies in the mobile entertainment industry.

“I am extremely proud of what Saffron Digital has achieved as a company in a relatively short space of time and this award is a great testament to the talent and hard work of everyone involved with the company.”

Winners in each of 18 categories are chosen by a judging panel consisting of around 400 executives drawn from all sectors of the industry. Saffron Digital beat four other companies on the Best Video Service Provider shortlist, the category that it also won last year, when the award was named Best Video & TV Service Provider.

“Winning last year was fantastic – winning this year shows that we have continued to innovate and lead the field in digital video technology,” says Shashi Fernando, CEO of Saffron Digital. “I am extremely proud of what Saffron Digital has achieved as a company in a relatively short space of time and this award is a great testament to the talent and hard work of everyone involved with the company.”

About Saffron Digital

Saffron Digital is a global video delivery platform company, whose products and services are live in 26 countries and 14 languages. Its proprietary technologies, which include the ability to support multi-device video delivery, superfast encoding and Domain Based DRM, have been integrated into products by clients including Nokia, Sony Ericsson, HTC, LG and Samsung, as well as services for Sony Pictures, NBC Universal, Paramount, 20^th Century Fox, Sky, T Mobile and Vodafone.

Recently, Saffron Digital was named as one of Europe’s Top 50 fastest growing digital media companies in the Media Momentum Awards 2010. In the last two years Saffron Digital has won a Gold Award for Best Product Technology & Innovation in Visiongain’s Mobile Entertainment Awards 2008, and was named Best Video and TV Service Provider in Mobile Entertainment 2009 awards. The company is also listed in the Deloitte Technology Fast 50 2010 and has been named as one of the UK’s top 100 technology and media companies in the Tech Media Invest Top 100 List two years running, in both 2009 and 2010.