2019 Global BIGGIES Finalists announced

Winners to be announced Thursday, 2 May 2019
Microsoft, San Francisco

9 April 2019 – The Data & AI for Media Association is pleased to announce the finalists for the Global BIGGIES Awards Competition for 2019. The awards competition drew participation from the most innovative media companies implementing data and artificial intelligence initiatives, and has produced 27 finalists from Asia, North America and Europe.

The Awards will be bestowed at Microsoft in San Francisco on Thursday, May 2 in the evening after the first day of the 10th Data & AI for Media Week conference.

The BIGGIES Awards aim to reward best practices in Big Data and artificial intelligence products and strategies to media companies from around the world.

The contest ran from November 2018 to March 2019, and includes entries that were published during 2018.

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The companies vying for first place, second place, third place, outstanding achievement, and Best of Show include: The British Broadcasting Corporation, United Kingdom; Mather Economics, United States; United Daily News Group, Taiwan; Channel 4 Television, United Kingdom; La Presse, Canada; American Press Institute, United States; USA TODAY NETWORK, United States; Prizm Group, Hong Kong; DataTech, Hong Kong; and Mediacorp, Singapore.

Entries were judged in 9 categories.

The BIGGIES Awards categories are:

  • Excellence in Data Analytics
  • Excellence in Data Strategy
  • Excellence in Data-Driven Advertising
  • Excellence in Data-Driven Business Process Efficiency
  • Excellence in Data-Driven Product Development
  • Excellence in Data-Driven Technology
  • Excellence in the Use of Creativity with Data
  • Excellence in the Use of Artificial Intelligence
  • Excellence in the Use of Predictive Analytics
  • Of the nine categories, the finalists will compete to win the BIGGIES Best of Show

A total of 27 finalists emerged from the target group of participants, The contest rules require the entrants are media companies including newspapers, magazines and digital publications, broadcast, advertising agencies and marketing agencies that circulate/broadcast locally, regionally, nationally or internationally.

The finalists for the 2019 Global BIGGIES are:

Excellence in Data Strategy

From a field of contenders, the four finalists are:

  • Metrics for News, American Press Institute, United States
  • Channel 4 Television’s Data Strategy: A VESTed Approach, Channel 4 Television, United Kingdom
  • Pizza Hut Data-Driven Marketing, DataTech Global, Hong Kong
  • Connectivity, Community & Creativity, United Daily News Group, Taiwan

Excellence in data-driven advertising campaigns

From a field of contenders, the four finalists are:

  • Twelve Intender Classifier, La Presse, Canada
  • Contextual Moments, Channel 4 Television, United Kingdom
  • Building the Perfect Creative, USA TODAY NETWORK, United States
  • TargetPlus, More Than Just Clicks!, United Daily News Group, Taiwan

Excellence in Data-driven business process efficiency

From a field of contenders, the three finalists are:

  • RIPPLE Content Analytics Hub, Mediacorp, Singapore
  • Friso NLP for Customer Service Dialogue, Prizm Group, Hong Kong
  • MeID Audience Analytics Hub, Mediacorp, Singapore

Excellence in data-driven Product Development

From a field of contenders, the four finalists are:

  • Connectivity, Community & Creativity, United Daily News Group, Taiwan
  • RIPPLE Content Analytics Hub, Mediacorp, Singapore
  • Taste Segmentation: Combining Data Driven Insight & Editorial Curation, Channel 4 Television, United Kingdom
  • MeID Audience Analytics Hub, Mediacorp, Singapore

Excellence in the Use of Creativity with Data

The competition includes a specialty category called Excellence in the Use of Creativity with Data. The sole finalist is the BBC News’ entry, “Climate change food calculator: What's your diet's carbon footprint?”

Excellence in Data-Driven Technology

From a field of contenders, the three finalists are:

  • MeID Audience Analytics Hub, Mediacorp, Singapore
  • Providing the Right Message to the Audience to Drive Subscriptions, USA TODAY NETWORK, United States
  • RIPPLE Content Analytics Hub, Mediacorp, Singapore

Excellence in Predictive Analytics

From a field of contenders, the two finalists are:

  • Make Your Paywall an Intelligent Paywall, Mather Economics, United States
  • La Presse's Twelve Intender Classifier, La Presse, Canada

Excellence in Artificial Intelligence

From a field of contenders, the two finalists are:

  • Contextual Moments, Channel 4 Television, United Kingdom
  • Shiseido Group - Cle De Peau Chatbot Campaign, Prizm Group, Hong Kong