New partners and bigger prizes for DiGi WWWOW Internet for All Awards 2012

Over RM200,000 in prizes await Malaysia's most inspiring online innovators

SHAH ALAM, 24 March 2012 - For the second year running, DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd ("DiGi") is organising the highly popular DiGi WWWOW Internet For All Awards 2012, recognising Malaysia's top talents in social media, digital content and web commerce. This year's awards will run from 24 March - 27 May, which boasts many new categories, many more partners and even bigger prizes.

In addition to returning collaborators from DiGi WWWOW Awards 2011 (ASTRO, Era.fm, Hitz.fm, Google, Exabytes Lowyat.net, MSN, Mudah.my, Nuffnang bloggers, Says.my, and Yahoo!), this year's awards have secured the support of PEMANDU and seven (7) new partners, namely AirAsia X, Samsung Malaysia Electronics, Chartis Insurance, DiGi Simple MasterCard, InMobi, Innity and Malaysiakini.A new theme of 'Inspire', new partners, new (bigger) prizes and new award categories were unveiled today at the official launch of DiGi WWWOW Internet For All Awards by Sulin Lau, Head of Marketing Services in DiGi. More than 200 participants of the 2011 awards, representatives from partner brands, leading Malaysian bloggers and other social media innovators attended the launch to share their personal experiences and tips for online success.

In total, 16 award categories were revealed for DiGi WWWOW Internet For All Awards 2012:

1. ASTRO Top Online Over-Achiever Under 15
2. Nuffnang Fave Makan-Makan Expert 2012
3. Nuffnang Fave Kay Poh 2012
4. Lowyat.net Fave Tech Head 2012
5. Says.my Online Shop of the Year 2012
6. Nuffnang Blogger of The Year 2012
7. Google Most Inspiring Internet for Good Award 2012
8. Innity Funniest Video of The Year 2012
9. InMobi Mobile Short Film of The Year 2012
10. Malaysiakini PhotoJournalist of The Year 2012
11. MSN Breakthrough Star Performer of The Year 2012
12. Yahoo! Social Media Gathering of The Year 2012
13. Mudah.my Most Promising Webpreneur of the Year 2012
14. Samsung App of the Year Award 2012
15. DiGi WWWOW People's Choice of The Year Award 2012 (by popular vote)
16. DiGi WWWOW Of The Year 2012 (The Best of The Best)From Left, Moots, Program Manager, Hitz.FM, Sulin Lau, DiGi Head of Marketing Services and Harris Ismail, Head, Branded Content Astro Media Sales.

"These days, we can safely say there are very few areas of Malaysian life that the Internet has not touched in some way. So this year, we set out to achieve two things: firstly, expand WWWOW categories to reflect the diversity of online innovation - from commerce and creativity to community and culture. Secondly, we wanted WWWOW to accelerate cross-pollination, or harness the power of innovation in one area to inspire ideas in another. That's why we have designed the new wwwow.my site to be a fountain of inspiration for Malaysians, by Malaysians," explained Sulin."

Last year, over 230,000 votes were cast for nearly 6000 websites, blogs, shops, videos, innovators and personalities. With the introduction of new diverse categories such as Mobile Short Film, App of the Year and Webpreneur of the Year; and the amazing prizes this year, we hope DiGi WWWOW Internet for All Awards 2012 can be said to truly represent digital ingenuity and creativity of Malaysians from all different walks of life."Standing, forth from Left, Sulin Lau DiGi Head of Marketing Services with its DiGi Internet For All WWWOW Awards partners.

Submission of entries for the 2012 DiGi WWWOW Awards is open from 24 March to 22 April 2012. Just like last year, the public will have a say in all categories, except for The Best of the Best category, which will be decided by the panel judges that include leading industry authorities. Public voting will take place from 23 April to 13 May 2012. Winners of all 16 categories will be unveiled in June 2012. Prices include flight tickets, smart devices, pre-loaded debit cards and many more worth over RM200,000.
In the middle, Sulin Lau DiGi Head of Marketing Services with its DiGi Internet For All WWWOW Awards partners and bloggers.

For more info and a peek at what Malaysia's most creative online innovators are up to, head to www.WWWOW.my

About the DiGi WWWOW Internet For All Awards 2012

The DiGi WWWOW Awards is Malaysia's and only Internet For All awards, celebrating the achievements of ordinary Malaysians online. The DiGi-initiated awards celebration is based on 100% user-generated entries to showcase the incredible creativity, ingenuity and entrepreneurialism of ordinary Malaysians using the Internet in extraordinary ways to inspire others. It is supported by PEMANDU along with 20 partner brands and companies who believe in the power of the Internet to transform collaboration, community and commerce.

The inaugural DiGI WWWOW Awards 2011 was a big hit with 5,800 user-generated entries, generating 1.4 million images, blogs, videos, discussion threads and tweets, recording 2.6 million page views on the DiGi WWWOW Awards official site and registering 230,000 unique votes.

The winner of the People's Choice of the Year Award 2012 will be determined by popular vote while the winner of The Best of the Best Award is selected by the judges from the winners of the remaining 14 awards, all of which are selected based on a combined score of popular votes and judges' decision.

DiGi WWWOW Internet for All Awards 2012引进新合作伙伴及更大奖品

超过20万令吉奖品等待大马最有启发性创意家赢取

（莎阿南2012年3月24日讯）DiGi Telecommunications Sdn Bhd（DiGi）连续第二年举办广受欢迎的DiGi WWWOW Internet For All Awards 2012，旨在表扬大马的社群媒体、数码内容及网络商务顶尖人才。今年的比赛将从3月24日一直进行至5月27日，其中新增了不少类组、更多伙伴、奖品也变得更大了。

除了原有的DiGi WWWOW Awards 2011合作伙伴（ASTRO、Era.fm、Hitz.fm、Google、Exabytes Lowyat.net、MSN、Mudah.my、Nuffnang bloggers、Says.my及Yahoo!），今年的比赛也请到了及新7个全新伙伴，分别是AirAsia X、Samsung Malaysia Electronics、Chartis Insurance、DiGi Simple MasterCard、InMobi、Innity及Malaysiakini。

DiGi行销服务主管Sulin Lau今天在DiGi Internet For All WWWOW Awards 2012推介礼上宣佈了新主题“启发”（Inspire）、新合作伙伴、新（更大）奖品及新比赛类组。包括2011年参赛者、合作伙伴代表、PEMANDU、大马知名部落客格及其它社群媒体创新者超过200人参加了推介礼，大家分享了个人经验及网络成功秘诀。

以下是DiGi Internet For All WWWOW Awards 2012总计达16个的类组：

1. ASTRO Top Online Over-Achiever Under 15
2. Nuffnang Fave Makan-Makan Expert 2012
3. Nuffnang Fave Kay Poh 2012
4. Lowyat.net Fave Tech Head 2012
5. Says.my Online Shop of the Year 2012
6. Nuffnang Blogger of The Year 2012
7. Google Most Inspiring Internet for Good Award 2012
8. Innity Funniest Video of The Year 2012
9. InMobi Mobile Short Film of The Year 2012
10. Malaysiakini PhotoJournalist of The Year 2012
11. MSN Breakthrough Star Performer of The Year 2012
12. Yahoo! Social Media Gathering of The Year 2012
13. Mudah.my Most Promising Webpreneur of the Year 2012
14. Samsung App of the Year Award 2012
15. DiGi WWWOW People’s Choice of The Year Award 2012 (by popular vote)
16. DiGi WWWOW Of The Year 2012 (The Best of The Best)

Sulin说：“现在我们可以很放心的说，大马人的生活裡没有被网络影响到的部份不多。所以，今年我们有两个目标要完成：首先，扩大WWWOW类组以反映创意的多样性，从商务和创意一直到社群和文化。第二，我们要WWWOW加速跨界传授，或者说是加强创意力量以收启发之效。所以，我们设计了全新wwwow.my网站，希望能激发大马人的灵感。”

“去年，近6000个网站、部落格、网站商店、短片、创意家及名人网站引来了超过23万张选票。随着推出更多样化的类组，例如Mobile Short Film、App of the Year及Webpreneur of the Year，加上今年让人惊叹的奖品，我们希望DiGi WWWOW Internet for All Awards 2012可以被称为是真正代表各阶层大马人的数码巧思和创意。”

2012 DiGi WWWOW Awards报名日期从2012年3月24日一直到4月22日。跟去年一样的是，网友将有机会参加票选，除了将由包括业界主管在内的评审团决定的The Best of the Best类组。开放网友票选将从2012年4月23日至5月13日。所有16个类组优胜者名单将在2012年6月公佈。奖品包括机票、智慧型电话、预储值签帐卡及许许多多总值超过20万令吉的奖品。

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DiGi WWWOW Internet for All Awards 2012简介：

DiGi WWWOW Awards是大马、也是唯一“属于大家”的比赛，旨在表扬一般大马网民的成就。由DiGi倡导的这个比赛百分百由网民推荐参赛者，以彰显一般大马网民透过杰出方法启发他人的创意、巧思和创业精神。本比赛获得PEMANDU和20个伙伴品牌和公司赞助，我们都相信网络力量可以创造合作、社群及商务转型。

DiGi WWWOW Awards 2011去年初次登场时大受欢迎，DiGi WWWOW Awards官方网站总计吸引了5800个由网民推荐的参赛者、上传了140万个影像、部落格、短片、讨论贴子及推特，录得了260万的阅读网页，而且还引来了23万张选票。

People’s Choice of the Year Award 2012优胜者将由人气选票选出。，The Best of the Best Award则将由其它14个类组奖得主选出，这些优胜者都由人气选票和评审团联合选出。