BVA Awards 2009

Universal Pictures (UK) Limited topped the list of winners at the 2009 British Video Association Awards at Old Billingsgate, picking up four awards for Marketing Initiatives in Film and Special Interest as well as winning the Best Retail and Rental Distributor and Title 2008 of the year with Mamma Mia!, Atonement and American Gangster respectively.
 
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment took home two BVA Awards to add to their collection, winning Marketing Initiatives of the Year for Music and Television as did Sony Pictures Home Entertainment with Marketing Initiative wins in Catalogue and Film (up to £10million box office)
 
Momentum Pictures won the Creative Initiative of the Year for their innovative CSI – Finger Print set whilst Optimum Releasing with their authoring house Eyeframe, came away from the night of celebration with an award for the Best British Authored Title. 
 
Asda and Blockbuster won the retail and rental categories, whilst Firebelly was named Agency of the Year.
 
HiT Entertainment was victorious in the Children’s category, Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment were triumphant in Non-Theatrical category and Warner Home Video were rewarded for the huge success of The Dark Knight  which was firmly voted by the public as Best Blu-ray title of the Year at
www.thisisbluray.co.uk  – the UK’s official Blu-ray website.

For their relentless campaign against piracy, FACT were rewarded with a BVA Award for Industry Initiative of the Year for their 2008 Strengthened Enforcement Programme.
 
The BVA Awards 2009 were a huge success, celebrating another year of creative and commercial achievements in a retail climate that has seen many changes over the past year. The BVA Awards are the result of unremitting hard work from a collective of committed individuals and companies so a big thank you to all those involved.

Please click here to download the full Commemorative Brochure from the evening where you can at your leisure look over all the winners and highly commended successes of the evening as well as read some exciting pieces about the creative marketing initiatives currently being used in the industry.

 
Planning on the BVA Awards 2010 will start in October 2009. If you are interested in getting involved in sponsorship and/or advertising opportunities for next year’s event please contact us on 020 7436 0041.

Details of the BVA Award 2009 winners can be viewed here