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http://admin.gdbtv.com/ispas.jpg" width="250px" style="float:left;padding: 0px 5px 5px 0px;"/>31 March 2008 (Brighton, UK): Sussex-based IPTV leader, Global Digital Broadcast, is now licensed to use the Internet Service Providers’ Association (ISPA UK) trademark, after being a finalist in The ISPAs ‘Best Streaming’ award category 2008. Global Digital Broadcast was in the final five judged in its category and was listed alongside telephony giants such as BT, Orange, Virgin Media and Tiscali.

The 2008 ISPAs – the 10th annual UK Internet industry awards – took place at the London Marriott, Grosvenor Square, on the last evening of the IPTV World Forum Show, held at Olympia, London. Attended by senior industry decision makers, government representatives and major media, The ISPAs is reputed to be the premiere event for the industry, with the award winners being nominated by their industry peers.

Jim Deans, co-founder and managing director of Global Digital Broadcast, says: “The sheer fact that we were there, as a finalist, makes us winners in my eyes. The past year has seen Global go from strength to strength, gaining increasing recognition and respect within the industry; and to be at The ISPAs last month was the icing on that cake. Expect to see a lot more of us throughout 2008.”

The 2008 ISPAs was held in association with Epitiro (Technologies) and winners included: Bt.yahoo.com for ‘Best Portal’; Vodafone for ‘Best Wireless ISP’; Waitrose for ‘Best Dial-Up’; Namesco for ‘Best Shared Hosting’; Astream for ‘Best Streaming’; PlusNet for ‘Best Consumer ISP; and with ‘Internet Villain’ going to HM Revenue and Customs and ‘Internet Hero’ to Peter Robbins OBE QPM, chief executive of IWF.

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NOTES TO EDITORS:

About The ISPAs:
The Internet Services Providers’ Association (ISPA UK) has been organising the UK Internet Industry Awards since 1999 to herald the best of the Internet industry and to celebrate innovation and best practice. The awards were dubbed The ISPAs in 2002 and the event changes each year in order to reflect the changes in the sector and represent the ever-broadening nature of the service provider sector. Please visit http://www.ispaawards.org.uk for further information. The Internet services Providers’ Association was established in 1995 as a trade association to represent providers of Internet services in the UK. ISPA promotes competition, self regulation and the development of the Internet industry. Please visit http://www.ispa.org.uk for further information.


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