Univision Interactive – Marcador Sports APP honored with Mobile Excellence Award.

Univision Interactive Media, Inc. has been recognized for its accomplishments in the mobile space. At the annual Mobile Excellence Awards, the Univision Marcador App developed in partnership with July Systems, the leading provider of mobile development platform to businesses worldwide, was honored in the “Business” category for “Best Mobile International.” This is the Company’s second Mobile Excellence Award recognition – in 2010, the Univision Deportes App for World Cup was selected as a finalist for Best Community Fan Content.
 
“The Univision Marcador App is an important part of our suite of mobile offerings and we are thrilled to have been recognized for our product development and promotion capabilities by one of the most coveted awards program in the industry,” said Kevin Conroy, president of Univision Interactive Media and Enterprise Development. “We are committed to serving our audience and will continue to pioneer new interactive products that will keep Univision and its partners top of mind for Hispanics as they continue to influence and shape the digital landscape and drive the growth and expansion of the U.S. mobile marketplace.”
 
Alexander “Sandy” Brown, president of Sports, Univision Communications Inc. added, “This award reinforces our reputation as Hispanic America’s leading brand for sports content. The Marcador App is one of the many examples of Univision’s commitment to provide Hispanic sports fans content across all platforms.”
 
“Univision Marcador App winning a Mobile Excellence Award is a strong validation of the capabilities of Mi™ platform to deliver a compelling user experience with real-time updates on sports to multi-lingual audiences worldwide,” says Kelvin Rowlette, president and GM for July Systems, USA who received the award at this event. He also added, “Mi Platform extensible platform can render standard unicode fonts for Spanish, Portuguese, French, Arabic, Hindi and many more; something that has been key to many of the global businesses we serve today.”