Some of Asia’s leading news media companies, including Apple Daily, Singapore Press Holdings, Astro Awani, MediaCorp or the Philippine Daily Inquirer were among the winners of the 7th annual Asian Digital Media Awards jointly presented on 9 November in Singapore by Google and the World Association of Newspapers and News Publishers (WAN-IFRA).

World standard entries and judges

Although the Asian Digital Media Awards is a regional competition, all top winners automatically compete in Wan-Ifra´s World Digital Awards, with Asian news media companies regularly triumphing over prestigious global media brands and peers from America, Europe India or the Middle-East. This year, The Star Media Group’s R.AGE news and lifestyle platform, which clinched the ADMA Gold Awards for Best New Product, was also awarded in another global competition The World’s Young Prize 2016.

All entries were evaluated by a panel of 23 judges from over 10 different countries, including media professionals currently working in prestigious publications such as The Guardian, The Economist or Die Welt.

1st Prize

Best News Website - Fleeing to Survive by Singapore Press Holdings Ltd

Best Lifestyle Website - OHI (Obviously Harith Iskander) by Astro Awani Network Sdn Bhd

Best Digital Advertising Campaign - OHI (Obviously Harith Iskander) by Astro Awani Network Sdn Bhd

Best Use of Online Video - Left-behind Children: Orphans with Parents, the Tragedies of 70 Million by Apple Daily Ltd

Best Data Visualisation Project - Animals Crossing by Singapore Press Holdings Ltd

Best News Mobile Service - Inquirer Chat Apps by Philippine Daily Inquirer/Megamobile

Best in Tablet Publishing - The Age tablet app by The Age Company Limited

Best Reader Engagement - 2015 District Council Election Minisite by Apple Daily Ltd.

Best New Product - R.AGE TV by Star Media Group Berhad

2nd Prize

Best News Website - Straitstimes.com by Singapore Press Holdings Ltd

Best Lifestyle Website - A Gallery of Old and New by Singapore Press Holdings Ltd

Best Digital Advertising Campaign - Brand Insider / SPH Razor: Canon - From a Mother to a Mother by Singapore Press Holdings Ltd

Best Use of Online Video - Kupu-kupu Malam: Indonesia's Night Butterflies by Mediacorp Pte Ltd, Channel NewsAsia (Digital News)

Best Data Visualisation Project - The Day the Mountain Shook by Singapore Press Holdings Ltd

Best News Mobile Service - Stomp's WhatsApp Service by Singapore Press Holdings Ltd

Best in Tablet Publishing - A Gallery of Old and New by Singapore Press Holdings Ltd

Best Reader Engagement -Inquirer Guyito Stickers Campaign by Philippine Daily Inquirer/Megamobile

Best New Product -TODAY's Mobile App by Mediacorp Press Ltd, TODAY

3rd Prize

Best News Website - Bloomberg.com/asia by Bloomberg Media

Best Lifestyle Website - AsiaTatler.com by Edipresse Media Asia Limited

Best Digital Advertising Campaign - Go Around Japan with KIT KAT by Next Mobile Limited

Best Use of Online Video - Rwanda’s Madame Poulet from Singapore by Mediacorp Pte Ltd, Channel NewsAsia (Digital News)

Best Data Visualisation Project - Formula One season by Thomson Reuters Asia Pte Ltd

Best News Mobile Service -SCMP Mobile Edition by South China Morning Post Publishers Ltd

Best in Tablet Publishing - ZIP (Zon Interaktif Pesona) by The New Straits Times Press (Malaysia) Bhd

Best Reader Engagement - Stomp by Singapore Press Holdings Ltd

Best New Product -askST by Singapore Press Holdings Ltd