Sony Pictures Wins Mobile Programming Award For Afterworld

Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) announced today that they had been honored with an award for “Best Original Programming, Mobile” at the 2008 Mobile Excellence Awards. The award winners were announced at a ceremony in Los Angeles last night. SPTI’s win was for Afterworld, a ground-breaking science fiction property. Consisting of 130 2-3 minute episodes, the futuristic 2.5D animated episodic property produced by Emmy Award® nominated producer Stan Rogow, renowned multi-platform writer Brent Friedman, and Jeff Sagansky’s Electric Farm Entertainment (EFE). SPTI and EFE also produced numerous digital derivative products in support of the series (destination website, mobile game, digital merchandise).

Afterworld was SPTI’s first-ever digital original production for exploitation across mobile, television, Internet, digital sell-through and gaming platforms throughout the world, spanning their distribution, international networks and digital business lines.