Tuesday, January 12, 2010

Dream11.com nominated in the Best New Website category at the Fantasy Sports Trade Association Awards

  • First Fantasy Cricket Website to be nominated for the coveted award
  • First company outside the U.S.A to get nominated

 

Bangalore, January 2010: Dream11.com, the ‘World’s No.1 Fantasy Cricket Game’, has been nominated in the Best New Website category at the prestigious Industry Recognition Awards to be hosted by the Fantasy Sports Trade Association (FSTA) in Las Vegas, USA later this month. Founded in 1997, FSTA is the oldest and most prestigious non-profit fantasy sports trade body worldwide. It represents more than 140 fantasy sports businesses.

The Fantasy Sports industry is worth over US $4.48 billion in the US and Canada alone with over 60 million people playing actively worldwide. The FSTA Industry Recognition Awards are an initiative by the association to maximize recognition for companies pursuing excellence with their fantasy sports products and services globally. Dream11.com, the only company outside the USA to ever be nominated for these awards, is all set to represent India’s Fantasy Sports industry at the 2009 FSTA Industry Recognition Awards.

Dream11.com is the flagship brand of Dream11 Gaming Pvt. Ltd. It is a unique and innovative Fantasy Cricket website that offers users the world’s first graphical Fantasy Cricket game where millions of fans can create and manage their ‘Dream11’ to compete and connect with the global cricket community.

On being nominated as one of the finalists for the FSTA awards, Harsh Jain, CMD, Dream11 Gaming Pvt Ltd said, “We are very pleased to have been recognized by the FSTA within the first year of our operation for a category as important and competitive as the ‘Best New Website’. It is also a milestone and an honor for us to be the first company outside of USA to be nominated for an award and share the platform with industry giants like AOL, ESPN, CBS Sports, NBC, Yahoo and NFL. Just to be nominated is gratifying, but to represent India at the FSTA conference and showcase Fantasy Cricket to the top sports websites in the world is an award in itself.”

“Dream11.com has received this distinction for providing an outstanding and interactive Fantasy Cricket website for cricket fans worldwide. We are very happy to welcome Dream11.com to be a part of FSTA and would like to congratulate them for their nomination in the Best New Web Site category,” said Justin Cleveland, Association Manager, FSTA

This award is presented to companies that are new to the fantasy sports market since January 1, 2009 or have done a considerable upgrade to their site. The site will be judged based upon the professional quality, overall offer value presented and innovative use of technology. The awards will be distributed at the 2010 Winter FSTA Business Conference and Research Symposium to be held in Las Vegas on January 26 & 27, 2010. The event will also feature discussions and presentations on pressing issues in the fantasy sports industry, maximizing cutting-edge technology, creating dynamic content and the release of new and exclusive fantasy sports industry market research data.

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