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| Dream11.com nominated in the Best New Website category at the Fantasy Sports Trade Association Award• First Fantasy Cricket Website to be nominated for the coveted award • First company outside the U.S.A to get nominated
By: Vishal 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. About Dream11.com: Dream11.com, the ‘World’s No.1 Fantasy Cricket Game’, 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. The website also allows users to compete and connect with millions of cricket fanatics and develop ‘cricket communities’ What is Fantasy Cricket? Fantasy Cricket, a part of the Fantasy Sports Genre, provides users an opportunity to select their own virtual cricket team. Simply put, users optimize their allocated budget to create fantasy teams of real players and score points depending on how those players perform in real life matches. www.dream11.com About The Fantasy Sports Trade Association The FSTA is the largest and oldest trade group representing the fantasy sports industry with more than 140 members ranging from small startups to large media corporations. As the voice of the industry since 1998, the FSTA has been the leader in providing demographic data, annual conferences and collective action to ensure unfettered growth. The FSTA Awards Committee is made up of seven individuals comprised of FSTA board members, active companies from the membership, or non-partisan 3rd parties with relevant knowledge of a particular category. Visit http://www.fsta.org for more information. For further details contact: Vishal, +91 9885585802, vishal@brand- Jay Sutaria, Dream11 Gaming Pvt. Ltd., +91 9004660065 # # # brand-comm is a leading communications consultancy company in India with offices in seven cities (Bangalore, Delhi, Mumbai, Pune, Chennai, Kolkata, Hyderabad) and presence through affiliates in all Indian States. End
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