iPool is nominated for the Popkomm IMEA Awards 2005

labeltools GmbH was selected to be a finalist for the Popkomm IMEA Awards 2005 in Berlin, Germany by an international jury of music industry experts. The finalists will compete for the second annual Popkomm IMEA Awards, which will be conducted on the first day of Popkomm 2005 in Berlin on September 14th. labeltools CEO André Meyer will present the innovative iPool music promotion software to an international jury, the media, and the general audience, in the IMEA hall at Popkomm on September 14th at 2:30 pm.

”It was a difficult process to whittle the applications down to fourteen finalists as this year's quality of submissions was extremely high and a lot of extremely innovative new companies and products came forth,” commented Gerd Leonhard, chairman and executive producer of the annual Popkomm IMEA Awards. ”The jury believes that the contestants we have short-listed may very well end up being significant players in the development of the music and media industries going forward.”

”Now that we have the finalists I am very excited to see them presenting their ideas. It will be an event full of innovations that nobody interested in the future of music should miss,” says Katja Bittner, director of Popkomm.

Popkomm IMEA Awards are the annual ”Innovation in Music and Entertainment Awards”, held at Popkomm in Berlin, Germany from September 14th to 16th. Popkomm is one of Europes leading music, media and entertainment industry tradeshows and conferences. IMEA's mission is to find, screen and present the best new business ideas, the brightest entrepreneurs and the hottest startups in the music, media and entertainment technology sectors world-wide, and provide a new platform for their global ”coming-out”. Popkomm IMEA's media partners include Billboard Magazine, Musikmarkt, Digital Media Wire and Musically.