What is this about?
Nelonen Media gives a public chance to create a complete audio branding for the company.
You can participate by sending in your own composition, or just by helping us decide the finalists and the eventual winner of the contest. On this site, you can listen to the contest entries, tell us which are your favorites by using Facebook likes, and comment and share your ideas by posting Facebook comments and Twitter tweets.
I'm an artist. How can I participate in the contest?
The contest is held on the AudioDraft contest platform. You must go to the contest site on AudioDraft, register yourself as a user and submit your entry on AudioDraft. The contest site on AudioDraft can be found here:
AudioDraft - Create an audio identity for Nelonen Media
Note: You have to own all rights to your compositions. The license applied to the winning entry is a perpetual exclusive license. This also means that you can not be a member of any copyright and licensing societies or corresponding organizations.
Where will the music be used?
The winning piece will be used with Nelonen Media brand on various web pages, in corporate videos, conferences and presentations in business-to-business context.
What will the winning artist get?
The winner will be rewarded with a prize money of $2400.
What is Nelonen Media?
Nelonen Media is a part of Sanoma Entertainment, a Sanoma Group division. Sanoma is a strong European media group operating in more than 20 countries. In Finland Sanoma is the leading media group. We provide people with the best and most exciting electronic entertainment services on television, radio, online and mobile devices.
Our flagship TV channel Nelonen brings current quality entertainment and talking points to active people who are receptive to change. Nelonen's programming is founded on a selection featuring many international award-winning drama series, strong Finnish programming and a weekend movie special.
Launched in 2007, JIM is a TV channel focused on entertaining factual content and offers both real-life stories and action entertainment. Jim focuses on urban adults, both male and female.
On 14 February 2009 Nelonen Media launched its fourth advertising-funded TV channel. Liv is the first genuine lifestyle channel in Finland. Liv provides inspiration for life and offers feelgood entertainment targeted particularly at 25-44 year old women.
Nelonen Media's ad-funded channel offering is complemented by the pay-TV channels Nelonen Pro 1 and 2 (sports), Nelonen Kino (movies and series), Nelonen Maailma (documents) and Nelonen Perhe (family programmes).
Also essential to Nelonen Media's operations are its online services. In addition to a comprehensive online TV service Ruutu.fi, they offer arresting extra content created around programme formats and radio stations as well as fast-developing gaming services.