Xfactor sensation Andy at BEFFTA awards

Xfactor sensation Andy at BEFFTA awards

Bigbrother Star Makosi with a guest

Bigbrother Star Makosi with a guest

International speaker and presenter Dayo Olomu and wife Sade Olomu at BEFFTA

International speaker and presenter Dayo Olomu and wife Sade Olomu at BEFFTA

The prestigious awards honouring and celebrating the achievements of both the unknown and known black and the ethnic personalities in entertainment, film, fashion, television and arts TEXT VOTING is set to begin today. BEFFTA awards launched a week ago at the trendy Babble in Mayfair, London.

BEFFTA awards night will take place in the Black History on 30th October with exclusive performances  by Stedman of the famous pop group Five Star, a young Michael Jackson eight year old Tyriek Clement, the talented DTWG and more. The show’s opening act is expected to be a spectacular choreographed dance by a carnivore dance group.

For tickets email info@beffta.com

Book your tickets on the link bellow:

BEFFTA USA

More information on TEXT VOTING will be published shortly

BEFFTA Awards 2010 – Text Vote Terms & Conditions

Voting rules:
By voting your chosen nominee, entrants agree to be bound by these terms and conditions.

The voting is open to anyone resident in the UK and ROI. To vote for your chosen nominee text the word ‘VOTE‘ followed by the nominee’s number to the code 80010. Entry by text costs £1.00 plus your standard network rate.

BEFFTA Awards 2010 Text Voting Terms and Conditions (“Voting Terms and Conditions”)

BEFFTA Awards 2010 Voting is the process of voting for your favourite BEFFTA Awards nominee to the winner of their chosen category that will be announced at the BEFFTA Awards ceremony on 30th October 2010. Eligible votes are to be registered via SMS to the relevant short code number. Use of, and/or access to the SMS voting services constitutes the voter’s agreement to this Voting Terms and Conditions. BEFFTA Awards 2010 reserves the right to amend the Voting Terms and Conditions at any time.

BEFFTA Awards 2010 SMS Voting is open to all mobile subscribers (users) with SMS compatible mobile phones. Pre-paid mobile subscribers will need to ensure that they have sufficient credit prior to voting. This SMS Voting is open to everyone age 18 and above.

If the users are not the person responsible for paying the mobile phone bill, please obtain the permission of the payer of the mobile phone bill before participating in this SMS Voting. BEFFTA Awards 2010 will presume that the user have obtained the necessary permission, consent or approval from the mobile payer of the mobile phone bill.

How to vote?
To cast an SMS vote using the BEFFTA Awards 2010 SMS Voting, viewers must send an SMS text message from their mobile phone containing the keyword “VOTE” plus the number assigned to the candidate. E.g “001” they would like to vote for, to the code 80010

Users of the BEFFTA Awards 2010 SMS Voting will receive a reply SMS message to inform them about the successful voting of the SMS Vote. BEFFTA Awards 2010 reserves the right to alter the time periods that any unique reply SMS message is sent.

Users must ensure that all care is taken when sending the SMS Vote for BEFFTA Awards 2010 SMS Voting. It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that they key in the correct keyword and sending it to the correct short code. BEFFTA Awards 2010 will not be liable for costs incurred, responses received or any other consequences of user error.

When can you vote?
BEFFTA Awards 2010 SMS Voting will be available from Friday 24th September 2010 and will continue until the 24th October 2010 at 23:59. Under no circumstance will BEFFTA Awards 2010 accept any responsibility or liability for costs incurred or any other consequence as a result of a users submitting a vote prior to or after the voting opened and/or closed. BEFFTA Awards 2010 reserves the right to amend the voting times at any stage.

Close of SMS Voting will be based on the system and no correspondence will be entered into in relation to late votes. Any SMS votes received after the specified voting period has closed will not be included in the vote tally. Any vote submitted after the SMS voting period closes will continue to be charged. All SMS Vote are deemed to be received at the time of receipt into the service database system NOT time of transmission by the user. BEFFTA Awards 2010 accepts no responsibility for any SMS Vote not received by BEFFTA Awards 2010 or delays in the delivery of the SMS Vote due to technical disruptions or any reason including without limitations, any failure or delay by a network provider in delivery of any SMS Vote sent by you in relation to the BEFFTA Awards 2010 SMS Voting.

Is there any other way of voting?
In order to cast a valid SMS Vote, users must submit their entry via a mobile phone with a reply path. The SMS message must have passed through a Telecommunications carrier’s network to the belong database. Automated votes submitted via computer modems, programs or any other means other than a mobile phone as specified above will be deemed invalid.

Any votes that BEFFTA Awards 2010 or the voting service provider considers being manipulative, unrepresentative, incomprehensible, incomplete or disproportionate, will also be deemed invalid. Users acknowledge and agrees that BEFFTA Awards 2010 decision in this matter is final and binding, and no correspondence will be entered into and will still have to pay the SMS Voting charges and the normal SMS charges.

BEFFTA Awards 2010 and the voting service provider reserve the right to keep all voting tallies and messages confidential. No results other than what is required for the purpose of the format of the competition will be released to the public.

Users acknowledge and agrees that BEFFTA Awards 2010 decision in this matter is final and binding, and no correspondence will be entered into and will still have to pay the SMS Voting charges and the normal SMS charges.

How much does it cost?
Each vote will cost £1.00. Your normal SMS charges will apply depending on your mobile phone plan. The charges for all SMS vote will appear on your next mobile phone bill. All queries relation to mobile phone bulls should be directed to your mobile network provider.

Disclaimer
Under no circumstances (including but not limited to any act or omission on the part of BEFFTA Awards 2010, the voting service providers) will BEFFTA Awards 2010, or the voting service providers be liable for any indirect, incidental, special and/or consequential damages or loss of profits whatsoever which result from any use or access of, or any inability to use or access the SMS Voting services.

Except as provided for by the Non-excludable Rights: a) all content for voting Services are provided “as is” and without warranties of any kind, either express or implied, b) Participating mobile network provider and their suppliers expressly disclaim all warranties of any kind including but not limited to implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, c) Neither your mobile network provider nor BEFFTA Awards 2010 or the voting service provider, belong, warrants that access to the SMS Voting services will be available, uninterrupted, free from delay or error-free or that any defects will be corrected.

SMS is not a guaranteed delivery communication tool. BEFFTA Awards 2010 cannot accept responsibility for any SMS messages not received, any SMS inadvertent reply message or for any delay in the delivery of any SMS message due to technical disruptions, network congestion, network failures or for any other reason.

BEFFTA Awards 2010 reserves the right to close the voting process before the deadline.