Now in its 16th year, the Eutelsat TV Awards is a unique international event identifying and rewarding excellence in satellite broadcasting. Winning channels in nine thematic categories will be honoured at a ceremony in Venice on November 15 presented by UK television journalist Kate Silverton.
Duilio Giammaria, RAI television presenter and Jury Chairman of the Eutelsat TV Awards said: From channels with a 20-year legacy to new entrepreneurial ventures in emerging markets, the jury assessed the quality of content creation, innovative programme packaging and how channels are leveraging technology to engage with their audience. This years shortlist spans 12 countries: China, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Poland, Russia, Turkey, UK, USA.
All participating channels in the Eutelsat TV Awards can now compete for the Peoples Choice Award that will be won by the channel generating most votes from the viewing public. Voting opened on October 1 and will continue until October 30 via participating channel websites as well as the official competition website – eutelsattvawards.com – and other popular sites including broadbandtvnews.com, wotsat.com and millecanali.it.
The nominees for the EUTELSAT TV Awards 2013:
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Children’s
M2 (Hungary)
MINIMINI+ (Poland)
Your Family (Germany) - Cinema
Moviemax Festival HD (Turkey)
OTE Cinema (Greece)
Series TV (Russia) - Culture/Documentation
IZ TV (Turkey)
NHK World (Japan)
Sky Arte (Italy) - Fiction/General Entertainment
Chrie-25 (France)
Eurochannel (USA)
Trace Sports (France) - LifeStyle
Auto Plus (Russia)
Kuchnia+ (Poland)
RAI 5 (Italy) - Music
A-one-Hip-Hop Music Channel (Russia)
Gospel Music TV (UK)
Mezzo Live HD (France) - News/Information
BBC Persian (UK)
CCTV NEWS (China)
Euronews (France) - Sport
Equipe 21 (France)
Eurosport (France)
SKY Sport Formula 1 (Italy) - Best Programme
The Eurochannel Short-Films Tour
Eurochannel (US)
Mussolini-il-cadavere vivente RAI
Storia (Italy)
Die Investigative Reportage
Spiegel TV Wissen (Germany)
Schuman at Pier 2 Deutsche
Welle (Germany)The jury: Jerzy Barski from TV-Sat Magazine (Poland), Jacques Braun from Eurodata TV (France), Robert Briel from Broadband TV News, Sergey Buntman from Echo of Moscow (Russia), Alessandra Comazzi from La Stampa (Italy), Paolo Dalla Chiara from Pentastudio (Italy), Christian Blankenberg from ARD (Germany), Giacomo Mazzone from the EBU, Fusun Nebil from Turk Internet (Turkey), Reem Nouss Media consultant and Executive Producer, Twofour Arabia (UK). Jury chairman: Duilio Giammaria from Rai (Italy). Technical expert: Mauro Roffi from Millecanali (Italy).