Singapore – Channel NewsAsia programmes have been honoured with 13 awards at two prestigious international and film contests. It won two gold, three silver and four bronze World Medals at the 2014 New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards; and at the 2014 WorldMedia Festival in Hamburg, it took one gold and two silver Intermedia-globe Awards.
2014 New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards
The New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards, now in its 57th year, announced its winners on April 8 at its annual gala in Las Vegas. A jury comprising members of award-winning industry experts gave the top honours to 9 of Channel NewsAsia’s programmes, amidst competition from 35 countries.
Channel NewsAsia’s wins are as follows:
• Gold World Medal – Silent Screams (Best Investigative Report)
• Gold World Medal – Living In The Shadows (Human Interest)
• Silver World Medal – China Close-Up – Free Lunch (Best Direction)
• Silver World Medal – China Close-Up – Fat Camp (Best Editing)
• Silver World Medal – China Close-Up (Social Issues)
• Bronze World Medal – Factory Towns (Community Portraits)
• Bronze World Medal – Silent Screams (Current Affairs)
• Bronze World Medal – Silent Screams (Human Concerns)
• Bronze World Medal – Boomtown Asia – Japan (Science & Technology)
Six of the channel’s programmes are also awarded finalist status:
• IT Figures: Preoccupation With Population – for Best Editing
• IT Figures: Rags to Riches – for Best Public Affairs Programme
• Crossroads: Dutiful Donkeys – for Community Portraits
• China Close-Up: Free Lunch – for Human Concerns
• Get Rea!: Point Blank – for Social Issues
• China Close-Up – Free Lunch – for Community Portraits
2014 WorldMedia Festival
In addition to the accolades at the New York Festivals, Channel NewsAsia also took home awards from the 2014 WorldMedia Festival. A total of nearly 700 entries were submitted from 35 nations for this competition which honours and celebrates excellent solutions in corporate film, television, web, web TV and print productions. The awards will be presented in Hamburg on May 14.
Channel NewsAsia’s wins are:
• Intermedia-globe GOLD – TILT’s Channel NewsAsia’s Channel Branding Promo – Clarity (Haze)
(Station Image Promotion)
• Intermedia-globe SILVER – Surviving Haiyan (Global Issues)
• Intermedia-globe SILVER – Insight Special – The Plight of Indian Farmers (Society & Social Issues)
Debra Soon, Managing Director, Channel NewsAsia said: “It is an incredible honour to be recognised by our peers and industry experts internationally, and we are proud to work with the best media professionals in Asia, to tell the stories of Asia. These programmes have helped us highlight the uncomfortable truth of society in investigative programmes, such as Living in the Shadows and Silent Screams, but we’ve also told stories about progress and success, such as IT Figures, China Close-Up and Boomtown and highlighted Asia’s challenges along the way in a nuanced and insightful manner. We truly believe in helping the world to Understand Asia, and our partnerships in industry, here in Singapore and the region, have helped us produce quality content for the world. As the channel celebrates its 15th anniversary this year, with a refreshed programming grid and on-air look, we will continue to raise the quality of our productions to tell the story of Asia to the world.”
Channel NewsAsia has also been awarded other industry accolades by PromaxBDA Asia, Asiavision, The Association for International Broadcasting, and the Securities Investors Association of Singapore.
