Singapore – Beach House Pictures (BHP) has scored 10 nominations for this year’s Asian Television Awards. This is the highest number of nominations from any single production house in the region.
The results shows the award winning Singapore-based producer has nods for five programmes, spread across nine categories.
A finalist in four categories, Hidden Cities Extreme 2, developed and produced for A+E Networks’ History Asia, has the most number of nominations: Best Entertainment Series; Best Lifestyle Series; Best Presenter; and Best Direction.
Following close behind is wildlife series Kakadu co-produced with Northern Pictures for ABC Australia, which received three nominations.
Triple Rainbow Award winner Kids vs. Film made for for Discovery Kids Asia is a finalist for best children’s programme. And fellow award-winner Himalayan Tsunami is a finalist for Best Documentary Special.
John Han, Dominic Egan and Christian Bruno are collectively up for Best Cinematography for BHP’s Chineseness – Li Chen, produced for Discovery Channel Asia-Pacific.
“Ten nominations is a fantastic result, which we are very proud of,” said Donovan Chan, BHP’s Creative Director. “It shows the programmes we’re producing are continually raising the bar.”
Jocelyn Little, Managing Director, added, “It’s been a great year of growth at BHP and these nominations are testament to the hard work and commitment of our talented team and also the continual support of our co-production partners and broadcast partners.”
The results of the 19th annual Asia Television Awards will be announced at a gala dinner at iconic Marina Bay Sands on 11 December. More information can be found at: http://ata.onscreenasia.com
