Singapore – Mediacorp bagged 12 awards at the 2017 New York Festivals TV and Film Awards. The New York Festivals and its International Television and Film Awards recognise the best in news, sports, documentary, information and entertainment programmes, including music videos, infomercials and feature films. This year, entries were received from over 40 countries making the awards one of the most well-known and widely respected competitions in the world.
Among the Mediacorp brands, Channel NewsAsia was the biggest winner with five Silver and four Finalist awards. Channel NewsAsia’s investigative documentary, Get Real, takes a fresh look at old issues by highlighting trends and triggering debate, won Silver for its two programmes – China’s Left Behind and Heart of the Haze. Another investigative series, Undercover Asia, where reporters go undercover to expose the secret underbelly of Asia, scored a Silver in Kasur’s Lost Children. The other winning titles include India’s Stolen Generation in Insight, Drunken Fever in IT Figures to Vice and Virtue: 1800s Singapore.
Apart from Channel NewsAsia’s wins, Mediacorp’s Travel SSBD series, clinched a Bronze medal for the Online Entertainment Programme category. The show speaks to a new breed of young travelers with a same, same but different taste for experience and is hosted by popular Mediacorp radio deejay, Sonia Chew. Mediacorp’s English television channel, Channel 5 received a finalist certificate in TV Promotion category for The Hush – Bus Stop and Mediacorp’s Malay channel Suria took home a finalist certificate for its drama, Bunga Tanjong in the TV Entertainment Special Programme: Mini-series category.
“The level of excellence of the medal-winning documentaries and public affairs series which aired on Mediacorp Pte Ltd, Channel NewsAsia impressed NYF’s Grand Jury members this year. From Undercover Asia to Get Real, these investigative reports demonstrated exceptional journalism. IT Figures showed great use of medium and “Insight – India’s Stolen Generation further displayed exceptional storytelling on the subject of social issues. Congratulations!” said Rose Anderson, VP & Executive Director, New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards.
