Singapore – The Asian Television Awards has been nominated at the Webby Awards in the “Social – Celebrity/Fan” category. Its campaign, “Celebrating Asian TV” is among 4 other nominees including Brooklyn & Bailey, Martha Stewart Facebook Live, Revival Tour By Selena Gomez and The Ellen DeGeneres Show.

The Webby Award and The Webby People’s Voice Award are the Internet’s two most coveted awards. The Webby Award is judged by the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences (IADAS), a group comprising of industry leaders such as Biz Stone, Founder of Twitter; Eva Chen, Head of Fashion Partnerships at Instagram; Musician Questlove; Lawrence Lessig, Founder of Creative Commons; Alex Blumberg, CEO of Gimlet Media and Colleen DeCourcy, Global Co-ECD, Wieden + Kennedy.

The Webby People’s Voice Award, on the other hand, is voted by the public. It’s open to the public  till Thursday, 20 April 2017. Fans can cast their votes at the following URL: https://vote.webbyawards.com/PublicVoting/#/2017/social/social-content-andmarketing/celebrityfan

Together, both Awards are a mark of international distinction for Internet excellence. “It is an honour to be the only Asian entry nominated in our category along with the likes of social media luminaries such as Ellen DeGeneres, Martha Stewart and Selena Gomez.

We are overjoyed!” said Cindy Ng, Managing Director of the Asian Television Awards. James Chen, who leads the Marketing, Partnerships and Social media Initiative of the Asian Television Awards added, “We are up against some of the best in social media, but you can be sure that we will definitely do our best for our fans.”

Winners will be announced on Tuesday, 25 April 2017, and honoured at the 21st Annual Webby Awards at Cipriani Wall Street in New York City, on Monday, 15 May 2017. Asian Television Awards is a part of the Singapore Media Festival (SMF), which is hosted by the Info-communications Media Development Authority (IMDA).