Wanting to top the number of entries from last year’s event, the Asian TV Awards has added new categories, and tweaked some established ones for the 2011 awards. Now in its 16th year, the annual awards night, to be held at the Shangri-La Hotel on December 8, has increased the number of awards in the Documentary and Technical and Creative categories. In addition to Best Documentary Programme (one-off), there is now an award for Best Documentary Series and awards for Best Drama Screenplay … [Read more...] about TV Awards ups the ante
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CNBC’s Martin Soong, sixth win at Asian Television Awards
CNBC received six nominations and took home the award for Best News Anchor at the 15th Asian Television Awards (ATA) held at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore: Martin Soong won the Best News Anchor award for Squawk Box (Asia) - the only 6 time winner in its history. "I am proud and delighted that CNBC and Martin have been recognized in this incredible competitive category. For the fourth year in a row, Martin has walked away with this prestigious award, which speaks volumes about his excellence … [Read more...] about CNBC’s Martin Soong, sixth win at Asian Television Awards
CNBC’s Martin Soong Named Best News Anchor for the sixth time at the Asian Television Awards
CNBC, received six nominations and took home the award for Best News Anchor at the 15th Asian Television Awards (ATA) held at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore: Martin Soong won the Best News Anchor award for Squawk Box (Asia) – the only 6 time winner in its history. With more than 20 years of industry experience, Martin Soong is one of Asia's best-known business television journalists. He was one of the pioneers that launched Asia Business News in 1993 (prior to the channel’s … [Read more...] about CNBC’s Martin Soong Named Best News Anchor for the sixth time at the Asian Television Awards
Call For Entries: The 14th Asian Television Awards 2009
Television Asia Plus’ Asian Television Awards is once again calling for entries to its 2009 search for the production of quality television programming from across the Asian region! Now into its 14th year, the ATA continues to build on its previous successes, last year attracting a strong response with 1,187 entries from 13 countries. This year, two new award categories have been introduced, namely, Best Cross-Platform Content and Best Achievement in HD (High Definition). The winners of 33 … [Read more...] about Call For Entries: The 14th Asian Television Awards 2009
AXN’s win at the Asia Television Awards 2008
AXN's The Amazing Race Asia bagged an award for Best Adaptation of an Existing Formats at the Asian Television Awards held in Singapore on 11 December 2008. Thrilled by the amazing results, Ricky Ow, senior VP and general manager of SPE Networks - Asia commented, "We are extremely happy that The Amazing Race Asia series has grown bigger with each season. We thank our viewers for supporting a great Asian production and for making it the #1 reality TV show on international channels in Asia." He … [Read more...] about AXN’s win at the Asia Television Awards 2008
Meeting the rookies from Down Under
Southern Star International, Australia Nominees:Best Drama Series – All SaintsBest Single Drama and Telemovie Programme – Wire in the BloodBest Children’s Programme – RaggsBest Children’s Programme – Hi-5Southern Star International is one of the largest distributors of English language film and television programming worldwide selling to over 200 countries from offices in Sydney, London and Paris. The division’s library contains over 14,000 hours of … [Read more...] about Meeting the rookies from Down Under