BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME (ONE-OFF/ SPECIAL) Taiwan Revealed: The Presidential Office. This one-hour program tells the story of the 100-year-old Presidential Building. Not just the history, the design and the architecture of this magnificent building, the program will also reveal how it is run on a daily basis, from catering and security to laundry and major diplomatic events. WINNER Taiwan Revealed: The Presidential Office Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd Discovery Channel Singapore … [Read more...] about Programming Awards
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BEST NEWS PRESENTER OR ANCHOR Anna Coren. Anna Coren is an award-winning anchor and correspondent for CNN International. Every weekday she hosts the morning news program ‘World Report’, broadcast live from the network’s Asia Pacific regional headquarters in Hong Kong. Coren has been a journalist for more than a decade and has reported on location from some of the biggest news events in Asia Pacific over the last couple of years, including the death of Kim Jung II, the Tohoku … [Read more...] about Performance Awards
Pitch Perfect
Industry leaders joined nominees for Asian Television Awards 2012 at Singapore’s Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel in the morning to talk about their craft for the second ATA Showcase, while both aspiring and experienced production teams put their best ideas forward to the heads of programming and commissioning editors in the afternoon’s Superpitch 2012. ATA Showcase Speakers in the Technical & Creative Showcase explored how the technical aspects of storytelling, from … [Read more...] about Pitch Perfect
“Junkie Monastery” wins Best Social Awareness Programme at Asian Television Awards 2012
Singapore – Junkie Monastery, a documentary co-produced by AETN All Asia Networks and The Moving Visuals Co., won the award for BestSocial Awareness at the Asian Television Awards (ATA) 2012 held December 6 at the Shangri-La Hotel, Singapore. The competition isjudged by an expert panel of 48 judges from across the region. Junkie Monastery was also “Highly Commended” in threeother categories; “Best Infotainment Programme”, “Best Direction” and “Best … [Read more...] about “Junkie Monastery” wins Best Social Awareness Programme at Asian Television Awards 2012
Asian Television Awards Superpitch 2012 winners
The annual ATA Superpitch held last Thursday, December 6 at Grand Copthorne Waterfront Hotel saw a total of 37 entries from producers across 10 nations. The event is a platform for content makers to pitch their programmes across three genres; Children/preschool, Formats and Documentary to key decision makers. Best Documentary pitch went to Coastwatchers of The South Pacific by Execam Ltd, New Zealand. Coastwatchers of the South Pacific is the untold story of a secret intelligence network of … [Read more...] about Asian Television Awards Superpitch 2012 winners
And the Asian Television Award goes to…
The 17th Asian Television Awards, organised by Contineo Media and official publication Television Asia Plus, was held on December 6, 2012 at the Shangri-La, Singapore. The big winners for the night were Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) and International Channel Shanghai (ICS), SMG, collectively clinching the top four awards. The awards event was attended by some 400 industry professionals from across Asia, including channel heads, programming execs, creative talent and on-screen … [Read more...] about And the Asian Television Award goes to…