Eutelsat has announced the finalists for its 2014 TV Awards.
Chosen by a cross-industry jury, chaired by Duilio Giammaria, the award-winning RAI journalist, that included Robert Briel from Broadband TV News, they were chosen from over 100 channels from over 20 countries, including some from Latin America for the first time.
Now in its 17th year, the Eutelsat TV Awards is a unique international event identifying and rewarding excellence in satellite broadcasting. The winning channels in nine thematic categories will be honoured at a ceremony in Rome on November 28 presented by UK television journalist, Kate Silverton.
All participating channels in the Eutelsat TV Awards can now compete for the People’s Choice Award that will be won by the channel generating most votes by the viewing public. Voting opens on October 1 until October 31 via channel websites as well as eutelsattvawards.com and other popular sites including broadbandtvnews.com and millecanali.it.
Voting is also possible for the first time this year through EutelsatAward, the official iOS App available in the Apple store.
EutelsatAward will allow you to check all the entries, watch channel videos and browse photos and videos from past editions.
The nominees for the Eutelsat TV Awards 2014 are:
Children’s
Rai YOYO (Italy)
RTL Kockica (Croatia)
Your Family (Germany)
Cinema
Kinoklub (Russia)
Kinowelt TV (Germany)
Moviemax Festival HD (Turkey)
Sky Cinema 1 HD (Italy)
Culture/Documentaries
RAI Storia (Italy)
RAI 5 (Italy)
Spiegel TV Wissen (Germany)
Fiction/General Entertainment
Canal Once (Mexico)
OCS (France)
Sundance Channel (US)
Lifestyle
DMAX (Italy)
Fokus TV (Poland)
Turkmax Gurme (Turkey)
Music
Kino Polska Muzyka (Poland)
MTV Live HD (UK)
Radio Italia (Italy)
Trace Urban (France)
News/Information
Euronews (France)
France 24 (France)
Polsat News (Poland)
Sport
Eurosport (France)
Latin American Sports (Mexico)
NTV-Plus Futbol HD (Russia)
SKY Sport Moto GP HD (Italy)
Best Programme
Cuckoo Kids – Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen (Switzerland)
Further East with David Tweed – Bloomberg TV (UK)
Gomorrah – Sky Atlantic HD (Italy)
The Highest Level – Deutsche Welle (Germany)