Bloomberg, France 24 and CBS News led the winners as the Association for International Broadcasting presented its annual global media awards. 12 categories covered television, radio and online.
US network CBS was honoured for the Clearest Coverage of a Single News Event – Television. The judges commented on “an outstanding report offering exclusive coverage with high production values”. They also noted the bravery of reporter Lara Logan.
France 24 shared the award for the Most Creative Marketing Concept with SW Radio Africa, which had used text messaging to circumvent local censorship. The judges said France 24’a launch campaign was very well thought through with animation used to bring in a younger audience.
Bloomberg Television was named as AIB International channel of the year – television
for “consistently high quality and punching above its weight, successfully marrying specialist material with more mainstream coverage of news and current affairs”
Full list of winners
Clearest coverage of a single news event – radio
BBC World Service for Israel-Lebanon war
Clearest coverage of a single news event – television
CBS News for Among a Resurgent Taliban
Best topical programme – television
NDTV 24×7 for UP vs AIDS
Best topical programme – radio
BBC World Service for Ghana: African Perspectives
Gear of the year
Omnibus Systems for iTX
Most innovative partnership
Radio New Zealand International
Most creative marketing concept
Joint winners: SW Radio Africa and France 24
Most innovative cross-media production
BBC Global News for Generation Next
AIB International channel of the year – television
Bloomberg Television
AIB International station of the year – radio
Radio New Zealand International
AIB International radio personality of the year
George Arney of BBC World Service Europe
AIB International television personality of the year
Lyse Doucet of BBC World
