A total of 38 channels broadcasting in 13 different languages have been announced as nominees in Eutelsat’s annual Hot Bird TV Awards.
The names include the familiar brands of Nat Geo, BBC, France 24 and MTV alongside regional favourites including music channel Trace, Filmbox, and the Russian children’s channel TV Nanny. The channels are selected from broadcasters using Eutelsat’s network of satellites and will be presented at a gala ceremony in Venice on November 14.
Full list of nominations
Children’s
Raisat Smash (Italian)
TV Nanny (Russian)
Zigzap (Polish)
Cinema
Hi Nolly (English)
Propeller TV (English)
Sky Cinema 1 (Italian)
Culture/Education
365 Days TV (Russian)
Edusat (Polish)
Religia TV (Polish)
Documentaries
Planete (Polish)
The Biography Channel (German)
Toute L’histoire (French)
Vremya (Russian)
Fiction
Comedy Central (Italian)
Fox (Italian)
Romance TV (German)
HDTV
Filmbox HD (Hungarian)
Melodyzen TV (French)
Next: HD (Italian)
Lifestyle
Alice (Italian)
Fashion TV (English)
Nigezie (English)
Türkmax (Turkish)
Music
Balkanika Music Television (Bulgarian)
C Music TV (English)
MTV Gold (Italian)
Nat Geo Music (Italian)
Trace (English)
National Window
Antenna Europe (Greek)
Jstv1 & 2 (Japanese)
TVR International (Romanian)
News
BBC Arabic TV (Arabic)
Bloomberg Television (English)
France 24 (French)
RBC TV (Russian)
Sport
Equidia (French)
NTV-Plus Tennis (Russian)
Setanta Ireland (English)