The winners of this year’s Eutelsat TV Awards were announced in Rome on Friday, October 30, at a gala ceremony attended by over 300 industry executives from around the world.
Now in their 18th year, the Eutelsat TV Awards is an annual competition that shines a spotlight on the quality of the television channels broadcasting via Eutelsat satellites. Their programming strategy, production and audience engagement are assessed by an independent jury of media experts from key video markets, including Latin America for the first time this year.
In addition to the jury Awards and the People’s Choice, Eutelsat assigned awards to three broadcasters for their exceptional work: to Discovery for 30 years in the business and for its relentless drive to generate outstanding content matched to diversified age groups, demographics and regions; to the Vatican’s CTV for leveraging Ultra HD to deliver industry-leading quality of historic papal events to a global congregation; and to SBB, that operates the Total TV platform in Central and Eastern Europe, for accelerating the drive from Standard Definition to 100% HD in order to give subscribers the highest quality of service.
Commenting from Rome, Michel de Rosen, Eutelsat CEO, said: “The Awards is a unique opportunity to take the pulse of our industry. We are seeing channels that have started on Internet platforms move to satellite to expand their reach. We are in awe of the bravery of reporters who confront challenging and complex subjects and we are thrilled by the outstanding technical quality achieved for live concerts, matches and documentaries. It is a privilege to salute these achievements.”
Children’s – ducktv – Slovakia
Cinema – FilmBox Arthouse – United States
Culture / Documentary – 365 Days TV – Russia
Fiction / General Entertainment – Sky Atlantic HD – Italy
Lifestyle – Trace Sport Stars – France
Music – Classica – Germany
News – Rai News 24 – Italy
Sport – PXTV – Mexico
Best Programme – 1992 (Sky Atlantic HD) – Italy
Inside IS – War in the name of Allah (Spiegel TV Wissen) – Germany
People’s Choice Award – Al Jazeera Balkans – Bosnia & Herzegovina
The jury: Jerzy Barski, TV-Sat Magazine (Poland), Frédéric Vaulpré, Eurodata TV (France), Robert Briel, Broadband TV News, Sergey Buntman, Echo of Moscow (Russia), Alessandra Comazzi, La Stampa (Italy), Paolo Dalla Chiara, Pentastudio (Italy), Richard Izarra, Produ (USA), Giacomo Mazzone, EBU, Tayfun Atay, Cumhuriyet / Okan University(Turkey), Reem Nouss, Executive producer / TV consultant(UK). Jury chairman: Duilio Giammaria, Rai (Italy). Technical expert: Mauro Roffi, Millecanali (Italy).