Winners of the World Television Awards 2013 were officially announced at the Asia Media Summit in Manado, Indonesia on 29 May 2013. Ms. Moneeza Hashmi, President of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) and General Manager, International Relations, HUM TV, Pakistan announced the winners before some 400 participants at the AMS 2013.
Winners of the World Television Awards 2013 were officially announced at the Asia Media Summit in Manado, Indonesia on 29 May 2013.
Ms. Moneeza Hashmi, President of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) and General Manager, International Relations, HUM TV, Pakistan announced the winners before some 400 participants at the AMS 2013.
In the Humanity category for the Best TV Documentary "Dealing with Natural Disaster", the winner was "CATALYST: Taking Australia’s Temperature" directed by Jonica Newby and broadcast by ABC1 – Australia. Ms Jonica Newby was not able to attend AMS but a video speech was screened in front of the delegates. Mr. Salah Eddine Maaoui (Director General Arab States Broadcasting Union, ASBU) and Mr. Yang Binyuan (Director of AIBD) presented the trophy and certificate to Ms. Moneeza Hashmi who accepted them on behalf of ABC.
Ms. Moneeza Hashmi, Mr. Salah Eddine Maaoui and Mr. Yang Binyuan
Runner-up was "One Man’s Desert: Direction of Hometown" directed by Fan Zhiyuan and broadcast by CCTV12 – China. Mr. Yang Fuqing from China Central Television (CCTV) was presented the certificate on behalf of the runner-up.
The Science/Environment winner, Mr. Clarence Dass was presented with a trophy and certificate by Dr. Young-woo Park (Regional Director and Representative for Asia and the Pacific United Nations Environment Programme, Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific) and Mr. Yang Binyuan for his movie "A Day at the Beach" broadcast by FBC TV – Fiji. The runner-up, Mr Rehan Ahmed, was presented with a certificate for his short-movie "Ozone – We are the Future" broadcast by HUM TV – Pakistan.
Ms. Moneeza Hashmi, Mr. Clarence Dass, Dr. Young-woo Park and Mr. Yang Binyuan
The World TV Awards 2013 has been supported by Arab States Broadcasting Union, United Nations Environment Programme OzonAction, Radio TV Malaysia.
Winners Awarded at the Asia Media Summit 2013
Winners of the World Television Awards 2013 were officially announced at the Asia Media Summit in Manado, Indonesia on 29 May 2013. Ms. Moneeza Hashmi, President of the Commonwealth Broadcasting Association (CBA) and General Manager, International Relations, HUM TV, Pakistan announced the winners before some 400 participants at the AMS 2013.
Let Cultural Diversity Flourish
Mr. Salah Eddine Maaoui, Director General, Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU), Tunisia calls on broadcasters to reject a kind of globalization, fundamentalism and extremism that threatens cultural diversity.
World TV Awards 2013 – Winners & Runners-Up Announcement
AIBD is pleased to announce the winners and runners-up of the World Television Awards 2013. ABC Australia is the winner of the category Humanity for the Best TV Documentary “Dealing with Natural Disaster”, while FBC Fiji won the category Science/Environment for the Best TV Programme “Creating Ozone Safe Generations”.
Last Call for Entry for World TV Awards 2013
This is the last call for entries for the World Television Awards 2013. You only have one week to submit us your programmes for the categories "Humanity" and "Science/Environment". The deadline for programme submission is Tuesday 30 April 2013.
AIBD/NRK/VTV In-Country Workshop on Children’s TV Programme
From 18 to 22 March 2013, AIBD organised an in-country workshop on Children's TV Programme hosted by Vietnam Television (VTV) in Hanoi. This activity aimed at providing the participants an introduction to children's perception of media, as well as an introduction of working methods to make them excellent media-workers with and for children.
Presentation of World Television Awards 2013
The Asia Media Summit 2013 will also be the venue for the presentation of the winners of the World Television Awards 2013.
World TV Awards 2013 – Call for Entry – Deadline Extended
Considering the importance of the topics and anticipating an overwhelming response from Television Programme Producers, the final deadline for programme submission is now extended to Tuesday 30 April 2013.
Broadcasters Study Ozone and Climate Issues
A UNEP-AIBD workshop trains TV producers from the Asia-Pacific to spread awareness about ozone depletion and climate change. “Why don’t the greenhouse gases escape through the hole in the ozone layer?” asks an average TV viewer in a cartoon that first appeared in a US newspaper a few years ago. That question illustrates the confusion in the minds of many non-specialists across the world.
World TV Awards 2013 – Call for Entry
AIBD in collaboration with its global partners presents the World Television Awards 2013.
The World TV Awards are open to all broadcasters in Asia, Pacific, Europe, Africa, and North & South America from public, private sector and freelance producers.
“The Prize” consists of US$ 5,000.00 cash, a trophy and a certificate presented by AIBD per Award category.
AIBD/NRK/BBS In-Country Workshop on Children’s TV Programme
Bhutan TV - BBS is one of the youngest TV stations in the world, established in 1999. The number of TV channels in many places in Bhutan, are as in the rest of the world - a lot of international channels via cable and satellite.
For BBS, it is important to create their own programmes for children and youth, which takes care of Bhutanese culture and language.In addition, BBS focuses on parenting programme.
From 8 to 12 October, I had the pleasure of giving a workshop in Thimpu for 10 participants from the staff of BBS.