Saturday, April 16, 2011

ABU members honoured at New York Festivals

Asia-Pacific broadcasters won a number of honours at the recent New York Festivals competition. It is one of the world's largest international competitions dedicated to the TV and film industries.

Hong Kong's RTHK won one gold and bronze medal as well as five finalist certificates while TVB obtained five finalist certificates.

Japanese public broadcaster NHK was awarded a silver medal and one bronze as well as well as a finalist certificate.

Malaysian broadcaster Astro was honoured with three silver medals, one bronze and seven finalist certificates. TV3 and ntv7 were each given a finalist certificate for their programmes.

ABS-CBN of the Philippines walked away with one silver medal and one bronze as well as six finalist certificates.

Korea's MBC won a silver medal and a finalist certificate. SBS-Korea also won a silver medal while KBS racked up two finalist certificates.

Channel NewsAsia/MediaCorp of Singapore notched one silver and one bronze medal along with seven finalist certificates. MediaCorp was awarded a silver medal and a finalist certificate for its documentaries and two other certificates.

ABU's European members also were honoured during the competition. ARD-Germany was awarded a silver medal for its feature film while ZDF-Germany won a gold medal and two bronze medals along with a finalist certificate. Deutsche Welle won a bronze medal and two finalist certificates.

England's BBC racked up one silver and one bronze medal and three finalist certificates. Australia's ABC garnered three gold medals, three silver medals and three bronze medals. It also gained eight finalist certificates.

CNN hauled four gold, three silver and seven bronze medals in addition to 14 finalist certificates.

Details of the winning programmes can be found here.

(Source : Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union) 

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