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respect to those who
commissioned the work. Past
winners have found that an AIB
Award has generated interest in
their work, and led to extensive
press coverage and, in many cases,
programme sales.
We believe that winning an AIB
Award confirms that your
programming and content is really
working, delivering the very best
quality to audiences.
FOCUS ON FACTUAL
The AIBshave always focused on
factual programming.
Engaging an audience in a
factual narrative requires special
skills. Investigative journalism is
challenging in an age when huge
resources are invested by
government and corporates in
spinning stories. Get it right, and
powerful story-telling can
command large audiences.
The AIBs showcase current
affairs, documentary and factual
productions across a wide range of
genres.
NOT ONLY ENGLISH
Since these awards are
international, so is the range of
languages of programmes entered.
For 90% of the world's population,
English is not their mother tongue.
That's why we actively encourage
entries in all languages.
INDEPENDENT JURY
Each year we invite prominent
programme makers, broadcasting
executives and journalists from
within the AIB membership and
from the wider industry to judge the
AIB Awards. It's an independent
jury, brought together exclusively
for the AIB Awards from differing
cultures on different continents.
THE CELEBRATION
The winners will be revealed in
London on Wednesday 6 November
at a gala evening that brings
together programme makers and
executives from all over the world.
We keep the evening fresh, adding
some surprises, and all the guests
who have joined us in the past have
commented that the event is
unique, rewarding and
inspirational.
We look forward to receiving your
entries.
Introduction
Welcome to the 2013 AIBs, our
annual search for the world's best
factual content.
This is the ninth year of the
AIBs, the ninth year which will
celebrate inspiring creativity - in
TV, radio and transmedia
productions. Each year we are
delighted by the diversity of the
material that is submitted by
broadcasters and independent
producers in every continent. The
range of programming submitted
to the AIBsis a reassuring
confirmation that quality television
and radio remains central to
broadcasters' schedules in every
market.
The AIBs showcase the very best
work of journalists, editors and
producers in multiple genres. And
winning an AIB Award means
something. It brings peer
recognition to the producer and
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