The Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) has announced the shortlist for the 2011 AIBs, the seventh annual International Media Excellence Awards, selected from a record number of entries submitted this year from countries as diverse as Australia, France, Germany, India, Japan, Nigeria, Qatar, Russia, South Africa, South Korea, UK and the USA, among others. The AIBs celebrate the best of global broadcasting across 16 different categories for radio and television and cross-media productions, plus creative marketing and innovative technology.
In 2011, the AIBs Peoples Choice Award is hosted on Yahoo! Maktoob, harnessing the sites constantly growing reach of more than 55m unique visitors across the MENA region. This years topic for the Peoples Choice award is “Best Coverage of Democracy Uprisings” highlighting the impact that traditional and social broadcasting has had in enabling the movements for change. Online users from across the world can view and vote for their favourite entry from the six best shortlisted entries via Yahoo! Maktoob.
Simon Spanswick, AIB CEO, said Of course the big stories of 2011 such as the tsunami and the Arab Spring are represented in the AIBs entries, but interestingly many of the entries are follow-up stories and incredible tales of people’s survival. Footage captured by ordinary citizens is woven into intricate story-telling to recreate events and put them in context, demonstrating the power of TV in challenging situations. In the cross-media category too the range of topics that programme makers the world over tackle creatively and skilfully is astounding.”
The shortlist is being judged by an independent panel of respected professionals from the broadcasting and wider media industries, making these awards unique in broadcasting because of their independence from commercial interests.
Full details and how to vote for the winner of “People’s Choice” can be found on the Peoples Choice page at theaibs.tv website.
The 2011 AIBs are sponsored by Eurosport, OASYS, Russian Travel Guide TV and Vizrt. The award ceremony takes place at a gala evening attended by media professionals from around the world on Wednesday, 9 November 2011 in London.
Media contact
Gunda Cannon gunda.cannon@aib.org.uk
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Notes for Editors
Sponsors of the 2011 AIBs
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Eurosport are the sponsors of the AIBs category “Best cross-media production”. Eurosport is the leading sports entertainment group in Europe and boasts six TV channels worldwide. The flagship channel Eurosport is the no 1 pan-European TV channel, broadcast in 20 languages and reaching 125 million homes across 59 countries.
OASYS are the sponsors of the AIBs category “Most innovative technology”.
OASYS has been leading the transition to software-based playout solutions for 20 years. The company’s flagship product, OASYS Player, is complemented by straightforward optional OASYS software to provide efficient, high quality, end-to-end playout solutions that are easy-to-use, scalable, flexible and, most importantly, highly reliable.
RTG TV are the sponsors of the AIBs category “Best current affairs documentary”.
Russian Travel Guide TV is an international documentary TV channel focused on the cultural and geographical variety of the world’s largest country. It covers a wide range of topics from history to culture, cuisine, nature programmes, active holidays, and Russia’s ethnic mix.
Vizrt are the sponsors of the AIBs category “Best live sports coverage”. Vizrt creates leading-edge content production tools for the digital media industry – from award-winning 3D graphics and maps through integrated video workflow solutions and online publishing tools. Vizrt proposes a new vision for content creation, management and delivery with an end-to-end solution from conception to multi-format distribution.
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The judges
The judges for the AIBs have a vast range of experience in different aspects of broadcasting and are drawn from all over the world. The full list is:
Daniel Adams, Head of International Content, Dailymotion, France | Nashwa Al Ruwaini, CEO, Pyramedia, UAE| Salim Amin, Chairman, A24 Media, Kenya | David Astley, Executive Chairman, Asia-Pacific Media Alliance for Social Awareness, Singapore | Nigel Baker, VP Business Operations EMEA and Asia, APTN, UK | Wayne Borg, Deputy CEO and COO, twofour54, UAE | Julian Clover, Editorial Director, Broadband TV News, UK | Eugen Cojocariu, Director, Radio Romania International, Romania | Helle Dale, Senior Fellow for Public Diplomacy, The Heritage Foundation, USA | David Dufresne, Writer/Director, DufLab, Canada | Hosam El Sokkari, Head of Audience, Yahoo! Middle East, UAE | Mark Errington, CEO, OASYS, UK | Adelheid Feilcke-Tiemann, Director International Relations, Deutsche Welle, Germany | Monica Fritz, Producer/Director, 6 news, Turkey | Angela Fung, Deputy Head Phoenix Chinese Channel, Phoenix Satellite TV, Hong Kong | Regina Goh, Executive Editor, Channel NewsAsia, Singapore | Peter Goldstein, Director of Communications, InterMedia, USA | Mohamed Ali Harrath, CEO, Islam Channel, UK | Mondher Kalai, Commissioning Executive, JCC, Qatar | Kim Hyuk-dong, Deputy Director, KBS World Radio, Korea | François Laborie, Chief Commercial Officer, Vizrt, Norway | Paulo Markun, Consultant, TV Escola, Brazil | Chris Maroleng, Africa Editor, e.tv, South Africa | Michael McCluskey, CEO, ABC Radio Australia, Australia | Marcus Metzner, Head of Marketing Services & Communication, arvato systems GmbH, Germany | Olivier de Montchenu, Commercial & Marketing Director, Euronews, France | Dick van Motman, President & CEO, DDB Greater China Group, PR China | Alexey Nikolov, Deputy Editor in Chief, RT Channel, Russia | Ian O’Reilly, Producer/Director, BBC News TV, UK | Nader Sh. Rad, Director Programmes Department, PressTV, Iran | Julia Ragona, Chief Broadcast Operations Officer, RFE/RL, Czech Republic | Dick Rempt, CEO, TalentsMedia, The Netherlands | Paul Robinson, MD, KidsCo, UK | Karim Sarkis, Executive Director of Broadcast, Abu Dhabi Media Company, UAE | Vatche Sarkisian, Director of Research and Program Review, Middle East Broadcasting Networks, USA | Danny Schechter, Executive Producer, Globalvision, USA | Simon Spanswick, CEO, AIB, UK | Fedor Strizhkov, CEO, Russian Travel Guide TV, Russia | David Treadway, Managing Director, WRN Broadcast, UK | Jeff Trimble, Executive Director, Broadcasting Board of Governors, USA | Laeed Zaghlami, Journalist/Writer, Algeria
Shortlisted entries for the 2011 AIBs by category
Organisation – Entry title
Current Affairs Documentary radio
KBS, South Korea – A Special Journey to the DMZ
Radio Taiwan International, ROC Taiwan – Freeing Taiwan’s Slaves
CTVC, UK – Haiti One Year On
BBC World Service, UK – Africa Mass Rapes in Fizi, Eastern DR Congo
DR (The Danish Broadcasting Corporation), Denmark – Sold to Prostitution
ABC Radio, Australia – Sustainable Sounds
Current Affairs Documentary (domestic) TV
VRT, Belgium – Children of the Church
Current TV, UK – Gail Porter on Prostitution
INX News Pvt Ltd, India – India Endangered
NHK, Japan Surviving the Tsunami
SABC, South Africa – Thug-ocracy
SRF Swiss Television, Switzerland – Two Women – One Journey
Antena 3, Romania – Wandering for a piece of bread
Current Affairs Documentary (international) TV
Channel 4, UK – Dispatches: City of Fear
Channel 4, UK – Dispatches: The Battle for Haiti
BBC Scotland, UK – Eorpa Belarus
Aljazeera English, Qatar – People & Power: Blood and Dust
British Sky Broadcasting, UK – Ross Kemp: Extreme World
True Vision, UK – Zimbabwe’s Forgotten Children
Current Affairs Documentary (Middle East) TV
BBC Arabic, UK – Egypt – Revolution Diary
BBC, UK – Panorama: Fighting Gaddafi
BBC Arabic, UK – Revolution Uploaded
Aljazeera English, Qatar – The Death of Fear
Press TV, Iran – The Distorted Lens: The Media and the MIddle East
NDTV, India – The Women of Tahrir Square
Most creative marketing strategy
Shree FM, Sri Lanka – Shree Reload Wasanawa
Star News, India – Star News Anchor Hunt
France 24, France – The Birds
Most creative feature radio
RTE, Ireland – Don’t go Far
Voice of Nigeria, Nigeria – Early Marriage – The bane of the girl child
RTHK, Hong Kong – Mandela and South Africa
VRT, Belgium – The America Watcher
Voice of America, USA – The Making of a Nation: D Day invasion at Normandy
Société Radio Canada, Canada – The Spirit of Places
Best investigative documentary radio
Czech Radio, Czech Republic – Pilot and death
Radio Free Asia, USA – Staring Down the Muzzle
RFE/RL, Czech Republic – The Invisible Women of Osh
Clearest coverage of a single news event radio
BBC Radio 5 Live, UK – AV: Mock Election
Voice of America, USA – Cairo Protesters in jubilant mood
ABC Radio, Australia – Cyclone Yasi
Radio Free Asia, USA – Nuclear leak at Daya Bay
BBC Burmese Service, UK – Release of Pro Democracy Leader Aung San Suu Kyi
Clearest coverage of a single news event TV
CBS, USA – 60 Minutes: A Relentless Enemy
NHK, Japan – Departing in Dignity
Sky News, UK – Egypt Crisis
VRT, Belgium – Floods in Pakistan
NDTV, India – Japan Tsunami
BBC World News, UK – Japanese Earthquake & Tsunami
Aljazeera English, Qatar – Osama Bin Ladan Death
Antena 3, Romania – Tragedy at the Giulesti Maternity Hospital
Best children’s factual programme or series
BBC Newsround, UK – Growing up in a war zone
BBC Newsround, UK – Living with Alcohol
BBC Newsround, UK – Living with Cancer
BBC Children’s, UK – Serious Explorers: Livingstone
Best financial or business programme
CBS, USA – 60 Minutes: Hard Times Generation
Société Radio Canada, Canada – Meltdown
RT News Channel, Russia – On the money
CBS, USA – 60 Minutes: The 99ers
France 24, France – The new Irish exodus
Best investigative documentary TV
Aljazeera English, Qatar – On a wing and a prayer
BBC London, UK – Project Prevention
DR (The Danish Broadcasting Corporation), Denmark – The Man who lied the World into War
Antena 3, Romania – The Poison on our homes
Channel News Asia, Mediacorp, Singapore – Unbroken Faith
CNN International, USA – World’s Untold Stories: Locked up and Forgotten
Best science programme or series
KBS, South Korea – Exploring Human – Memory
British Sky Broadcasting, UK – Flying Monsters 3D
Deutsche Welle, Germany – Future Now Series
TGA Production, France – Is the magnetic pole about to flip?
Russian Travel Guide TV, Russia – Volcanoes of Kamchatka
Best coverage of a live sports event
Nine Network, Australia – 2010 State of Origin – NSW v QLD Game 1
Russian Travel Guide TV, Russia – Khanty-Mansiysk World Chess Olympiad
BBC Birmingham, UK – Stoke City in the FA Cup Final
Eurosport, France – IRC SimulCam Coverage
NDTV, India – The World Cup of Joy
Sony Professional & Others, UK – Wimbledon in 3D
Best cross-media production
KBS, South Korea – Korean Cuisine
Czech Radio, Czech Republic – Secret defence of the iron curtain
Radio Free Asia, USA – The Lives of Vietnamese Women….
BBC, UK – Eight Weeks to face the Taliban
BBC, UK – Arabic-Persian Special on the 30th Anniversary of Iran-
Iraq War
BBC, UK – 24 Hour Panel People
DR (The Danish Broadcasting Corporation), Denmark – 1864
Most innovative technology
Radio Taiwan International, ROC Taiwan – Establish KPI with cloud computing
France 24, France – HBB TV Applications
Thomson Reuters, USA – Reuters Insider Promo
Ideal Shopping Direct Limited, UK – USA Live
International Radio Personality of the Year
RFE/RL, Czech Republic – Farshid Manafi
Radio Sawa, USA – Mohamed Moawad
Voice of America, USA – Steve Ember
International TV Personality of the Year
NDTV, India – Barkha Dutt
British Sky Broadcasting, UK – Sir David Attenborough
BBC World News, UK – Mishal Husain
The Doha Debates, Qatar – Tim Sebastian
British Sky Broadcasting, UK – Ross Kemp
“People’s Choice: “Best Coverage of Democracy Uprisings”
Aljazeera English, Qatar – Arab Awakening
Press TV, Iran – Battle for Bahrain
NDTV, India – Battle for Libya
France24, France – Reporters: Tunisia after Ben Ali
Alhurra TV, USA Protests in Egypt
Deutsche Welle, Germany – Journal: Million Man March
About the AIB
Established in 1993, the AIB is the international industry association and global knowledge network for the international broadcasting industry cross-media, cross-border, cross-cultural. With a reach of over 25,000 communicators and media professionals, AIB is a unique centre of information about international broadcasting, covering TV, radio, online and mobile. AIB researches regular market intelligence briefings for its members and provides client-specific consultancy and project support. Members receive an extensive package of services throughout the year. AIB publishes the comprehensive AIB Global Broadcasting Sourcebook and the international media magazine, The Channel. AIB hosts the annual AIB International Media Excellence Awards the “AIBs”. For more information, visit www.aib.org.uk and theaibs.tv or call +44 (0) 20 7993 2557