Paris, 20 November 2009
The winners of this year’s prestigious HOT BIRD™ TV Awards, the only international event recognizing the highest quality of content creation and innovation by thematic satellite television channels, were honored on November 20 at a gala ceremony in Venice.
The Awards are bestowed by a jury of media experts and organized annually by Eutelsat in partnership with Eurovisioni and Satexpo. In addition to channels participating from across Europe and the Mediterranean Basin, this year’s event was the first to include broadcasters from across Africa, further broadening the range and diversity of content considered by the jury in each thematic category.
Almost 150 channels from 20 countries entered this year’s event, making it the most significant since the HOT BIRD™ TV Awards were established in 1998. The winning channels selected by the jury for 2009 are:
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September 28, 2009
From rewarding a fresh take on videoclips, to documentaries exposing the most spectacular human achievements and sports coverage putting you at the wheel of a Formula 1 car, the HOT BIRD™ TV Awards is a unique event for celebrating the achievements of thematic satellite channels. Now in its 12th edition, this international award is bestowed annually to thematic channels broadcast by Eutelsat satellites that are considered by an international jury to have excelled in terms of programming ideas and innovation.
For this year’s event, the jury of journalists and media experts assessed a record number of channels broadcasting in Europe, the Middle East and, for the first time, in Africa. Among the 144 channels viewed, a total of 34 in 11 thematic categories have been shortlisted for an Award on the basis of the quality of their production and innovative concepts.
The nominations for 2009 are:
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