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Short list for People’s Choice announced

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We are delighted to announce a high quality and truly international set of short listed entries for the People’s Choice category at the 2010 AIBs.

The “Best Coverage of Climate Change” award will be decided by online voting between:
• “Going Green – The Climate Summit” from CNN International
• “Low Impact Man” from VRT, Belgium
• “Earth Rescue Operation” from Phoenix Satellite Television in Hong Kong, China
• “Hard Talk on the Road to Greenland” from the BBC
• “Ross Kemp: Battle for the Amazon” from Sky Television
• “21st Century” from the UN

The full press release can be seen here

Press release – 2010 AIBs launch

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International Media: 2010 AIBs media awards launched - with new People’s Choice category

‘AIBs’ launched with call for entries from the world’s media companies – enter by 2 July 2010

London, UK, 19 April 2010 – The 2010 AIBs – the international media excellence awards – are officially open for entry. The AIBs are organised by the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB) and cover TV, radio, cross-media productions, marketing and technology. Now in their sixth year, the AIB Awards are firmly established as a major international competition, with a jury of eminent media professionals drawn from every part of the globe.

New in 2010 is the People’s Choice Award where broadcasters’ coverage of climate change will be judged by an international audience of viewers through social networking sites around the world. Also new among the categories in 2010 is the Children’s Factual Programming Award recognising the very best in programme-making for the often overlooked children’s TV audience.

The AIBs categories are: Clearest coverage of a single news event  – TV + radio; Best current affairs documentary – TV + radio; Best investigative documentary – TV + radio; Best creative feature – TV + radio; Best children’s factual programme/series; Most creative specialist genre; Best online, mobile or cross-media production; On-air personality of the year – TV + radio; People’s Choice: Best coverage of climate change; Most creative marketing strategy; Most innovative technology.

The 2010 AIBs are open for entry until 2 July 2010.  The Awards will be presented in London on 9 November at a gala evening attended by presenters, editors, journalists, marketers, technologists and executives from media companies all over the world. The 2010 AIBs are sponsored by Bloomberg TV, Advanced Digital Broadcast and 1GOAL.

Full information about the 2010 AIBs  and how to enter is available online at theaibs.tv and www.aib.org.uk.

Contact

Gunda Cannon  gunda.cannon@aib.org.uk T +44 (0)20 7993 2557   AIB, PO Box 141, Cranbrook TN17 9AJ, UK

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 Global Broadcasting Sourcebook and the international media magazine, The Channel. AIB hosts the annual AIB International Media Excellence Awards – the “AIBs” – on 10 November 2010. For more information, visit www.aib.org.uk

Recent AIBs winners and highly commended entrants:

3FM (Holland)

ABC (Australia)

ABC Radio (Australia)

Al Arabiya (UAE)

Al Jazeera (Qatar)

Al Jazeera Children’s Channel

(Qatar)

Arte (France)

BBC (UK)

BBC Global News

BBC Persian TV (UK)

BBC Russian Service

BBC World News (UK)

BBC World Service (UK)

BBC World Service Trust (UK)

Bloomberg Television (UK)

CBC Radio-Canada (Canada)

CBS News (Unites States)

Channel 4 (UK)

ChelloZone (UK)

Deutsche Welle (Germany)

E4 (UK)

EditShare (France)

France 24 (France)

Hessischer Rundfunk (Germany)

Link Research (UK)

Luxe TV (Luxembourg)

Martine Tanghe, VRT (Belgium)

NDTV (India)

NFL Network (United States)

Omnibus Systems (UK)

Pyramedia (UAE)

Radio Canada International

Radio Free Europe

Radio Netherlands Worldwide

(Netherlands)

Radio New Zealand International

Radio Romania (Romania)

Radio Sawa (South Africa)

RFE/RL (Czech Republic)

Rockhopper TV (UK)

Ross Kemp, Sky1 (UK)

RTE (Ireland)

RTHK (Hong Kong)

Russia Today

Ruth Evans Productions (UK)

S4M (Germany)

SABC (South Africa)

Sky1 (UK)

Strix TV (Sweden)

Sveriges Radio (Sweden)

Sveriges Television (Sweden)

SW Radio Africa

Tinderbox Production (UK)

TV2 (Norway)

TV3 (Ireland)

United Nations

Voice of America

Voice of Nigeria (Nigeria)

VRT (Belgium)

VT Communications (UK)

VTV (Ghana)

WDR (Germany)

Zeinab Badawi, BBC (UK)

Launch of 2010 AIBs

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The Association for International Broadcasting is at MIP TV in Cannes where we officially announce the 2010 AIBs. We are excited by the inclusion of two new awards this year – one for the Best Children’s Factual Programme or Series, the other a “People’s Choice” for the Best TV Coverage of Climate Change.

I will talk more about the Best Children’s Factual Programme or Series in another post, and how it links in with our support of 1GOAL and the “Education for All” campaign linked to the World Cup in South Africa.

But let me now explain more about the new “People’s Choice” award. Up to now, all awards at the AIBs have been determined by an independent panel of judges, consisting of respected professionals from broadcasting and related industries – and this will continue to be the case for all awards apart from this special new award. The “People’s Choice” award recognises the increasing power of the audience to provide rapid feedback on programmes, often in real-time. We are harnessing the power of online tools and social networking to allow viewers from around the world to vote for the best programme in this category.

Each year, the topic for entries in this category will be chosen as something of great current interest. For 2010 the subject is “climate change” which creates great passion and interest around the world. By showcasing the best programmes from around the world, not only will the highest quality broadcasting be on view and brought to new audiences in many different countries, but the impact and opinions of climate change as it affects many different communities will be on display.

The shortlist of the best programmes will be available to view on different online platforms and viewers will have one vote for their favourite. More details on the viewing and voting procedures will be available nearer the time. But we are sure this will provide great interest to viewers and a fantastic platforms to the programmes entered.

We will be updating you on the progress of this award regularly in the lead up to the awards ceremony on 10th November.

The AIBs 2010

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Welcome to the AIBs – the international media excellence awards.

Now in their sixth year, the AIBs are all about inspiring creativity. We’ll be looking for the very best TV, radio and online or mobile productions in our truly global search.

Full information will appear here about how to enter as we launch the 2010 AIBs in early April. In the meantime, please visit the AIB’s main site at www.aib.org.uk.