VENICE, November 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
"Creative programming, engagement with viewers and a feel for
new trends are core to great TV," said Michel de Rosen, Eutelsat CEO, at tonight's
Eutelsat TV Awards ceremony in Venice.
The Eutelsat TV Awards is a unique international event
recognising the quality of thematic satellite TV channels. Over 120
channels from 19 countries participated in this year's competition,
their programming formats, innovation and audience relationship
judged by an independent panel of media experts representing the
world's most dynamic broadcasting markets.
Simon Albury, former Chief
Executive of the Royal Television Society and patron of this year's
jury added: "It's no understatement to say that 2012 has been an
historic year for TV. Audience records were broken around the world
for mega events like the Olympics and broadcasters showed their
boundless capacity to create innovative programming ideas and to
turn the arrival of new platforms and changing viewing habits to
their advantage. At the end of the day great viewing is about great
content and this is what we have celebrated tonight at the Eutelsat
TV Awards. Congratulations to all participants!"
Eutelsat TV Awards Winners 2012
Children's Cinema
Teletoon+ (Poland) Premiera (Russia)
Culture/Documentaries Fiction/General Entertainment
Top Secret (Russia) MBC 1 HD (Arab Emirates)
Special Mention - Pasto TV (Afghanistan)
Lifestyle Music
Real Time (Italy) C Music TV (UK)
News/Information Sport
Sky TG24 (Italy) Eurosport (France)
Best Programme People's Choice
Shakespeare from Kabul (UK) TRT Haber (Turkey)
(BBC Persian)
Best New Channel
Spiegel TV Wissen (Germany)
In addition to Awards bestowed by the jury, Eutelsat announced
two special awards in Venice.
An Award to Sky Sports Group for its
exceptional coverage of the 2012 London Olympic Games, with 13
dedicated channels, 12 of which were in HD and one in 3D. A
team of 60 Italian athletes who have won a combined 600 Olympic
medals worked alongside Sky's regular sports journalists to comment
throughout the event.
An Award to TVM (Madagascar's national broadcaster) for its
commitment to reflecting Madagascar's regional diversity in its
programmes and for generating fiction that addresses issues of
direct relevance to its audience.
The Eutelsat TV Awards Jury includes experts from leading
publications and TV associations: Jerzy
Barski, Tv-Sat Magazine (Poland), Jacques
Braun, Eurodata TV (France), Sergey
Buntman, Echo de Moscow (Russia), Paolo
Dalla Chiara, Pentastudio
(Italy), Ludger Lausberg EGTA
(Europe), Fusun
Nebil, Turk Internet (Turkey), Giacomo
Mazzone, Eurovisioni (Europe), Reem Nouss (UK). Jury
Chairman, Duilio Giammaria,
Rai (Italy);
technical expert Mauro
Roffi, Millecanali (Italy).
Red carpet highlights, clips of the nominated programmes and all
the latest images from the night's events will be shortly available
at: http://www.eutelsattvawards.com
About Eutelsat Communications
Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code:
FR0010221234) is the holding company of Eutelsat S.A. With capacity
commercialised on 29 satellites that provide coverage across
Europe, as well as the
Middle East, Africa and significant parts of Asia and the Americas, Eutelsat is one of the
world's three leading satellite operators. As of 30 September 2012 Eutelsat's satellites were
broadcasting more than 4,400 television channels to over 200
million cable and satellite homes in Europe, the Middle
East and Africa. The
Group's satellites also serve a wide range of fixed and mobile
telecommunications services, TV contribution markets, corporate
networks, and broadband markets for Internet Service Providers and
for transport, maritime and in-flight markets. Eutelsat's broadband
subsidiary, Skylogic, markets and operates high speed Internet
services through teleports in France and Italy that serve consumers, enterprises, local
communities, government agencies and aid organisations in
Europe, Africa, Asia
and the Americas. Headquartered in Paris, Eutelsat and its subsidiaries employ
just over 750 commercial, technical and operational professionals.
This culturally diverse staff comprises employees from 30
countries. http://www.eutelsat.com
SOURCE Eutelsat Communications