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  • Eutelsat announces recipients of 6th Hot Bird Awards

    PARIS: The winners of the sixth Hot Bird TV Awards were announced a few days ago at a ceremony in Venice. Organised by Eutelsat and Eurovisioni, and sponsored by Alcatel Space, Arianespace and Astrium, the awards each year recognise excellence of satellite broadcasting of thematic television.
    The winners were selected by a jury of European television journalists. They met last month in Rome to view a record 120 thematic channels broadcasting in 13 languages. They were separated into eight categories: News, Cinema & Fiction, Culture, Documentaries, Kids, Music, Sport, and Various.
    The jury rewarded the channels that they consider displayed particular originality and quality in their programming and presentation.

    The winners were:

    Category    Winners
    Children’s    Minimax (Poland), Rai Sat Ragazzi (Italy)
    Cinema & Fiction    Sky Cinema Author (Italy), TCM (France)
    Culture    Rai Nettuno Sat (Italy)
    Documentaries    Grandes Documentales (Spain), Voyage (France)
    Music    Canal Clasico (Spain)
    News    Rai News 24 (Italy)
    Other    Public Sénat (France)
    Sport    ESPN Classic Sport (France)

  • BBC World best news channel at HOT BIRD awards

    BBC World best news channel at HOT BIRD awards

    NEW DELHI : BBC World has won the Best News Channel award in the fifth HOT BIRD TV Awards .

    Internationally recognised as a showcase for the best European satellite channels broadcast by Eutelsat, the ceremony was held in Venice on 4 October 2002, according to an official statement from BBC.

    An international jury which comprised television critics and journalists from the specialist press were asked to analyse and vote on the best programme offerings from more than 150 television channels. They chose BBC World from a shortlist of three nominations in the news category, thus making it the only English language channel to win an award this year . It was specifically awarded the prize for its coverage of the September 11attacks on the US last year, claims the channel.