Awards
Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Named 'Cable & Satellite Network of the Year,' Nabs 15 at Asian Television Awards
Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific (DNAP) dominated the 13th Annual Asian Television Awards held in Singapore last week, taking home a total of 15 awards and commendations including the coveted title of Cable & Satellite Network of the Year for the second consecutive year.
It was a good start for DNAP, clinching the first award of the night with Discovery Channel's CHINA 21: THE PEOPLE'S DUMPLING winning in the Best Half-Hour Documentary category. Discovery Channel went on to win Best Editing for ULTIMATE OLYMPICS: GO BEIJING, and DNAP swept three other categories — Best Natural History or Wildlife Programme or Docudrama, Best Cinematography and Best Direction — with Animal Planet's KINGDOM OF THE ELEPHANTS. The full list of awards and commendations include:
Cable & Satellite Network of the Year
Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific
Best Half-Hour Documentary
CHINA 21: THE PEOPLE'S DUMPLING (Discovery Channel)
Best Editing
ULTIMATE OLYMPICS: GO BEIJING! (Discovery Channel)
Highly Commended: MAN MADE MARVELS - BEIJING AIRPORT (Discovery Channel) and TAKE OFF - THE A380 SAGA (Discovery Channel)
Best Natural History or Wildlife Programme or Docudrama
KINGDOM OF THE ELEPHANTS (Animal Planet)
Highly Commended: MEKONG: SOUL OF A RIVER - CAMBODIA (Animal Planet) and MEKONG: SOUL OF A RIVER - CHINA (Animal Planet)
Best Cinematography
KINGDOM OF THE ELEPHANTS (Animal Planet)
Highly Commended: REVEALED: THE HAJJ (Discovery Channel) and MEKONG: SOUL OF A RIVER - CAMBODIA (Animal Planet)
Best DirectionKINGDOM OF THE ELEPHANTS (Animal Planet)
Highly Commended: CHINA 21: GO BUDDHA BOYS (Discovery Channel) and PORTRAITS TAIWAN: JIMMY LIAO (Discovery Channel)
Best Social Awareness Programme
Highly Commended: CHINA 21: GREEN WALL OF CHINA (Discovery Channel)
There were a total of 1,100 entries this year competing in 29 categories. DNAP once again was the cable and satellite broadcaster with the most number of nominations at 23, beating last year's record of 17.
The Asian Television Awards is the only event in the region to showcase, recognize and reward programme and production excellence in Asia. The annual regional awards ceremony honored 29 categories judged by an international panel of 45 judges comprising professionals from the industry. All voting results are tabulated by international auditing firm PricewaterhouseCoopers. Points from the winning entries of the various categories from the Awards determine the winner of the Cable & Satellite Network of the Yearaward.
Discovery Communications - December 15, 2008