Finalists Announced for the Eutelsat TV Awards 2016!

Regulatory News:

Eutelsat Communications (Paris:ETL):

The world of television that we enjoy in and out of the home as well as in the palm of our hands is a world of boundless creativity, inspiration, courage and innovation. These qualities are some of the many fuelling the drive of channels shortlisted for one of this year's prestigious Eutelsat TV Awards

The Eutelsat TV Awards is the only international event shining a spotlight on the quality of thematic TV channels broadcast around the world. The jury, chaired by award-winning RAI journalist Duilio Giammaria, and assembling media experts from diverse markets, met in Paris from 24 to 25 September to assess the quality, innovation and creativity of over 120 channels from 40 countries. The judges faced the challenge of finalising a shortlist from an outstanding array of entries. The winning channels in eight thematic categories will be honoured at a ceremony in Milan on 25 November. Awards will also be bestowed for Best Programmes.

All participating channels in the Eutelsat TV Awards are now entitled to compete for the People's Choice Award that will go to the channel generating most votes by the viewing public.

Voting for this coveted Award runs from 28 September to 2 November via channel websites as well as eutelsattvawards.com and other popular sites including broadbandtvnews.com, millecanali.it and produ.com.

Finalists for the 2016 Eutelsat TV Awards:

Children's

Cinema

Fix&Foxi

Germany

Dom Kino

Russia

Nickelodeon (Germany)

Germany

Sinema Zetu

Tanzania

RTL Kockica

Croatia

Sky Cinema 1 HD

Italy

Culture Documentary

Fiction General Entertainment

BBC Earth

Poland

Sundance Channel

Poland

FunBox 4K

USA

TNT

Russia

Sky Arte

Italy

ZAP Viva

Angola

Lifestyle

Music

Arewa24

Nigeria

4fun.tv

Poland

Bober

Russia

C Music TV

UK

Roya TV

Jordan

Trace TV

France

News

Sport

BBC Persian

UK

Eurosport (Germany)

Germany

Ennahar TV News

Algeria

OTE Sports Highlights HD

Greece

FRANCE 24

France

RAI Sport 1 HD

Italy

Best programme
Re-Enactors! (Canal+ Discovery)				Poland
Iran's Nuclear Deal (BBC Persian)				UK
Currentzis The Classical Rebel (Deutsche Welle)				Germany
Mystery of the Lost Caravaggio (Sky Arte)				Italy

The jury: Jerzy Barski, TV-Sat Magazine (Poland), Frédéric Vaulpré, Eurodata TV (France), Robert Briel, Broadband TV News (UK), Paolo Dalla Chiara, Pentastudio (Italy), Dmitry Dibrov, journalist and TV presenter (Russia), Giacomo Mazzone, EBU/Eurovisioni, Tayfun Atay, Cumhuriyet / Okan University (Turkey), Reem Nouss, Executive producer TV consultant (UK). Jury chairman: Duilio Giammaria, RAI(Italy). Technical expert: Mauro Roffi, Millecanali (Italy).

About Eutelsat Communications

Established in 1977, Eutelsat Communications (Euronext Paris: ETL, ISIN code: FR0010221234) is one of the world's leading and most experienced operators of communications satellites. The company provides capacity on 38 satellites to clients that include broadcasters and broadcasting associations, pay-TV operators, video, data and Internet service providers, enterprises and government agencies. Eutelsat's satellites provide ubiquitous coverage of Europe, the Middle East, Africa, Asia-Pacific and the Americas, enabling video, data, broadband and government communications to be established irrespective of a user's location. Headquartered in Paris, with offices and teleports around the globe, Eutelsat represents a workforce of 1,000 men and women from 37 countries who are experts in their fields and work with clients to deliver the highest quality of service.

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