Prix CIRCOM Regional 2013

Details: Published: 02 February 2010

Santiago, May 8th 2013 - The programme "Teliasonera-The Uzbek affair", SVT Göteborg, Sweden, won the Grand Prix at Prix CIRCOM 2013 Gala, where best regional TV programmes and programme makers in Europe for the last year were awarded.

The judges considered the "Teliasonera-The Uzbek affair" programme, also winner in the Investigative Journalism category, to be so good and convincing that it was without doubt the winner of all categories. The Grand Prix was announced at the Prix Gala in Santiago de Compostela, Galicia, Spain, hosted by TVG, the public Galician service broadcaster, also host of the 31st CIRCOM Regional Anual Conference.

PRIX CIRCOM 2013 GALA

The 10 category winners of the Prix CIRCOM have been announced after judging near Strasbourg, France. Three top awards go to regional stations in The Netherlands and two to both BNT (Bulgaria) and SVT (Sweden). FTV (France), BBC (UK), NRK (Norway) took the other winning awards.

The winners receive more than 30,000 euros in cash, travel bursaries as well as a trophy. In all, there were 156 entries from 19 countries.

Judges comments on all programmes entered can be found in pdf n Prix CIRCOM 2013 Jury report

Watch clips of winners and commended on CIRCOM Channel, playlist Prix CIRCOM 2013

The complete list of winning and commended programmes and stations is:

DOCUMENTARY

Winner: MY FATHER'S FAULT (LA FAUTE À MON PÈRE), France 3 Centre, France

Commended: CHASERS OF THE DARK (LOVCI TEME), RTV Slovenija - Center Koper/Capodistria, Slovenia

MAGAZINE AND NEWS MAGAZINE

Winner: BBC MIDLANDS TODAY, BBC West Midlands (Birmingham), UK

Commended: THAT'S EUROPE?! (C'EST ÇA L'EUROPE ?!), RTBF, Belgium

VIDEO JOURNALISM

Winner: PATRIK WIDEGREN, SVT Norrköping

Commended: RAZVAN DAN COJOCARIU, TVR Iasi, Romania

SPORT

Winner: THE LAST BIKER (DE LÊSTE FYTSER), Omroep Fryslan, The Netherlands

MINORITIES IN SOCIETY

Winner: STRANGE FOLKS (VRAEM LUUJ DIE PLAT KALLE), L1 Radio-TV, The Netherlands

Commended: INSIDE OUT WEST, BBC West (Bristol), UK

MOST ORIGINAL PROGRAMME

Winner: THE SECRETS OF THE GLOM MOUNTAIN (GLOMFJELLETS HEMMELIGHETER), NRK Rogaland, Norway

Commended: IT IS NOT THE PIGEONS - SPECIAL CLAIRVOYANCE (ON N'EST PAS DES PIGEONS - SPÉCIALE VOYANCE), RTBF, Belgium

INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

Winner: TELIASONERA – THE UZBEK AFFAIR (TELIASONERA – THE UZBEK AFFAIR), SVT Göteborg, Sweden

Commended: THE SHIP-SINKING (SKIBSFORLISET I KATTEGAT), TV2 Oestjylland, Denmark

THE RISING STAR

Winner: ROSEN TSVETKOV, BNT, Bulgaria

Commended: MATHIAS LUNDE KRISTOFFERSEN, NRK Østfold, Norway

FICTION/DRAMA

Winner: YELLOW DOG (ЖЪЛТО КУЧЕ), BNT, Bulgaria

Commended: THE TWELVE MONTHS (DVANACT MESICKU), Czech TV Studio Ostrava, Czech Republic

SOCIAL INTERACTION AND VIEWER SUPPORT

Winner: ONION SERIES (UIENSERIE), RTV Noord-Holland, The Netherlands

Commended: PEOPLE TELL THE STORY, ERT3, Greece

The full list of category awards and sponsors is: Documentary (Dutch Cultural Media Fund, The Netherlands), Minorities in Society (France Télévisions, France), Video Journalism (BBC, UK), Magazine and News Magazine (euronews), Rising Star (TVR, Romania), Most Original (RTVSLO, Slovenia), Social Interaction and Viewer Support (SVT, Sweden), Sport (ERT3, Greece), Fiction/Drama (TG4, Ireland), Investigative Journalism (Council of Europe).

In addition, the Grand Prix is sponsored by European and global satellite distribution company, SES, and will be awarded to the best programme of all entries.