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

 

ytvideo n 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.

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 The judges met in Bischoffsheim, near Strasbourg, at the invitation of France Télévisions. They are:

Johnbert Dijker, Omroep Flevoland, The Netherlands

Raluca Chirila, TVR, Romania

Karoline Spangberg, SVT, Sweden

Antony Dore, BBC, UK

Julia Campo, RTV Galicia, Spain

Jutta Scheffer, euronews

Frank Böhm, HR, Germany

Rose Paolacci, France 3 Corse, France

Máire Ní Chonláin, TG4 Galway, Ireland

Mojca Reček, RTVSlo Maribor, Slovenia

Nick Simons, NRK Ostfold, Norway

Johan Lindén, SVT and CIRCOM Regional, Sweden

Malgorzata Orlowska, TVP Lublin, Poland

Theodoris Tsepos, ERT3 Thessaloniki, Greece

Tonja Stojanac, HRT and CIRCOM Regional, Croatia

David Lowen, Chairman of Prix CIRCOM, UK