On April 11th 2017 the results were announced for the Prix CIRCOM 2017 edition – the best of the programming and skills in regional public service media in Europe.

prix2017JR 330Denmark, Belgium and the Czech Republic have won two categories each. Serbia, Sweden, Norway, The Netherlands provided the other winners. Commended entries are from France, Spain (2), Sweden, Serbia, UK, Romania, Czech Republic and Croatia.

There are 10 category winners with 160 entries, plus a further number from a special category open only to members of a co-production. The judging was by 14 experienced professionals viewing in Odense, Denmark, as the guests of TV2 Fyn,  from 3rd to 7th April 2017.

 

David Lowen, President of Prix CIRCOM, said:

“The judges praised the high quality of entries which they thought stronger than in previous years.”

“There is evidence that regional stations are starting to react better to the demands of their audience and are automatically using relevant content on new delivery systems, trying to reach an audience wherever it can be found. This trend is sure to increase in coming years and the Prix requirements will reflect its importance.”

A new category this year was Entertainment. The Magazine and News Magazine programme award was revised this year to stress audience involvement in creating a news agenda – all part of bringing newsroom and audience closer together and ensuring the news values of the audience impact on news output.

The full list of the winners and commended in all categories is below.

The category winners and the winner of the Grand Prix – the best of the best – were announced and awarded at the gala awards show in Ponta Delgada in The Azores, Portugal, on 25th May in an event hosted by RTP. 

Category winning stations (except Rising Star) receive 2000 euros in cash, plus a trophy, plus travel and accommodation expenses to attend the conference and gala. The Rising Star receives, instead of cash, a similar amount as grant to enable an internship at a regional station in another country.

The judges were: Marian Voicu (TVR, Romania), Christine Schwarz (RTBF, Belgium), Michael Lally (RTÉ, Ireland), Svein Haaland (NRK, Norway), Klaus Unterberger (ORF, Austria), Caroline Ni Dhubhchoin (TG4, Ireland), Stéphane Gaillard (France TV), Marta Gomez (TV Galicia, Spain), Carolina Kållestål (SVT, Sweden), Tim Smith (BBC Yorkshire, UK), Agnieszka Nawrocka (TVP, Poland), Gunnar Henrich (Hessischer Rundfunk, Germany), Elina Ravantti (YLE, Finland), Daria Marjanovic (HRT, Croatia).

PRIX CIRCOM REGIONAL 2017: LIST OF WINNERS AND COMMENDED

Category: DOCUMENTARY
Winner: Czech Swan (Česká Labuť), ČT, Studio Ostrava, Czech Republic
Commended: The Good Life (La Belle Vie), France 3 Bretagne, France

Category: ENTERTAINMENT
Winner: King Deer and Harry Hare - the Pigeon is Dead (Kening Hert & Harry Hazze - de do is dea), Omrop Fryslân, The Netherlands
Commended: Railway Station - Episode It's a Bomb (Nádraží – To je bomba), ČT, Studio Ostrava, Czech Republic

Category: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM
Winner of the category and the Grand Prix winner: Grades For Sale (Fusket på högskoleprovet), SVT Göteborg, Sweden
Commended: Fake Jobs – Inside Out London (BBC1), BBC London (Elstree), UK

Category: MINORITIES IN SOCIETY
Winner: Nick and Tanja – After the Accident (Nick og Tanja – efter ulykken), TV2 Nord, Denmark
Commended: Inside Offside: Eat Sleep Eat Sleep (Inside Offside: jedi, spavaj, jedi, spavaj), HRT Zagreb, Croatia

Category: MOST ORIGINAL AND INNOVATIVE
Winner: The Bird Cliff (Fuglefjellet), NRK Hordaland , Norway
Commended: 25:0 Stories on the Road (25:O Istorie Calatoare), TVR Iasi, Romania

Category: MUSIC
Winner: My Attempt of Masterful Opus - Jan Mikušek vs. Stabat Mater by Tomas Hanzlik (Můj pokus o mistrovský opus – Jan Mikušek versus Stabat Mater Tomáše Hanzlíka), ČT, Studio Ostrava, Czech Republic
Commended: The Legend of the Dove (Legenda o grlici), RTS Belgrade, Serbia

Category: NEWS PROGRAMME AND VIEWER INVOLVEMENT
Winner: TV 2 Lorry 19.30 (TV 2 Lorry 19.30), TV2 Lorry, Denmark
Commended: Blocketbluffarna (Online shopping scams), SVT Väst, Sweden

Category: NEWS REPORT ON A EUROPEAN ISSUE
Winner: Sweden: a Model of Transparency (Suède : Un Modèle de Transparence), RTBF, Belgium
Commended: DNA, Dani Rivas (ADN, Dani Rivas), TVG, Spain

Category: RISING STAR
Winner: Thomas Mignon, RTBF, Belgium

Category: VIDEO JOURNALISM
Winner: Dušan Jemuović, RTS Belgrade, Serbia
Commended: Leonor Suárez Rodríguez, RTPA, Spain

Special Award for CITIZENSHIP CO-PRODUCTION
Winner: Wooden Computer (Drevený počítač), RTVS, Slovakia

 

Prix 2017 sponsors:

ORF 100 ORF Austria, sponsor of Grand Prix

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RTÉ Ireland, sponsor of Documentary

 

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 France Télévisions, sponsor of Minorities in Society

 

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 SVT Sweden, sponsor of News Programme and Viewer Involvement

 

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 TG4 Ireland, sponsor of Music

 

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  TVP Poland, sponsor of Most Original and Innovative

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     TVR Romania, sponsor of Rising Star


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Council of Europe, sponsor of Investigative Journalism


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BBC UK, sponsor of Video Journalism

pof cor2 European Committee of the Regions, sponsor of News Report on a European Issue 

pof asturias galicia TPA Asturias-TVG Galicia, sponsors of Entertainment 

EP logo2015 100In addition, participating stations in the CIRCOM co-production and co-operation project Citizenship, supported by the European Parliament, will have a Special Award for the best features which attracts a further trophy, award and visit to the conference and awards.