jr2019The Norwegian public service media operator NRK has won three of the 11 genre category awards in the annual competition for the best content and professional skills in Europe’s regional television stations.

NRK Rogaland won the prestigious Documentary category with a programme which followed the rehabilitation a young woman who survived the massacre of 77 victims in the shootings on the Norwegian island of Utøya. NRK Trøndelag won the category Entertainment and Drama and NRK Nordland won the category News Report.
The other winners are TVR Bucharest (Romania), RTÉ (Ireland), SVT (Sweden), RTV Oost (The Netherlands), TVP3 Katowice (Poland), Telemadrid (Spain), BBC South (UK) and CRTVG (Galicia, Spain).

The presentation of the awards were made at a gala show as part of the CIRCOM conference in Novi Sad, Serbia, on Thursday 30 May.  The winner of the Grand Prix is NRK Rogaland with documentary The Girl From Utøya.

The winning stations receive a trophy, 1000 euros as well travel to and accommodation at the awards ceremony. The Grand Prix winner receives a further 2000 euros in cash and another trophy.

The judges also made special commendations and these are listed below.

The judges met in Delden, The Netherlands, as the guests of RTV Oost.

David Lowen, President of the Prix CIRCOM and chair of the juries, said today:
“The evidence is that regional public service broadcasters are delivering much quality onscreen in linear and wider digital form. Our judges saw some good programmes and found a high level of skill. The TV and media landscape is tougher and changing faster but there are signs that regional creativity and energy are still matching the best in key areas.”

The judges were:
Carlo di Blasio (RAI, Italy), Nils Choler (SVT, Sweden), Mary Ellen Ní Chualáin (TG4, Ireland), Dite Dinesz (TVR Timisoara, Romania), Françoise Erb (FTV Grand Est, France), Gunnar Henrich (Hessischer Rundfunk, Germany), Lucia Herrera (TVP Asturias, Spain), Todor Ignatov (BNT, Bulgaria), Eivend Undrum Jacobsen (NRK Nordland, Norway), Wojciech Malinowski (TVP Wroclaw, Poland), Montse Armengou Martin (TV3 Catalonia, Spain), Michelle Mayman (BBC North West, UK), Mojca Recek (RTVSLO Maribor, Slovenia) and Bas Treffers (RTV Oost, The Netherlands).

 

The full list of winners and commended:

Category: DOCUMENTARY

Winner: Overleverne - Jenta fra Utøya (Survivors - The girl from Utøya), NRK Rogaland, Norway
Commended: Van verlies kun je niet betalen (Loss won't pay the bills), Omroep Zeeland, The Netherlands


Category: ENTERTAINMENT AND DRAMA

Winner: Latterlig smart (Ridiculously smart), NRK Trøndelag, Norway
Commended: Slučaj Cvetković (The Cvetkovic Case), RTS Belgrade, Serbia


Category: EUROPE

Winner: Faraoani, comuna cu sate in cinci tari (Faraoani, the village spread in five countries),TVR Bucharest, Romania
Commended: L'Europe sans blabla: L'Europe protège-t-elle vraiment ses consommateurs (Europe without the blah, blah, blah!: Does Europe really protect consumers?), France 3 Grand Est, France


Category: INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM

Winner: RTÉ Investigates - Steroid Ireland, RTÉ Headquaters, Ireland
Commended: Obchod se zdravím (Health as a Business), ČT Studio Ostrava, Czech Republic


Category: MINORITIES IN SOCIETY

Winner: Vem kan rädda Sanne? (Who Can Save Sanne?), SVT Stockholm/Lokal, Sweden
Commended: Poslední naděje Věry Bílé (The Last Hope of Věra Bílá), ČT Studio Ostrava, Czech Republic


Category: MOST ORIGINAL AND INNOVATIVE

Winner: Hét Verkiezingsprogramma (The Election Program), RTV Oost, The Netherlands
Commended: Le débarquement vu du ciel (The Normandy landings from above), France 3 Normandie, France


Category: MUSIC AND ARTS

Winner: Martwy sezon (Dead season), TVP3 Katowice, Poland
Commended: Tatăl meu, Imre (My Father, Imre), TVR Iasi, Romania


Category: NEWS PROGRAMME

Winner: Buenos Días Madrid (Good Morning Madrid), Telemadrid, Spain
Commended: TV 2 Lorry 19:30, TV2 Lorry, Denmark


Category: NEWS REPORT

Winner: Ufrivillig deltid (Involuntary part-time job), NRK Nordland, Norway
Commended: Frit Lejde (Safe Passage), TV2 Fyn, Denmark


Category: VIDEO JOURNALISM

Winner: Samantha Everett, BBC South (Southampton), UK
Commended: Leonor Suárez Rodríguez, RTPA, Spain


Category: YOUNG ONSCREEN TALENT

Winner: Alba Mancebo, CRTVG, Spain


Special Award for CITIZENSHIP CO-PRODUCTION

Winner: 100PAP (100PAP), RTBF, Belgium

The sponsors in 2019 are:

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  TVP Poland, sponsor of Grand Prix

 

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RTÉ Ireland, sponsor of Documentary


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

pof bnt  BNT Bulgaria, sponsor of Europe 

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 Council of Europe, sponsor of Investigative Journalism

 
 

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 France Télévisions, sponsor of Minorities in Society

 

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  NRK Norway, sponsor of Most Original and Innovative

 

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  TG4 Ireland, sponsor of Music and Arts

 

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 RPO The Netherlands
, sponsor of News Programme

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 SVT Sweden, sponsor of News Report

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BBC UK
, sponsor of Video Journalism

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     TVR Romania, sponsor of Young Onscreen Talent

 

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