The 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:
TVP Poland, sponsor of Grand Prix
RTÉ Ireland, sponsor of Documentary
TPA Asturias-TVG Galicia, sponsors of Entertainment and Drama
BNT Bulgaria, sponsor of Europe
Council of Europe, sponsor of Investigative Journalism
France Télévisions, sponsor of Minorities in Society
NRK Norway, sponsor of Most Original and Innovative
TG4 Ireland, sponsor of Music and Arts
RPO The Netherlands, sponsor of News Programme
SVT Sweden, sponsor of News Report
BBC UK, sponsor of Video Journalism
TVR Romania, sponsor of Young Onscreen Talent
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.
