The ABU Prizes

PRESS RELEASE – For Immediate Release

The ABU Prizes 2008 were announced last night, 24 November, at the annual General Assembly of the Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) in Bali, Indonesia. Here is the full list of winners:

Radio Winners

1. Drama Category - Legacy Disposal Squad - Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) 2. Infotainment Category - Smile, Joy and Wonderful #1-Flip The Expectation - Korean Broadcasting System (KBS)
3. Children & Youth Category - A Handless City: Viruses and Hands, Which is More Lethal to Children? - Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK)
4. News Category - Repeated Abortions - Radio Television Hong Kong (RTHK)
5. Documentary Category - Two Year Journey of Hot Lapindo Mudflow - Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) 6. External Broadcast Category - Let's Go To School - British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) 7. Special Jury Prize Category - The Rising of New Generation of Chenggis Khan - Mongolian National Public Radio and Television (MNB)

Special Commendation Radio

1. Children & Youth Category - Our Home, The Planet Earth - (A.I.R) 2. Documentary Category - I want To Live !: A Hospital Diary on a Mobile Phone - (NHK) 3. Drama Category - A New Edition to the story " The Hare and the Tortoise" - (RTPRC/China National Radio) 4. External Broadcast Category - 2:28pm: When the Story Begins - (RTPRC/China Radio International) 5. Special Jury Prize Category - The Sand Castle: A Tale of A Hapless Damsel - (BB)


TV Winners

1. Drama Category - Chuang Guangdong - (RTPRC/CCTV) 2. Entertainment Category - Kinkakuji Soundstage - NAB - Mainichi Broadcasting System (NAB/MBS, Japan) 3. Children Category - On The Road - Radio & Television of the People's Republic of China/ China Central Television (RTPRC/CCTV) 4. Youth Category - Jungle Fish - Korean Broadcasting System (KBS) 5. News Category - Tofu Construction - Hong Kong Cable Television Limited (HKCTV) 6. Documentary Category - East and West - Korean Educational Broadcasting System (EBS) 7. Sports Category - Japan swimming Championships:Beijing Olympics Trial - Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK) 8. Special Jury Prize Category - My School Master, the Scavenger - (Metro TV)

Special Commendation TV

1. Children Category - Hawkeye - (KBP-ABS-CBN) 2. News Category - Surging Cities-Dhaka: The Miracle of Microcredit - (NHK)

Engineering Awards 2008

ABU Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award - Mr Takao Shimizu - Executive Researcher of Tokyo Broadcasting System, Japan
ABU Engineering Industry Excellence Award - Dr Ahn Dongsu - Vice-President of Ubiquitous Media Contents Alliance and President of the Future
Broadcasting Research Group.
ABU Technical Review Prize - Dr Eng Akio Ando - Head of Acoustics and Audio Engineering Group of NHK STRL, Japan.


Dennis Anthony Memorial AwardFor best news coverage of the year by a member of Asiavision-CCTV-China - for its coverage of the Sichuan earthquake in May.ABU Prize Award for HIV/AIDS Reporting 2008Ms Dewi Suspaningrum - Metro TV, IndonesiaChild Rights AwardMr Jay Taruc - Producer, GMA Network. Philippines

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About the ABU

The Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union (ABU) is a non-profit, non-government, professional association of broadcasting organisations, formed in 1964 to facilitate the development of broadcasting in the Asia-Pacific region. It provides a forum for promoting the collective interests of television and radio broadcasters, and engages in activities to encourage regional and international co-operation between broadcasters. It currently has more than 200 members in 56 countries, with its broadcaster members reaching a potential audience of about 3 billion people. The ABU is the third largest of the world’s eight broadcasting unions, but covers the largest geographic area of the world. For more information, please visit www.abu.org.my.