The Asian Television Awards is an appreciation to recognize and reward programming and production excellence in the Asian television industry. Held every December, the Awards draws about 1,400 entries each year from a wide range of broadcasters, including free-to-air TV stations and pay-TV platforms as well as many independent production houses in Asia. Every year, at least nine jury sessions are held in several Asian cities including Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, where the panel of judges of over 15 countries evaluate and select the entries in closed sessions. The results are then tabulated and audited by PriceWaterhouseCoopers, and the winners will be announced during the Awards' night in Singapore.
Asian TV Awards is organized by Television Asia Plus magazine, established in 1994 and formerly organized by Singapore Broadcasting Corporation in 1987-1993.
Launched in 1987, the Awards usually comprises over 30 categories including Best Documentary Program, Best News Program, Best Cinematography, Best Current Affairs Presenter and many more.
Best Documentary Programme (30 minutes or less)
Best Documentary Programme (31 minutes or more)
Best Natural History or Wildlife Programme
Best News Programme
Best Single News Story/Report (10 minutes or less)
Best News/Current Affairs Special
Best Current Affairs Programme
Best Social Awareness Programme
Best Comedy Programme
Best Entertainment (One-off/Annual)
Best Entertainment Programme
Best Drama Series
Best Docu-drama
Best Reality Programme
Best Game or Quiz Programme
Best Music Programme
Best Talk Show
Best Live Event Coverage
Best Children's Programme
Best Infotainment Programme
Best Animation
Best Single Drama/Telemovie
Best News Presenter or Anchor
Best Current Affairs Presenter
Best Entertainment Presenter
Best Drama Performance by an Actor
Best Drama Performance by an Actress
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
Best Comedy Performance by an Actor/Actress
Technical and creative
Best Cinematography
Best Direction
Best Editing
Best Original Music Score
Ten Alps Communications Asia CEO and ATA organizer Raymond Wong,
MediaCorp Raintree Pictures Managing Director Man Shu Sum;
New South Wales Film and TV Office Chief Executive Tania Chambers;
Shanghai Media Group Chairman and President Li Ruigang;
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Head of Program Development Center Fumio Narashima;
New Delhi Television Limited Group CEO and Executive Director Narayan Rao;
Broadcasting Television Broadcasts Limited General Manager S. K. Cheong;
Media Prima Berhad Group Managing Director Dato’ Amrin Awaluddin;
Discovery Networks Asia – Pacific Executive Vice President and Managing Director Tom Keaveny; and
MediaCorp Pte. Limited CEO Lucas Chow.
GMA-7 Chairman and CEO Felipe L.Gozon
Best Documentary Programme (30 minutes or less) : "Body Snatchers of Bangkok" from National Geographic Channel (Asia)
Best Documentary Programme (31 minutes or more) : "Mysterious Hanging Coffins of China" from Discovery Channel and "50 Years of Overseas Adoption of Korean Children" from Munhwa Broadcasting Channel 11 (Joint winners)
Best Natural History or Wildlife Programme : "Face to Face with the Ice Bear" from NHK Digital Hi-Vision Channel
Best News Programme : Channel i News from SPH MediaWorks Channel i
Best Single News Story/Report (10 minutes or less) : Terrorist Bombing of UN Headquarters in Iraq from NHK General TV Channel
Best News/Current Affairs Special : "Family Bond - Give Us Back Our Father" from Tokyo Broadcasting System
Best Current Affairs Programme : The Impeachment of President Roh from Munhwa Broadcasting Channel 11
Best Social Awareness Programme : "Pijar" from PT Surya Citra Televisi
Best Comedy Programme : "Bubble Gang" from GMA Network Channel 7 (Philippines)
Best Entertainment (One-off/Annual) : MTV Asia Award 2004 from MTV Networks Asia
Best Entertainment Programme : "Masquerade" from Nippon Television Network
Best Drama Series : "Damo: The Legendary Police Woman" from Munhwa Broadcasting Channel 11
Best Docu-drama : "HONKOWA - True Horror Stories" from Fuji Television
Best Reality Programme : "Dunia Lain - Lawang Sewu" PT Televisi Transformasi Indonesia
Best Game or Quiz Programme : "Fan Pan Tae" from Royal Thai TV Channel 5
Best Music Programme : "Shi-Bu-Ki" from Yomiuri Telecasting Channel 10
Best Talk Show : "The Big Fight - Has the Time Come to End the Beauty Contest" from New Delhi Television NDTV 24X7
Best Live Event Coverage : Big [V] Concert frin Star India, Channel [V]
Best Children's Programme : "Fruity Pie - Lin Lin's Story" from Public Television Service
Best Infotainment Programme : "Love House" from Munhwa Broadcasting Channel 11
Best Animation : "Gokusen" from Nippon Television Network
Best Single Drama/Telemovie : "Our Memories of the Sugarcane Field" from Tokyo Broadcasting System
Best Documentary Programme (30 minutes or less) : "Building Site" from Dalian Television, China
Best Documentary Programme (31 minutes or more) : "Little School Children" from Shanghai Media Group, Dragon TV, China
Best Natural History or Wildlife Programme : "A Flash of Blue" from NHK Digital Hi-Vision Channel
Best News Programme : Waves of Destruction from NDTV 24X7, India
Best Single News Story/Report (10 minutes or less) : "Rebel Impasse" from Ocean Vista Films Ltd, Hong Kong
Best Current Affairs Programme : "FTV's Hall of Dissent" from Formosa Television, Channel 53, Taiwan
Best Social Awareness Programme : "i-Witness: The GMA Documentaries – Skin and Bones (Buto't Balat)" from GMA Channel 7, Philippines
Best Comedy Programme : "Daddy’s Girls – Lulu’s Special Strawberry Cream Cake" written by Ong Su Mann.
Best Entertainment (One-off/Annual) : "Eat Bulaga! Silver Special" from GMA Network, Philippines
Best Entertainment Programme : "Masquerade" from Nippon Television, Japan
Best Drama Series : "Damo: The Legendary Police Woman" from Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation 11, South Korea
Best Docu-drama : "HONKOWA - True Horror Stories" from Fuji Television, Japan
Best Reality Programme : "Dance Competition" PT Televisi Transformasi Indonesia
Best Game or Quiz Programme : "Fan Pan Tae" from Royal Thai TV Channel 5
Best Music Programme : "Shi-Bu-Ki" from Yomiuri Telecasting Channel 10
Best Talk Show : "Macam Macam Aznil" from Astro Ria, Malaysia
Best Live Event Coverage : Big [V] Concert frin Star India, Channel [V]
Best Children's Programme : "Fruity Pie - Lin Lin's Story" from Public Television Service
Best Infotainment Programme : "Love House" from Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation 11, South Korea
Best Animation : "Pozzie" from Nippon Television, Japan
Best Single Drama/Telemovie : "Our Memories of the Sugarcane Field" from Tokyo Broadcasting System, Japan
Best Terrestrial Channel of the Year : GMA Network, Inc., Philippines
Programming
Best Documentary Programme (30 minutes or less) : "My Treasures" by Shanghai Media Group, Documentary Channel (China)
Best Documentary Programme (31 minutes or more) : "You are My Destiny" by Munhwa Broadcasting Corp (MBC) (Korea)
Best Natural History or Wildlife Programme : "Korea Last Survivor - Mystery Uncovered "Copper-winged Bat" by Korean Broadcasting System (Korea)
Best News Programme : "CNN Today" by CNN International (Hong Kong)
Best Single News Story/Report (10 minutes or less) : "Hunger Deaths" by New Delhi Television Limited, NDTV 24x7 (India)
Best Current Affairs Programme : "Uncovering the Scientific Fraud of the Century" by Munhwa Broadcasting Corp (MBC) (Korea)
Best Social Awareness Programme : "Unanswered Questions - Single Young Fathers" by Seoul Broadcasting System, Channel 6 (Korea)
Best Comedy Programme : "The Ghost Doctor" by Scenario Co. Ltd., Modern Nine TV, Channel 9 (Thailand)
Best Entertainment (One-off/Annual) : "Hong Kong Disneyland Grand Opening Special" by Walt Disney Television International (Asia Pacific), Television Broadcast Ltd (Hong Kong), Jade Channel (Hong Kong)
Best Entertainment Programme : "The Man’s World Show #1" by SPE Networks - Asia Pte Ltd, AXN Asia (Singapore)
Best Drama Series : "A Love To Kill" by Korean Broadcasting System, KBS TV2 (Korea)
Best Docu-drama : "Voice Recorder" by Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc, Tokyo Broadcasting System Television Inc (Japan)
Best Reality Programme : "Real Situations Saturday – Changing our Child’s Behaviour" by Seoul Broadcasting System, Channel 6 (Korea)
Best Game or Quiz Programme : "NEP League" by Fuji Television Network Inc (Japan)
Best Music Programme : "Leo & Miriam Special 2005" by Television Broadcasts Limited, TVB, Jade Channel
Best Talk Show : "Republic Benar - Benar Mabok (BBM)" by PT. Indosiar Visual Mandiri, Indosiar (Indonesia)
Best Live Event Coverage : "Hunger Deaths" by New Delhi Television Limited, NDTV 24x7 (India)
Best Children's Programme : "Todsagun Kid Game" by Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Ltd, Modern Nine, Channel 9 (Thailand)
Best Infotainment Programme : "Where the Queue Starts" by MediaCorp Pte Ltd, MediaCorp TV Channel 8 (Singapore)
Best Animation : "Republic Benar - Benar Mabok (BBM)" by PT. Indosiar Visual Mandiri, Indosiar (Indonesia)
Best Single Drama/Telemovie : "Hiroshima - August 6th 1945" by Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc, TBS, Channel 6 (Japan)
Performance
Best News Presenter or Anchor : Kristie Lu Stout for "CNN Today" by CNN International (Hong Kong)
Best Current Affairs Presenter : Stan Grant for "Pakistan Earthquake Rising From The Ruins" by CNN International (Hong Kong)
Best Entertainment Presenter : Phanya Nirunkul for "Todsagun Kid Game" Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Ltd, Modern Nine, Channel 9 (Thailand)
Best Drama Performance by an Actor : Mathialagan M for "Accidental Accident - Padigal (6 Stages of life)" Blue River Pictures Pte Ltd, MediaCorp TV12, Vasantham Central (Singapore)
Best Drama Performance by an Actress : Phiyada Akkraseranee for "Hua Jai Chocolate (Heart Of Chocolate)" Scenario Co Ltd, Royal Thai Army Television, Channel 5 (Thailand)
Best Comedy Performance by an Actor : Michael V for "Bubble Gang GMA Network Inc" (Philippines)
Best Comedy Performance by an Actress : Janet Khoo for "Mat Dom Teksi" Double Vision Sdn Bhd, Radio Television Malaysia, RTM 1 (Malaysia)
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Best Actor in a Leading Role
2009: Adrian Pang for Red Thread
2010: Bowie Lam for Sister of Pearl
2011: Kevin Cheng for Ghetto Justice
2012: Moses Chan for When Heaven Burns
2013: Chris Wu for Emerging Light
2014: Pierre Png for Zero Calling
2015: Zhang Jia-Yi for Forty-nine Days Memory
Best Actress in a Leading Role
2009: Michelle Yim for Moonlight Resonance
2010: Rebecca Lim for The Pupil
2011: Charmaine Sheh for Can't Buy Me Love
2012: Rui En for Unriddle 2
2013: Jade Chou for Falling
2014: Puteri Balqis Azizi for Balqis
2015: Zhou Xun for Red Sorghum
Best Actor in a Supporting Role
2010: Lim Kay Tong for The Pupil
2011: Mak Cheung Ching for No Regrets
2012: Lucas Luo for Man • Boy
2013: Jeffrey Xu for Marry Me
2014: Rayson Tan for Entangled
2015: Lim Kay-Tong for Grace
Best Actress in a Supporting Role
2010: Susan Tse for Beyond the Realm of Conscience
2011: Fala Chen for No Regrets
2012: Nancy Wu for Gloves Come Off
2013: Aileen Tan for The Day It Rained on Our Parade
2014: Hsieh Chiung-Hsuan for Lonely River
2015: Nusba Punnakanta for The Secret Truth
Best Comedy Performance by an Actor/Actress
2009: Chusak Iamsuk for Raberd Thurd Theung
2010: Chua En Lai for The Noose 3
2011: Suhaimi Yusof for The Noose Season 4
2012: Michelle Chong for The Noose Season 5
2013: Chua En Lai for The Noose
2014: Irene Ang for Spouse For House
2015: Ivana Wong for Come On, Cousin
