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NYF World's Best TV & Films 2015 winners announced at NAB

ESPN, History, and Showtime honoured with Grand Awards; CNN adjudged Broadcaster of the Year; Edge Picture Company named Production Company of the Year

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NYF World's Best TV & Films 2015 winners announced at NAB

ESPN, History, and Showtime honoured with Grand Awards; CNN adjudged Broadcaster of the Year; Edge Picture Company named Production Company of the Year

BestMediaInfo Bureau | Delhi | April 16, 2015

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New York Festivals International Television & Film Awards, now in its 58th year, announced the World's Best TV & Films winners at their gala event at the annual NAB Show in Las Vegas on April 14, 2015.

The Grand Jury panel awarded 145 Gold World Medals, 155 Silvers, 128 Bronzes, and 261 Finalist Certificates from entries submitted from over 50 countries. ESPN won the Grand Award for 'Outside the Lines Special Report: The 'N' Word'; History Channel, too, bagged a Grand Award for 'Houdini'; while Showtime won the Grand Award for 'Years of Living Dangerously'.

CNN achieved prominence, earning the title of Broadcaster of the Year and was in the spotlight with 16 Gold World Medals, 13 Silvers, eight Bronzes and 18 Finalist Certificates.

The Edge Picture Company was recognised with the title of Production Company of the Year for the ninth year in a row. The UK-based company earned a total of five Gold World Medals, three Silvers, one Bronze and nine Finalist Certificates.

New York Festivals honoured Ken Aagaard, Executive Vice-President, Operations, Engineering & Production Services, CBS Sports, with the fifth annual New York Festivals Lifetime Achievement Award. With a media career spanning over four decades, Aagaard is one of sports television's most respected broadcast executives. His resume includes high profile global sporting events for many networks, including 18 Super Bowls, five World Series, a half dozen Wimbledon matches and French Opens, and three Olympic Games, including the 1988 Games in Seoul where he was VP Operations for NBC Olympics.

Long-form entertainment categories were in the spotlight with multiple high-profile programmes earning medals for extraordinary programmes. Mini-series entries earning Gold Medals: 'Víctor Ros' CRTVE / TVE, and 'Cillia' ITV. 'Vikings' Drama History Channel also earned a Gold World Medal. Additional programmes taking home the Gold included: 'Boardwalk Empire DVD Feature' Entertainment HBO, 'Pinocchio' Family Special WDR, and 'iheart Radio Music Awards 2015' Special Event Done+Dusted. TV movies that won Gold Medals were: 'The Witness House', 'The Chosen Ones (OT: Die Auserwählten)' and 'The Investigator (OT: Die Fahnderin)' both by WDR, and 'Prim, Murder in Turk Street' CRTVE / TVE.

CNN's coverage was in the forefront, racking up a total of 16 Gold Medal winning entries, including 'This is Life with Lisa Ling', 'Theme Parks Investigation', 'Morgan Spurlock Inside Man', 'Every Day in Cambodia, A CNN Freedom Project Documentary', 'The Hunt with John Walsh', 'Typhoon Haiyan', 'The Sixties', 'And the Oscar Goes To...', 'Iraq: Sinjar Mountain Rescue', 'CNNgo: Launch (Commuter/ Airport/ Workout)', 'Human to Hero: Verity Smith, British Dressage Rider', and 'Anthony Bourdain Parts Unknown: Get Packing' for Documentary/Information Programme Promotion. In addition, CNN's Ivan Watson and Nima Elbagir each earned a Gold Medal for Best News Reporter/ Correspondent.

Other news coverage earning accolades included: 'Return of the Lizard King' Al Jazeera Network and 'Stolen Art' Spiegel TV GmbH, each earned a Gold Medal for Best Investigative Report; 'Haiti Health Care' MediaLinks TV, CCTV-America took home the Gold for Best Coverage of Continuing News Story. Steve Chao Al Jazeera Network also earned a Gold Medal for Best News Reporter/ Correspondent. 'The Sinking of the Sewol' Channel News Asia, MediaCorp Pte Ltd and 'Hunt for a Super Comet' Exploration Productions Inc. - Discovery Channel Canada were each honoured with Gold Medals for Best News Documentary/ Special.

HBO's promos were in the winner's circle: 'Boardwalk Empire Season 5 Campaign' and 'True Detective Trailer #5 Atmospheric' earned Gold World Medals. HBO's 'Rock & Roll Hall of Fame 2014 Induction Ceremony Trailer', 'Silicon Valley Trailer, Promo #2, GOT Tie-in', 'Sonic Highways Trailer', 'The Normal Heart Campaign', 'The Leftovers Season 1 Campaign', and 'True Detective Season 1 Promo Campaign' were awarded Silver World Medals.

Primetime promos took centre stage and prominent award-winners taking home the Gold included: NBC's 'Peter Pan Live! First Look' and 'The Blacklist – Dominos'. Fox Broadcasting Company's '24: Live Another Day - Street Chaos Super Bowl Promo' earned a Gold Medal. NBC's Silver Medalists included:  'Chicago Fire', 'The Voice', 'Joy Ride', 'Voice S7 First Look', and 'The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon Launch Campaign'. Showtime's 'House of Lies Handshake', STARZ's 'The Missing', and BBC Worldwide entries 'Sherlock - Season 3', 'The Musketeers', a 'Top Gear S21' each received Silver Medals.

ESPN saw 15 entries ranging from special events to sports journalism earn Gold World Medals, including '2014 FIFA World Cup Final', 'SportsCenter', 'Pete's Challenge', 'Origins of Species' and 'A Lasting Image', 'Outside the Lines Special Report: The 'N' Word'. E:60, ESPN's investigative news magazine, earned Gold Medals for 'Enemy Within', 'Qatar's World Cup', 'Downhill', and 'Dream On'. In addition, 'Felix Sabates' Reportajes Especiales and 'Jake Olson Fights On' College Gameday each received a Gold Medal.

Sport programming scored Gold Medals for multiple entrants, including:  HBO's 'Cornered: Kenny Bayless' and '2 Days - Ruslan Provodnikov'. In addition, 'Hall of Heroes: MLB Network Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony' MLB Network, 'Mylène Paquette Great Odyssey' Radio Canada, 'Billy Ingham, A Story About Passion' Buddy Films for Havas Sports & Entertainment were honoured with Gold Medals. 'Sochi 2014 Olympics Opening Ceremony' Channel One Russia and 'The Display of Faith' San Francisco 49ers each earned a Silver Medal. In addition, 'Chiefs Kingdom: #29' Kansas City Chiefs earned a Bronze World Medal.

Top honours were bestowed to online programming entries. Deutsche Welle's 'When we were 17: Youth at the crossroads' took home the Gold Medal in the Online Special Events category. Online Comedy entries 'Tiny Commando' Kids at Play, Principato -Young Entertainment earned a Gold Medal and 'Secret Agent' Attraction Images took home the Bronze Medal. Online Educational Programme categories received multiple awards, including: 'We the Economy' Vulcan Productions / Cinelan received a Gold Medal and '#GameOn' Australian Communications and Media Authority earned a Silver Medal.

Documentaries also took centre stage, earning Gold Medals for brilliant storytelling, award-winning entries, including: 'Whitey: United States of America vs. James J. Bulger' Radical Media, CNN Films; 'Tide of Grief' May Events; 'Drawing Against Oblivion' Final Frame Produktions GmbH; 'Journey to the South Pacific' MacGillivray Freeman Films; and 'The Cabaret of Death' TVP S.A. Silver Medalists included: 'David Bowie is' Done +Dusted; 'Highways Conversation with Foo Fighters' HBO, and 'Walang Rape sa Bontok' (Bontok, Rapeless) GMA Network.

Prominent corporations earned top honours for their Corporate Films. 'Evinrude G2 Outboard Teaser' Group Mojo earned a Gold Award. The Edge Picture Company was honoured with multiple Gold Awards for various programmes, including two Gold Awards for 'Lifesaving Rules', along with Gold Awards going to 'My Story', 'The Sound of ABB', and 'A Day in the Life of a Toilet'. The UK-based company also earned three Silver Medals for their entries – 'Business without Barriers', 'Face Cloud', and 'Guardians of the Sky'.

Annually NYF, in collaboration with the United Nations Department of Public Information, selects entries that exemplify the aims and ideas of the United Nations and honours them with the United Nations Department of Public Information (UNDPI) awards. 'Our Girl' Animage Limited, Social Issues earned the Gold UNDI Award; 'Years of Living Dangerously' Showtime Networks Inc., Environment & Ecology earned the Silver UNDPI; and 'On the Other Side of the Fence' Henry Nevison Productions, Social Issues was awarded the Bronze UNDPI Award.

Sponsors of the 2015 New York Festivals Television & Film Awards included Limelight Networks, PRG, Pond5, Creative Handbook and Production Hub. Production Hub was the official media sponsor of the 2015 NYF Television & Film Awards.

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