ASIAN Television Awards 2008 Winners

The Philippines received 1 award in the recently concluded 13th Asian Television Awards courtesy of GMA and QTV’s Camera Cafe.

In addition to that, GMA 7 also received 3 runner-up honors while QTV-11 got one.

See below that complete list of winners in the 13th Asian TV Awards:

Best Documentary Program (30 mins or less)

Winner: China 21 - The People’s Dumplings (Discovery Asia, Inc./China)

Highly Commended: The Lost Tribe Secret Array of the Cia (Al Jazeera English/Malaysia) & Spirit of the Times- Chinese Contemporary Art: Heroism or Confusion (Singapore)

Best Documentary Program (31 mins or more)

Winner: Big Wall Challenge (NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp./Japan)

Highly Commended: A Bride, Her Last Message- A 24 Hour Year Old Who Battled Breast Cancer (Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc./Japan) & Brat Camp China (National Geographic Channel Asia/Singapore)

Best Natural History or Wildlife Program or Docu-drama

Winner: Kingdom of the Elephants (Discovery Asia, Inc./Singapore)

Highly Recommended: Soul of a River - Cambodia (Discovery Asia, Inc./Singapore) & Soul of a River - China (Discovery Asia, Inc./China)

Best News Program

Winner: CNN Today (CNN International/Hong Kong)

Highly Commended: News at Seven: Magnitude-8 Sichuan Earthquake (I-Cable News Limited/Hong Kong) & News at Seven: Quarke Relief Day Four (I-Cable News Limited/Hong Kong)

Best Single News Story/Report

Winner: Sichuan Earthquake: Landslide (Now TV/China)

Highly Commended: China Quake: Wedding (CNN International/Hong Kong) & China Quake Orphan by Kyung Lah (CNN International/Hong Kong)

Best Drama Series

Winner: Galileo (Fuji Television Network, Inc./Japan)

Highly Commended: Rookies (Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc./Japan) & Lee San, Wind of the Palace (Munwha Broadcasting Corporation/Korea)

Best Single Drama or Telemovie Program

Winner: Singapore Short Story Project: The Other (MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd/Singapore)

Highly Commended: Sorapuchi (Hokkaido television Broadcasting Co., Ltd./Japan) & Manam Series 2 - Ep. 7 (MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd/ Singapore)

Best Comedy Program

Winner: Camera Café (Euro-Asia Media Group Ltd/Philippines)

Highly Commended: Bubble Gang (GMA Network, Inc./Philippines) & Raberd Thurd Theung (Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited/Thailand)

Best Current Affairs Program

Winner: Inside Myanmar- The Crackdown (Al Jazeera English/Malaysia)

Highly Commended: The Lost Tribe - Secret Array of the CIA (Al Jazeera English/Malaysia) & People and Power- Coal Face (Al Jazeera English/Malaysia)

Best Children’s Program

Winner: R.E.M.- The Next Generation (MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd- TV12/Singapore)

Highly Commended: Gali Gali Sim Sim Ep. 3: Chamki Karate (Miditech Pvt Ltd/India) & Blue Water High (Southern Star International/Australia)

Best Entertainment (One-off/Annual)

Winner: Wedding Affair Grand Finals (MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd/Singapore)

Highly Commended: POGO Amazing Kids Awards (Turner Entertainment/Hong Kong)

Best Entertainment Program

Winner: Happy Citadel (Hunan TV/China)

Highly Commended: Celebrity Coach (Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation/China)

Best Game or Quiz Programme

Winner: Lharn Phoo Koo E-Joo (Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited/Thailand)

Highly Commended: Foodie 2 Shoes #13 (Television Broadcasts Limited/Hong Kong), Fan Pan Tae (Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited/Thailand), & Yok Siam (Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited/Thailand)

Best Music Program

Winner: Kinkakuji Sound Stage (Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc./Japan)

Highly Commended: AF6 Finale (Astro Production Sdn Bhd/Malaysia) & Vidiya Vidiya Kondaduvom (Astro Production Sdn Bhd/Malaysia)

Best Reality Program

Winner: Nature’s Platform- Desserted Dogs for Evacuated Village (SBS- Seoul Broadcasting System/Korea)

Highly Recommended: Reunions (GMA Network, Inc./QTV 11/Philippines)

Best Infotainment Program

Winner: All Things Paper (Channel NewsAsia, MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd/Singapore)

Highly Commended: Lead Me On (MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd/Singapore) & Tales of Four Cities (Channel NewsAsia, MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd/Singapore)

Best Talk Show

Winner: Talk Asia (CNN International/Hong Kong)

Highly Commended: Love Just Aint’s Enough (China Business Network Co.,Ltd TV/China) & State of the Nation (ibn 18 Broadcast Limited/India)

Best Animation

Winner: Dogstar Ep. 16- Hounded (Media World Pictures/Australia)

Highly Commended: Ostrich (Miditech Ptv Ltd/India) & Hoshi Shinichi’s Short Shorts (NHK- Japan Broadcasting Corp./Japan)

Best Social Awareness Program

Winner: Robot Jockey (National Geographic Channel Asia/Singapore)

Highly Commended: China 21- Green Wall of China (Discovery Asia, Inc./Singapore), & Moving Mountains: Computer School on a Wheelchair (Beijing Key Frame Cultural Development Co., Ltd./China)

Best Adaptation of an Existing Formats

Winner: The Amazing Race Season 2- Ep.11 (SPE Networks Asia Pte Ltd./Singapore)

Highly Commended: Skatoony (Turner Entertainment Networks Asia/Hong Kong).

Best News Presenter or Anchor

Winner: Martin Soong (Squawk Box/CNBC Asia Pacific/Singapore)

Highly Commended: Kristie Lu Stout (CNN Today/CNN International/Hong Kong) & Hugh Riminton (CNN Today/CNN International/Hong Kong)

Best Current Affairs Presenter

Winner: Christine Tan (Managing Asia/CNBC Asia Pacific/Singapore)

Highly Commended: Vikram Chandra (The Big Fight/New Delhi Television Ltd/India), Anjali Rao (Talk Asia/CNN International/Hong Kong), & Karan Thapar (Devil’s Advocate/ibn 18 Broadcasts Limited/India)

Best Entertainment Presenter

Winner: Guo Liang (Lead Me On/MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd/Singapore)

Highly Commended: Quan Yi Fong (Buzzing Cashier/MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd/Singapore), Aznil Haji Nawawi (Jangan Lupa Lirik/Astro Production Sdn BhdMalaysia), & Phanya Nirunkul (Black Box/Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited/Thailand)

Best Drama Performance by an Actor

Winner: Raymond Lam (The Master of Tai Chi/Television Broadcasts Limited/Hong Kong)

Highly Commended: Lim Kay Tong (En Bloc/MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd/Singapore & Patrick Teoh (En Bloc/MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd/Singapore)

Best Drama Performance by an Actress

Winner: Chiranan Manochaem (The Slave/Bangkok Broadcasting & TC Co., Ltd.,/Thailand)

Highly Commended: Pan Li-Li (Astemisia/Public Television Service Foundation/Taiwan) & Piyathida Woramusik (The Slave/Bangkok Broadcasting & TV Co., Ltd./Thailand).

Best Comedy Performance by an Actor/Actress

Winner: Chusak Iamsuk (Raberd Thurd Theung/Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited/Thailand)

Highly Commended: Ogie Alcasid (Bubble Gang/GMA Network, Inc./Philippines) & Michelle Chong (Sayang Sayang/MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd./Singapore)

Best Cinematography

Winner: Kingdom of the Elephants (Discovery Asia, Inc./Singapore)

Highly Commended: Revealed Hajj (Discovery Asia, Inc./Singapore) & Soul of a River - China (Discovery Asia, Inc./Singapore.

Best Direction

Winner: Kingdom of the Elephants (Discovery Asia, Inc./Singapore)

Highly Commended: China 21- Go Buddha Boys (Discovery Asia, Inc./Singapore) & Portraits of Taiwan- Jimmy Liao (Discovery Asia, Inc./Singapore).

Best Editing

Winner: Ultimate Olympics- Go Beijing (Discovery Asia, Inc./Singapore)

Highly Commended: Take Off- The A380 Saga (Discovery Asia, Inc./Singapore) & Man Made Marvel - Beijing Airport (Discovery Asia, Inc./Singapore)

Terrestrial Broadcaster of the Year

Winner: MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd (Singapore)

Highly Commended: GMA Network Inc. (Philippines)

Cable/Satellite Network of the Year

Winner: Discovery Asia

Highly Commended: CNN International

Source: Onscreen Asia