The winners of this year's HOT BIRD(TM) TV Awards, the unique international event recognising the highest quality of content creation and innovation by thematic satellite television channels, were honoured on November 19 at a gala ceremony in Venice in the company of 250 international broadcasting executives.

"We congratulate the men and women generating the remarkable content awarded by the jury of this year's HOT BIRD(TM) TV Awards," said Michel de Rosen, Eutelsat CEO. "Over 150 thematic channels from Europe, the Middle East and Africa entered this year's event. This makes it the most significant and diverse to date, and underscores the extraordinary vitality of the satellite broadcasting market and its capacity to innovate."

Founded in 1998 by Eutelsat, in partnership with Eurovisioni and Satexpo, the Awards comprise 11 thematic categories: Music; News; Sports; Cinema; Children's; Lifestyle; National Window; HDTV; Documentaries; Fiction/Entertainment; Culture/Education.

Following the success over previous years of the People's Choice, viewers had the opportunity to once again enter their favourite channel for this popular public Award.

Awards were also bestowed for the first time this year for Best Programme and Best New Channel launched over the last 12 months.

The members of the international jury of media experts of the HOT BIRD(TM) TV AWARDS are:

Jerzy Barski, TV-Sat Magazine (Poland), Jacques Braun, Eurodata TV (France), Paolo Dalla Chiara, Sat Expo (Italy), Giovanna Maggioni, Upa (Italy), Asu Maro, Milliyet Sanat e Milliyet Daily (Turkey), Giacomo Mazzone, Eurovisioni (Europe), Mimi Turner, Hollywood Reporter (Europe), Michel Gregoire, EGTA (Europe)

Jury coordinator: Duilio Giammaria, Rai (Itay). Technical expert: Mauro Roffi, Mille Canali (Italy).

                HOT BIRD(TM) TV AWARDS WINNERS 2010

    CATEGORY              CHANNEL                  COUNTRY

    HDTV                  Mezzo Live HD            France
    Children's            Yourfamily               Germany
    Cinema                Kino Polska              Poland
    Culture/Education     Nostalgia                Russia
    Documentaries         365 Days TV              Russia
    Fiction/Entertainment Ma Chaine Etudiante      France
    Lifestyle             Joint Winners:
                          Gambero Rosso Channel    Italy
                          Information TV           UK
    Music                 iConcerts                Switzerland
    News/Information      Joint Winners
                          BBC World News           UK
                          Current                  Italy
    Sport                 Sky Sport Channels       Italy
    National Window       CCTV News                China
    People's Choice       TVN Warsawa              Poland
    Best Programme        Metro (RTR Planeta)      Russia
                          Special Mention:         France
                          The Battle for Afghanya
                          Valley (France 24)
    Best New Channel      SuperSport International South Africa

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