HABTOOR GRAND HOTEL / DUBAI / UAE

1 day / 1 evening / 6 panels
33 speakers / 18 awards
1 gala awards dinner

13 November 2019

2019 Awards

Categories

All projects or initiatives that are being submitted for the awards should have been completed between November 2018 and October 2019.
Nominations should be submitted online, following the nomination guidelines.


  • Production House of the Year
  • BEST FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT OF THE YEAR
  • Animated Work of the Year
  • BroadcastProME Innovative Project of 2019
  • MENA TRENDSETTER OF THE YEAR
  • Best Streaming Service of the Year
  • Best Female Broadcast Executive of the Year
Production House of the Year
  • We want to see the best productions undertaken in the MENA region. It could be in the fiction or non-fiction category but it should have been produced and edited by people (local or expatriate) residing in the Arab world.
  • Who should apply: Production Houses/Post Production Houses/Independent Filmmakers/Producers/Broadcasters/OTT players.
  • Submission should include details of the production and why it deserves to win as well as a link to the production itself. A USB or DVD of the film should also be couriered to BroadcastPro Middle East, #208, Bldg 3C, CPI Trade Media, Dubai Studio City.
  • This award is for the quality of the content submitted.
  • To enter your nomination in this category, click here
BEST FACTUAL ENTERTAINMENT OF THE YEAR
  • Any non-fiction TV programming that documents actual events, people, animals can be part of this category. This includes documentaries, observational documentaries, docudramas, travel series, and reality television. The one condition is that this should have been produced and edited by people (local or expatriate) residing in the Arab world.
  • Who should apply: Production Houses/Post Production Houses/Independent Filmmakers/Producers/Broadcasters.
  • Submission should include details of the production and why it deserves to win as well as a link to the production itself. A USB or DVD of the film should also be couriered to BroadcastPro Middle East, #208, Bldg 3C, CPI Trade Publishing, Dubai Studio City.
  • This award is for the quality of the content submitted.
  • To enter your nomination in this category, click here
Animated Work of the Year
  • This category is self-explanatory. All animated works are welcome to participate in this category.
  • Who should apply: Production Houses/Post Production Houses/Independent Filmmakers/Producers/Broadcasters/OTT players.
  • Submission should include details of the animation and why it deserves to win as well as a link to the work itself. A USB or DVD of the film should also be couriered to BroadcastPro Middle East, #208, Bldg 3C, CPI Trade Publishing, Dubai Studio City.
  • To enter your nomination in this category, click here
BroadcastProME Innovative Project of 2019
  • This award is aimed at acknowledging a specific project that deserves recognition in the market for being unique and taking the industry forward in terms of technology deployment. It needs to be a broadcast-related project but will accommodate traditional as well as new media platforms including Mobile TV, broadband, IPTV, distribution of content across different platforms and so on. The aim is to identify an award-winning project that has had a positive impact on the broadcast industry either within a specific Arab country, regionally or internationally.
  • Who should apply: Broadcast end users/SIs/web/user generated content players/ content aggregators and distributors or even service providers who work in a broadcast capacity or provide similar services to broadcasters/telcos etc.
  • Submission should include complete details/case study of the project or unique initiative and why it is unique in the region.
  • To enter your nomination in this category, click here.
MENA TRENDSETTER OF THE YEAR
  • This award will recognise any broadcaster/OTT provider/ content generator/service provider that has undertaken a project in the region that is innovative and forward thinking and clearly makes them a frontrunner in the market.
  • Who should apply: Broadcasters/ OTT providers/ content aggregators/ content providers and service providers owned by public or private entities who work in a broadcast capacity or provide similar services to broadcasters/telcos etc.
  • Submission should include complete details/case study of any innovative or trendsetting project.
  • To enter your nomination in this category, click here.
Best Streaming Service of the Year
  • Traditional broadcasters and OTT platforms are undertaking a number of strategies to differentiate themselves in the marketplace. This may be a commercial, technical or community initiative that is helping them to stand out from the rest with their OTT platform. It could be the innovative content deals you are doing with studios or the deals you are doing with telcos. We’d like to hear from you.
  • Who should apply: Broadcasters, OTT players and social media platforms, Production companies, Government and private entities
  • Submission should include sufficient details about your content, technical or commercial strategy and why you are a trendsetter in the OTT space.
  • To enter your nomination in this category, click here.
Best Female Broadcast Executive of the Year
  • This award is a first for the region’s broadcast industry and is our first attempt to acknowledge women who have contributed to the success of this sector. We welcome nominations from any female executive in either the commercial or the engineering side of the MENA TV, radio, streaming or film production business who have innovated, been a game changer, led to strategic changes within their company or the industry or even succeeded in completing a major deal or a challenging project. This is open to women executives and engineers within the TV and radio broadcast, film industry or OTT market for this year.
  • Who should apply? Senior female executives, engineers, heads of production houses and women working in the TV, film, OTT or radio industry specifically within the area of strategic planning, commercial or engineering.
  • This award is not intended for anchors, presenters, marketing heads, financial heads and so on.
  • Submission should include strong and compelling reasons for why the candidate deserves to win.
  • To enter your nomination in this category, click here.
  • Outstanding OTT Production of the Year
  • RADIO INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
  • Digital Strategy of the Year
  • BEST VIDEO INITIATIVE ON A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM
  • SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR OF THE YEAR
  • BROADCAST SERVICES PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
  • OUTSTANDING SPORTS INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
Outstanding OTT Production of the Year
  • With more companies creating content just for the web, we thought it appropriate to introduce this category for the first time this year. We want to see the best productions you have created for the web for MENA viewers. It could be in the fiction or non-fiction category but it should have been produced and edited by people (local or expatriate) residing in the Arab world.
  • Who should apply: Telcos/ Production Houses/Post Production Houses/Independent Filmmakers/Producers/Broadcasters/OTT players.
  • Submission should include details of the production and why it deserves to win as well as a link to the production itself. A USB or DVD of the film should also be couriered to BroadcastPro Middle East, #208, Bldg 3C, CPI Trade Publishing, Dubai Studio City
  • This award is only for productions created or tailored specifically for viewing on OTT platforms.
  • To enter your nomination in this category, click here.
RADIO INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
  • This award is aimed at acknowledging innovation in the radio sector that takes the industry forward in terms of content, marketing or technology deployment. We have deliberately kept this category broad to ensure that it is to reward innovation in this sector and not necessarily, the biggest financial investment in technologies. We are primarily looking at any strategy undertaken by a small or big radio station that pushes the boundaries of radio innovation in the region. Your nomination needs to highlight why you are unique or what strategies you have undertaken to make your radio station unique.
  • Who should apply: Radio stations.
  • Submission should include complete details/case study of the project or unique initiative.
  • To enter your nomination in this category, click here.
Digital Strategy of the Year
  • If you have undertaken any OTT initiatives or online streaming projects, this category is for you.
  • Who should apply: Broadcasters/OTT players/integrators/app developers in the media space/producers/telcos/end users.
  • Submission should include important technical and user interface details as well as statistics and anything else you can provide to make your nomination stronger. If your strategy has been on the commercial side within OTT, we welcome nominations on this side as well.
  • To enter your nomination in this category, click here.
BEST VIDEO INITIATIVE ON A SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORM
  • This is a bit more generic and open to anyone who has undertaken a TV/video project on social media that is award winning.
  • Who should apply: Content creators, vloggers, broadcasters, OTT players.
  • To enter your nomination in this category, click here
SYSTEMS INTEGRATOR OF THE YEAR
  • This award is only designed to recognise the works of innovative systems integrators who think out-of-the-box and have completed a recent project that is unique in terms of design and deployment. Box shifters need not apply. We will not look at the number of projects undertaken by a systems integrator although this may be considered if the SI is involved in a wide variety of projects that are quite unique from each other. The main consideration, however, will be the design and deployment of an innovative or trendsetting project that requires skill to put together. Please ensure that the contact details of the end user are included to verify any claims if this is a self nomination.
  • Who should apply: Only genuine systems integrators need apply.
  • Submission should include complete details/case study of a project and why the project is unique, the special challenges under which you worked and how you undertook this project for the client.
  • To enter your nomination in this category, click here.
BROADCAST SERVICES PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
  • This is for TV production and broadcast facilitators, rental houses, studio providers and anybody who provides services or facilitates services for end users within the TV and broadcast space.
  • Who should apply: This is for production houses, rental houses and any service providers who help facilitate the production of live events, sports or offer spectacular facilities or similar services to the industry.
  • Submission should include sufficient details about why you deserve to win. You should be able to prove that you are not just providing equipment but genuinely involved in offering best-of-class services and skills that benefit the market.
  • To enter your nomination in this category, click here.
OUTSTANDING SPORTS INITIATIVE OF THE YEAR
  • There are several players within this space that have undertaken various initiatives over the last year. They may be traditional broadcasters, telcos, production houses… we’d like to hear what you have done that is award winning. It could be a commercial or technical initiative across any platform.
  • Who should apply: Broadcasters, OTT players and social media platforms, Production companies, Government and private entities.
  • Submission should include sufficient details about your why your project is award winning.
  • To enter your nomination in this category, click here.

Special

Satellite Segment


  • Satellite Operator of The Year
  • Space Initiative of the Year
  • SATELLITE SOLUTIONS PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
  • SATELLITE COMPANY OF THE YEAR
Satellite Operator of The Year
  • Satellites play a crucial role in this day and age. From emergency situations and enabling voice communication between chatty friends, to providing internet access to fibre-lacking areas and giving the gift of education or healthcare to those out in remote locations – and everything in between, we are becoming increasingly dependent on the industry. The benefits afforded are remarkable, and these would not be possible without satellite operators.
  • Looking to note the excellent work done in this field, SatellitePro ME presents this award. Any operator can be nominated provided that they have done something beneficial to the Middle East and Africa.
  • Who should apply: Satellite operators working towards improving the MEA region and/or the lives of the people living there.
  • Submission should include complete details or a case study of what you have done to achieve the above stated goal.
  • To enter your nomination on this category, click here.
Space Initiative of the Year
  • A number of government and private entities are involved in space projects today as space is becoming more accessible and is being looked upon as an opportunity to improve life on earth and create greater opportunities for us. If you are involved in any such projects, this space is for you.
  • Who should apply: Government entities, private organisations, anyone involved in space projects in the MENA region.
  • To enter your nomination in this category, click here.
SATELLITE SOLUTIONS PROVIDER OF THE YEAR
  • We have several local and international providers who are involved in satellite projects aimed at improving connectivity, connecting rural areas, bringing broadband at cheaper rates, offering communications on the move, ensuring connectivity in all mission-critical operations across various verticals including oil and gas, maritime, aviation, military and defence and so on.
  • Who should apply: Solution providers, operators, distributors and systems integrators within this space.
  • To enter your nomination in this category, click here.
SATELLITE COMPANY OF THE YEAR
  • Satellite operators and other related players are going beyond their traditional calling to introduce new satellites not just within the GEO space but in the LEO space. Anyone involved in new initiatives that go beyond your traditional calling to bring a better solution to the community must participate in this category.
  • Who should apply: Satellite operators and related businesses.
  • To enter your nomination in this category, click here.

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