The 2024 Asian Television Network Awards honours ABU for best international news exchange – ABU

The 2024 ATV Awards honours ATV members for their contributions over the past year. This year’s ceremony was hosted by ThaiPBS in Bangkok and saw 11 winners in 10 categories.

The full list of winners is as follows:

• • (Winner)KBS – South Korea
    Professor of Medicine resigns
  • Resin delayed molding – Malaysia
    Yemeni refugees suffer in their own land
  • Vietnam Television – Vietnam
    Flood-sensitive village becomes tourist attraction
  • TVB – Hongkong
    Disabled artists perform Bodhisattva dance
  • Central News Agency – Singapore
    Hot and Cool Spots in Singapore

• • (Winner) VTV – Vietnam
    Pro Powerboat Grand Prix
  • Pacific Television – New Zealand
    Solomon Islands 2023 Pacific Games
  • Compton – China
    The 19th Asian Games Hangzhou
  • TVB – Hongkong
    Wushu victories inspire new generation
  • Time Division Multiplexing – Macao
    Macau Grand Prix

• Best reporting for small newsrooms

• • (Winner) NTV – Nepal
    Jajakot Earthquake and Aftermath
  • edit – Bangladesh
    Clashes in Cox’s Bazar refugee camp
  • TV5 – Mongolia
    Snowstorm during the Lunar New Year
  • Real-time bidding – Brunei
    Prince Abdul Mateen’s Royal Wedding
  • Fluidized bed bacteria – Fiji
    Fiji’s first turban-wearing police officer

• Best International News Coverage

• • (Winner)CMG – China
    Impact of war on Gaza’s children
  • Teritech – Türkiye
    Diplomatic efforts to ease Gaza conflict
  • NHK – JapanHawaii wildfires
  • Resin delayed molding – Malaysia
    The plight of Yemeni refugees
  • Direct Difference – India
    The aftermath of Hamas’s attack on Israel

• Best Climate Reporting Change & sustainable development

• • (Winner) Fiji Television – Fiji
    Climate Change and Human Rights
  • MCOT – Thailand
    Forest fires and haze in Chiang Mai
  • Compton – China
    Three-generation family copes with desertification
  • Vietnam Television – Vietnam
    Tongta’s Smart Agriculture
  • Pasifika TV – New Zealand
    Vanuatu Road Resilience

• Best Public Interest Issue Coverage

• • (Winner)TRT – Türkiye
    Local election events and results
  • (Winner) TPBS – Thailand
    Former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra returns
  • NHK – Japan
    Fukushima nuclear power plant wastewater discharge
  • TVB – Hongkong
    New national security law passed
  • Compton – China
    China’s space exploration

• • (Winner) Gautam Roy – DD India
    Ganges erosion
  • Annaz MD Nor – RTM Malaysia
    Muar is rated as the cleanest tourist city in ASEAN
  • Tapas Bhattacharya – DD India
    After Cyclone Bipajoi
  • Amelia Rigsby – Pacific Television
    Concerns about fossil fuel lobbyists at COP28
  • Dilnavoz Madrakhimova – MTRK Uzbekistan
    Winter Tourism Opportunities

• Best Breaking News Coverage

• • (Winner)NHK – Japan
    Two planes collide at Haneda Airport
  • Direct Difference – India
    Railway collision in Odisha
  • SLRC – Sri Lanka
    Accident at Fox Hill Racing Event
  • Compton – China
    Qiqihar primary and secondary school gymnasium collapse accident
  • TPBS – Thailand
    Siam Paragon shooting

• Best Disaster Coverage
  • (Winner)NHK – Japan
    New Year’s Day Earthquake
  • Compton – China
    Typhoon and flood disaster in Hebei
  • Television Research Institute – Indonesia
    Rouen volcano eruption
  • Direct Difference – India
    Cyclone Bipajoy hits western India
  • ariana tv – Afghanistan
    Afghanistan hit by floods

• Won the Outstanding Contribution Director Award from Asia Television Network
  • Fiona Tan Guet Ngoh – CNA Singapore
    User Experience Tips for Asia Pacific