CBC Television wins Broadcaster of the Year Award at New York Festivals

February 24, 2007

News Releases CBC Television wins Broadcaster of the Year Award at New York Festivals -

Ottawa, ON (rushprnews) 02/24/2007 - CBC Television had an impressive showing on February 2 at the New York Festivals Awards ceremony http://www.newyorkfestivals.com/, capturing the first-ever television Broadcaster of the Year Award. The network also won a Grand Award, eight Gold World Medals and 26 other medals and certificates for television programming and promotion.

Here are some of the details:CBC News: the fifth estate - Rogue Agent won the Grand Award for Best News Program, as well as a Gold World Medal for Best Investigative Report (Longform). Rogue Agent told the troubling story of Mike Danton, the young NHL player who hired a hit man to kill his former coach and agent. The investigative documentary program was also the recipient of two other Gold World Medals (Fasten Your Seatbelts - Best Public Affairs Program, and Tsunami - Untold Stories - Health/Medical category), a Silver World Medal (Failing Jeffrey), a Bronze World Medal (A Few Bad Apples) and two Finalist Certificates.Other Gold World Medals were won by:
CBC News At Six: Shedding the Past - Inserts: Human Interest (CBC Saskatchewan)
Country Canada: Legacy - The Will to Survive - Community Portraits
The National: Land, Gold and Women - Cultural Issues
Mission:
Suez - History & Society
Nuclear Jihad - Social Issues/Current EventsCBC Television also received five Silver and three Bronze medals, 17 Finalist Certificates and a United Nations Department of Public Information Bronze Award.

About CBC/Radio-CanadaCBC/Radio-Canada is
Canada's national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions. With 28 services offered on Radio, Television, the internet, satellite radio, digital audio, as well as through its record and music distribution service and wireless WAP and SMS messaging services, CBC/Radio-Canada is available how, where, and when Canadians want.

Through this array of activities, CBC/Radio-Canada brings diverse regional and cultural perspectives into the daily lives of Canadians in English, French and eight aboriginal languages, in nine languages on its international Radio service, RCI, and in eight languages on its web-based radio service RCI viva, a service for recent and aspiring immigrants to
Canada.For additional information, please contact:Katherine Heath-Eves
Media Relations
CBC/Radio-Canada (
Ottawa)
Tel: (613) 288-6235
heathevk@cbc.ca

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