'Matanglawin' wins int'l award for 'Sabang Dragons'
11/08/2013
LONDON - The International Media Excellence Awards 2013, organized by the Association for International Broadcasting (AIB), recognized ABS-CBN show 'Matanglawin: Sabang Dragons'" with the highly recommended award in the children's factual category.
"[The Matanglawin show] overcame daunting logistical challenges to produce a highly informative, skillfully shot and edited show," the AIB said.
"The objective of AIB awards is to honor the best content in the world. We have some excellent nominations from across the globe and the whole idea was to have an evening to honor the best and their excellence and recognize them," said AIB's Amitabh Srivastava.
Hosted by Kuya Kim Atienza, Matanglawin is aired on ABS-CBN Channel 2 every Sunday at 11 a.m.
Fellow winner for Children's Factual Category was BBCs Children's News Show 'Newsround'.
"We made a documentary we did it and we got great feedback from the audience and getting something like this was just a bonus," said Ricky Boleto, presenter for BBC Newsround.
The second ABS-CBN show also nominated on the night was 'Failon Ngayon: Island of Boracay 2', hosted by veteran anchor Ted Failon.
On their 9th year running, it is the first time a program from the Philippines was nominated in the awards.
"I was mighty surprised that you do have almost world class content and the fact that you're nominated in two categories is a true testimony to that," said Srivastava.
AIB is known for its unique center of information about international broadcasting, covering tv, radio, online and mobile.
"[The Matanglawin show] overcame daunting logistical challenges to produce a highly informative, skillfully shot and edited show," the AIB said.
"The objective of AIB awards is to honor the best content in the world. We have some excellent nominations from across the globe and the whole idea was to have an evening to honor the best and their excellence and recognize them," said AIB's Amitabh Srivastava.
Hosted by Kuya Kim Atienza, Matanglawin is aired on ABS-CBN Channel 2 every Sunday at 11 a.m.
Fellow winner for Children's Factual Category was BBCs Children's News Show 'Newsround'.
"We made a documentary we did it and we got great feedback from the audience and getting something like this was just a bonus," said Ricky Boleto, presenter for BBC Newsround.
The second ABS-CBN show also nominated on the night was 'Failon Ngayon: Island of Boracay 2', hosted by veteran anchor Ted Failon.
On their 9th year running, it is the first time a program from the Philippines was nominated in the awards.
"I was mighty surprised that you do have almost world class content and the fact that you're nominated in two categories is a true testimony to that," said Srivastava.
AIB is known for its unique center of information about international broadcasting, covering tv, radio, online and mobile.