By A Correspondent
Rohit Gupta, President, Sony Pictures Network and Sapangeet Rajwant Senior Vice President, Viacom18 Media are on the jury of the Venice TV Awards 2019. The last date for receipt of entries from TV channels, production companies and entities affiliated with the television industry is August 9.
The property is supported by egta, ACT (Association of Commercial TV), and, according to a communique, is seen by the city of Venice as a statement that the TV Industry remains active and successful in today’s social media based society.
Categories include Documentary, News, Light Entertainment, Program Promotion, Branded Entertainment, Sport, Children/Youth, Comedy, Performing Arts, Reality TV, Best Of Technical High Quality, Cross-Platform Programming, Best Series, Best TV Movie. A Grand Prix is given for the best production.
Other than Gupta and Rajwant, the Jury for the awards show is composed of leading international TV experts, including Malin Hager President EGTA Sweden, Nikola Caligiore of Rai Italy and European Broadcasting Union, Dr Markus Schafer of Allianz Nederlands,Sonia Rovai of Sky Italia André Takada, Fox Network Latin America, Igor Tavares, Producer TVGlobo Brazil; Michal Pacina of Prima TV, Elke Walthelm of Sky Germany and Lothaire Burg Creative Director, ARTE, Michael Hajek of ORF Austria.