2008 Winners

 

 

PROGRAMMING CATEGORIES

Best Documentary Programme (30 mins or less)
Winner	China 21 – The People’s Dumplings Discovery Asia Inc.
Highly Commended	The Lost Tribe Secret Aray of the Cia Al Jazeera English
Highly Commended	Spirit Of the Times – Chinese Contemporary Art: Heroism or Confusion Channel NewsAsia, MediaCorp Pte Ltd
Best Documentary Programme (31 mins or more)
Winner	Big Wall Challenge NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.)
Highly Commended	A Bride, her last message – a 24 Year old who battled breast cancer Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc.
Highly Commended	Brat Camp China National Geographic Channel Asia
Best Natural History or Wildlife Programme or Docu-drama
Winner	Kingdom of Elephants Discovery Asia Inc.
Highly Commended	Soul of a River – Cambodia Discovery Asia Inc.
Highly Commended	Soul of a River – China Discovery Asia Inc.
Best News Programme
Winner	CNN Today CNN International
Highly Commended	News At Seven: Magnitude-8 Sichuan Earthquake I-Cable News Limited
Highly Commended	News At Seven: Quarke Relief Day Four I-Cable News Limited
Best Single News Story/Report
Winner	Sichuan Earthquake: Landslide Now TV
Highly Commended	China Quake Wedding CNN International
Highly Commended	China Quake Orphan by Kyung Lah CNN International
Best Drama Series
Winner	Galileo Fuji Television Network, Inc.
Highly Commended	Rookies Tokyo Broadcasting System, Inc.
Highly Commended	Lee San, Wind of the Palace Munwha Broadcasting Corporation
Best Single Drama or Telemovie Programme
Winner	Singapore Short Story Project: The Other MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd
Highly Commended	Sorapuchi Hokkaido television Broadcasting Co., Ltd.
Highly Commended	Manam Series 2 – Ep. 7 MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd
Best Comedy Programme
Winner	Camera Café Euro-Asia Media Group Ltd
Highly Commended	Bubble Gang GMA Network, Inc.
Highly Commended	Raberd Thurd Theung Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited
Best Current Affairs Programme
Winner	Inside Myanmar – The Crackdown Al Jazeera English
Highly Commended	The Lost Tribe – Secret Array of the CIA Al Jazeera English
Highly Commended	People & Power – Coal Face Al Jazeera English
Best Children’s Programme
Winner	R.E.M. – The Next Generation MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd – TV12
Highly Commended	Gali Gali Sim Sim Ep. 3: Chamki Karate Miditech Pvt Ltd
Highly Commended	Blue Water High Southern Star International
Best Entertainment (One-off/Annual)
Winner	Wedding Affair Grand Finals MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd
Highly Commended	POGO Amazing Kids Awards 2007 Turner Entertainment Networks Asia
Best Entertainment Programme
Winner	Happy Citadel Hunan TV
Highly Commended	Celebrity Coach Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation
Best Game or Quiz Programme
Winner	Lharn Phoo Koo E-Joo Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited
Highly Commended	Fan Pan Tae Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited
Highly Commended	Foodie 2 Shoes # 13 Television Broadcasts Limited
Highly Commended	Yok Siam Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited
Best Music Programme
Winner	Kinkakuji Sound Stage Mainichi Broadcasting System, Inc.
Highly Commended	AF6 Finale Astro Production Sdn Bhd
Highly Commended	Vidiya Vidiya Kondaduvom Astro Production Sdn Bhd
Best Reality Programme
Winner	Nature’s Platform – Desserted Dogs for Evacuated Village SBS (Seoul Broadcasting System)
Highly Commended	Reunions GMA Network, Inc. (QTV-11)
Best Infotainment Programme
Winner	All Things Paper Channel NewsAsia, MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd
Highly Commended	Lead Me On MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd
Highly Commended	Tales od Four Cities Channel NewsAsia, MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd
Best Talk Show
Winner	Talk Asia CNN Intenational
Highly Commended	Love Just Ain’t Enough China Business Network Co., Ltd TV
Highly Commended	State of the Nation ibn 18 Broadcast Limited
Best Animation
Winner	Dogstar – Ep. 16 “Hounded” Media World Pictures
Highly Commended	Ostrich Miditech Pvt Ltd
Highly Commended	Hoshi Shinichi’s Short Shorts NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corp.)
Best Social Awareness Programme
Winner	Robot Jockey National Geographic Channel Asia
Highly Commended	China 21 – Green Wall of China Discovery Asia Inc.
Highly Commended	Moving Mountains – computer School on a wheelchair Beijing Key Frame Cultural Development Co., Ltd.
Best Adaptation of an Existing Formats
Winner	The Amazing Race Asia Season 2 (Ep. 11) SPE Networks Aisa Pte Ltd
Highly Commended	Skatoony Turner Entertainment Networks Asia

PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES

Best News Presenter or Anchor
Winner	Martin Soong Squawk Box CNBC Asia Pacific
Highly Commended	Kristie Lu Stout CNN Today CNN International
Highly Commended	Hugh Riminton CNN Today CNN International
Best Current Affairs Presenter
Winner	Christine Tan Managing Asia CNBC Asia Pacific
Highly Commended	Vikram Chandra The Big Fight New Delhi Television Ltd
Highly Commended	Anjali Rao Talk Asia CNN International
Highly Commended	Karan Thapar Devil’s Advocate ibn 18 Broadcasts Limited
Best Entertainment Presenter
Winner	Guo Liang Lead Me On MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd
Winner	Quan Yi Fong Buzzing Cashier MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd
Highly Commended	Aznil Haji Nawawi Jangan Lupa Lirik Astro Production Sdn Bhd
Highly Commended	Phanya Nirunkul Black Box Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited
Best Drama Performance by an Actor
Winner	Raymond Lam The Master of Tai Chi Television Broadcasts Limited
Highly Commended	Lim Kay Tong En Bloc MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd
Highly Commended	Patrick Teoh En Bloc MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd
Best Drama Performance by an Actress
Winner	Chiranan Manochaem The Slave Bangkok Broadcasting & TV Co., Ltd.
Highly Commended	Pan Li-Li Artemisia Public Television Service Foundation
Highly Commended	Piyathida Woramusik The Slave Bangkok Broadcasting & TV Co., Ltd.
Best Comedy Performance by an Actor/Actress
Winner	Chusak Lamsuk Raberd Thurd Theung Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited
Highly Commended	Ogie Alcasid Bubble Gang GMA Network, Inc.
Highly Commended	Michelle Chong Sayang Sayang MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd

TECHNICAL CATEGORIES & CREATIVE CATEGORIES

Best Cinematography
Winner	Kingdom of Elephants Discovery Asia Inc.
Highly Commended	Soul of a River – China Discovery Asia Inc.
Highly Commended	Revealed Hajj Discovery Asia Inc.
Best Direction
Winner	Kingdom of Elephants Discovery Asia Inc.
Highly Commended	China 21 – Go Buddha Boys Discovery Asia Inc.
Highly Commended	Portraits of Taiwan – Jimmy Liao Discovery Asia Inc.
Best Editing
Winner	Ultimate Olympics – Go Beijing Discovery Asia Inc.
Highly Commended	Take off – The A380 Saga Discovery Asia Inc.
Highly Commended	Man Made Marvel – Beijing Airport Discovery Asia Inc.
Terrestrial Broadcaster of the Year
Winner	MediaCorp Singapore Pte Ltd
Highly Commended	GMA Network Inc
Cable / Satellite Network of the Year
Winner	Discovery Asia
Highly Commended	CNN International