2015 Winners
PROGRAMMING CATEGORIES
| BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME (ONE-OFF/SPECIAL) | |
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| Winner | Danger Zone – Kabul MediaCorp Pte Ltd Channel NewsAsia Singapore |
| Highly Commended | India’s Wandering Lions Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd Discovery Channel Singapore Produced by Kosmik Global Media Pvt Ltd |
| BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES | |
| Winner | Abalone Wars 3 Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd Discovery Channel Singapore Produced by Natural History New Zealand, Ltd |
| Highly Commended | Wild City – Hidden Wild Beach House Pictures MediaCorp TV, Channel NewsAsia Singapore |
| BEST NATURAL HISTORY OR WILDLIFE PROGRAMME | |
| Winner | Revealed: Rann Of Kutch Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd Discovery Channel Singapore Produced by Robin Roy Films |
| Highly Commended | Wild City – Hidden Wild MediaCorp Pte Ltd Channel NewsAsia Singapore Produced by Beach House Pictures |
| BEST NEWS PROGRAMME | |
| Winner | Squawk Box Asia CNBC Asia Pacific Singapore |
| Highly Commended | Street Signs CNBC Asia Pacific Singapore |
| BEST SINGLE NEWS STORY/REPORT (10MINS OR LESS) | |
| Winner | China’s Stolen Children – Babies for Sale Online BBC World News Singapore |
| Highly Commended | Asia’s Migrant Crisis – Adrift At Sea BBC World News Singapore |
| BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMME | |
| Winner | 101 East: Afghanistan’s Billion Dollar Drug War Al Jazeera English Malaysia |
| Highly Commended | Undercover Asia – Web Junkies Threesixzero Productions MediaCorp TV, Channel NewsAsia Singapore |
| BEST DRAMA SERIES | |
| Winner | The Incomplete CJ E&M tvN Korea |
| Highly Commended | HERO 2014 Fuji Television Network, Inc. Fuji Television Japan |
| BEST SINGLE DRAMA OR TELEMOVIE | |
| Winner | Spinster Diaries MBC (Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation) MBC TV Korea |
| Highly Commended | The Learning Curve MediaCorp Pte Ltd Channel 5 Singapore Produced by Blue River Pictures |
| Uncertain Relationships Society Radio Television Hong Kong Channel 31 Hong Kong |
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| BEST COMEDY PROGRAMME | |
| Winner | Live To Laugh Show Shanghai Media Group Dragon TV China |
| Highly Commended | Raberd Terd Terng Singto Thong (Super Blast Family) Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited Thai Broadcasting Co., Ltd, Workpoint Creative TV Thailand |
| BEST CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME | |
| Winner | Art Attack Season 4 – Music Theme The Walt Disney Company S.E.A Pte Ltd Disney Channel Asia Singapore Produced by Non Stop Production |
| Highly Commended | Bushwhacked! Series 3 Australian Children’s Television Foundation Australian Broadcasting Corp, ABC Australia Produced by Mint Pictures |
| Wild But True Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd Discovery Kids Singapore Produced by Beyond Productions |
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| BEST PRESCHOOL PROGRAMME | |
| Winner | Hi-5 House Series 2 Hi-5 Australia Pty Ltd Nickelodeon, Nick Jr. Australia |
| Highly Commended | Ella Bella Bingo August Media Holdings Pte Ltd MediaCorp TV, okto Singapore |
| Zoomoo’s Got Brains Beach House Pictures StarHub, E City Singapore |
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| BEST ENTERTAINMENT (ONE-OFF/ANNUAL) | |
| Winner | MTV Music Evolution Manila Hip-Hop 2015 MTV Asia StarHub & Singtel Singapore |
| Highly Commended | Woolworths Carols in the Domain 2014 activeTV Pty Ltd Seven Network, Channel 7 Australia |
| BEST GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME | |
| Winner | Super Combat Teams Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation Jiangsu Satellite Channel China |
| Highly Commended | Asia’s Got Talent Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia AXN Asia Singapore Produced by FremantleMedia Asia Pte Ltd |
| BEST GAME OR QUIZ PROGRAMME | |
| Winner | The Genius Game CJ E&M tvN Korea |
| Highly Commended | Pritsana Fah Laep (Lightning Quiz) Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited Thai Broadcasting Co., Ltd., Workpoint Creative TV Thailand |
| BEST MUSIC FROGRAMME | |
| Winner | I Am A Singer Season 3 Hunan Broadcasting System Hunan Satellite TV China |
| Highly Commended | MTV World Stage Malaysia 2014 MTV Asia StarHub & Singtel Singapore |
| The Remix Greymatter Entertainment Pvt Ltd VTV, VTV3 India Produced by Cattiensa Media Group |
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| BEST REALITY SHOW | |
| Winner | Nat Geo Covershot Maximum City Fox International Channels Asia National Geographic Channel India India Produced by Fremantle India Television Production Pvt Ltd |
| Highly Commended | Little Shops MediaCorp Pte Ltd Channel 8 Singapore |
| BEST INFOTAINMENT PROGRAMME | |
| Winner | Route Awakening Fox International Channels Asia National Geographic Channel Taiwan Taiwan Produced by Sitting in Pictures Pte Ltd |
| Highly Commended | How China Works Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd Discovery Channel Singapore Produced by Infocus Asia Pte Ltd & China Intercontinental Communication Center, People’s Republic of China |
| BEST TALK SHOW | |
| Winner | Har Ghar Kucch Kehta Hai Season 2 BBC Worldwide Media Pvt Ltd Multi Screen Media Pvt. Ltd., Sony Entertainment Television India |
| Highly Commended | Tycoon Talk Television Broadcasts Limited TVB, Pearl Channel Hong Kong |
| BEST SOCIAL AWARENESS PROGRAMME | |
| Winner | Little People Big Dreams MediaCorp Pte Ltd Channel NewsAsia Singapore Produced by Wonderland Pictures |
| Highly Commended | Undercover Asia – Cambodia’s Sexual Predators MediaCorp Pte Ltd Channel NewsAsia Singapore Produced by MAKE Productions Pte Ltd |
| BEST ADAPTATION OF AN EXISTING FORMAT | |
| Winner | Asia’s Got Talent Sony Pictures Television Networks, Asia AXN Asia Singapore Produced by FremantleMedia Asia Pte Ltd |
| Highly Commended | SNL Korea Season 6 CJ E&M tvN Korea |
| BEST DIGITAL FICTION & NON-FICTION PROGRAMME/SERIES | |
| Winner | Stretch or Splurge “Sydney” Brand New Media (Singapore) Pte Ltd 4ME, ESCAPE TV Singapore |
| Highly Commended | Against the Odds MediaCorp Pte Ltd Toggle Singapore |
| BEST LIFESTYLE PROGRAMME | |
| Winner | Origins of Food: Nuodeng Ham Infocus Asia Pte Ltd CCTV, CCTV-9 Singapore |
| Highly Commended | Passage To China Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd TLC Singapore Produced by No Quarter Pte Ltd |
| BEST 2D ANIMATED PROGRAMME | |
| Winner | Ronja, The Robber’s Daughter NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) BS Premium Channel Japan |
| Highly Commended | Monster Beach Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc. Cartoon Network Hong Kong Produced by Bogan Entertainment Solutions |
| BEST 3D ANIMATED PROGRAMME | |
| Winner | Grami’s Circus Show Season 1 Studio Gale Co., Ltd. KBS, KBS 1 TV Korea |
| Highly Commended | Kung Food Season 2 Yi Animation Beijing TV Station, Beijing Kaku TV Channel China |
| BEST LIVE SPORTS COVERAGE | |
| Winner | Malaysia Cup 2014 Final: JDT vs Pahang Astro Arena Sdn Bhd Astro Arena Malaysia |
| Highly Commended | Roland Garros 2015 (French Open) Fox International Channels Asia FOX Sports Singapore |
| BEST SPORTS PROGRAMME | |
| Winner | Singapore’s Finest Beach House Pictures MediaCorp TV, Channel NewsAsia Singapore |
| Highly Commended | First Time Film-makers: Nanjing Calling – The Madwheelers Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd Discovery Channel Singapore Produced by Beach House Pictures |
| Nobody is Unbeatable: Kei Nishikori’s Path to Progress NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) General TV Channel Japan |
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PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES
| BEST NEWS PRESENTER OR ANCHOR | |
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| Winner | Barkha Dutt The Buck Stops Here New Delhi Television Limited NDTV 24×7 India |
| Highly Commended | Bernie Lo Squawk Box Asia CNBC Asia Pacific CNBC Singapore |
| Martin Soong Street Signs CNBC Asia Pacific CNBC Singapore |
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| BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PRESENTER | |
| Winner | Steve Chao 101 East: Afghanistan’s Billion Dollar Drug War Al Jazeera English Malaysia |
| Highly Commended | Eunice Yoon Inside China CNBC Asia Pacific CNBC Singapore |
| BEST ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTER/HOST | |
| Winner | Nick Baker Nick Baker’s Eco Malaysia Fox International Channels Asia National Geographic Channel Asia Hong Kong Produced by Beach House Pictures |
| Highly Commended | Bobby Chinn Detox! Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd TLC Singapore Produced by Beach House Pictures, Chemical Media & China Intercontinental Communication Center, People’s Republic of China |
| BEST SPORTS PRESENTER/COMMENTATOR | |
| Winner | Richard Lenton Singtel Live FIFA World Cup Singtel Singtel WC Channel Singapore Produced by IMG |
| Highly Commended | Richard Lenton Singtel Live FA Cup Singtel mio Sports Singapore Produced by MP & Silva |
| BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE | |
| Winner | Zhang Jia-Yi Forty-nine Days Memory Shanghai Media Group Hunan TV China Produced by Beijing Century Partner Culture & Media Inc. |
| Highly Commended | Pierre Png Zero Calling 2 MediaCorp Pte Ltd Channel 5 Singapore Produced by Weiyu Films |
| BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE | |
| Winner | Zhou Xun Red Sorghum Dongyang Flower Film & TV Culture Co., Ltd Shangdong Radio & TV Station, SDTV-1 China |
| Highly Commended | Kristal Tin Black Heart White Soul Television Broadcasts Limited TVB, Jade Channel Hong Kong |
| BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE | |
| Winner | Lim Kay-Tong Grace HBO Asia HBO Singapore |
| Highly Commended | George Young Grace HBO Asia HBO Singapore |
| BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE | |
| Winner | Nusba Punnakanta The Secret Truth Bangkok Broadcasting & T.V. Co., Ltd Channel 7 Thailand Produced by Prakotkarndee Co., Ltd |
| Highly Commended | Chu Mi-Mi Love is Love – Sunset August Pictures Pte Ltd MediaCorp TV, Channel 5 Singapore |
| BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR/ACTRESS | |
| Winner | Ivana Wong Come On, Cousin Television Broadcasts Limited TVB, Jade Channel Hong Kong |
| Highly Commended | Cyrus Broacha The Week That Wasn’t TV18 Broadcast Ltd CNN-IBN India |
TECHNICAL & CREATIVE CATEGORIES
| BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY | |
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| Winner | Tong Yi-Jian & Liu Shi-Chuan The Minority Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd Discovery Channel Singapore |
| Highly Commended | Brad Dillon ACS Survive the Tribe – Eagle Assassins Most Wanted Pictures Fox, National Geographic Channel Singapore |
| BEST DIRECTION | |
| Winner | Aditya Thayi Danger Zone – Kabul MediaCorp Pte Ltd Channel NewsAsia Singapore |
| Highly Commended | Kaylee Soh Access 360 World Heritage: Venice Fox International Channels Asia National Geographic Channel Asia Hong Kong Produced by Infocus Asia Pte Ltd |
| Tony Tilse Grace HBO Asia HBO Singapore |
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| BEST EDITING | |
| Winner | Steve Evans Grace HBO Asia HBO Singapore |
| Highly Commended | Salvador Jeroin There Was A Time 2 MediaCorp Pte Ltd Channel 5 Singapore Produced by Ochre Pictures |
| BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY | |
| Winner | Huang Yu-Chia Message Seen Hakka Television Station Hakka TV Taiwan |
| Highly Commended | Huang Jian-Ming & Wang Hui-Zhu Wake Up Public Television Service Foundation PTS Taiwan Produced by Greener Grass Production |
| Yalun Tu & Zach Hines Grace HBO Asia HBO Singapore |
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| BEST THEME SONG | |
| Winner | Jim Lim The Journey: Tumultuous Times MediaCorp Pte Ltd Channel 8 Singapore |
| Highly Commended | Shabir Tabare Alam Kshatriyan MediaCorp Pte Ltd Vasantham Singapore Produced by Comicbook Private Limited |
| Wong Ei-Ei Blissful Living – The Game of Life August Pictures Pte Ltd MediaCorp TV, Channel U Singapore |
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| TERRESTRIAL CHANNEL OF THE YEAR | |
| Winner | Channel NewsAsia MediaCorp Pte Ltd Singapore |
| Highly Commended | BS Premium Channel NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) Japan |
| CABLE & SATELLITE CHANNEL OF THE YEAR | |
| Winner | Discovery Singapore |
| Highly Commended | tvN CJ E&M Korea |
| TERRESTRIAL BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR | |
| Winner | MediaCorp Pte Ltd Singapore |
| Highly Commended | Shanghai Media Group China |
| CABLE & SATELLITE NETWORK OF THE YEAR | |
| Winner | Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd Singapore |
| Highly Commended | Fox International Channels Asia Hong Kong |
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