2016 Winners

 

 

PROGRAMMING CATEGORIES

BEST DOCUMENTARY PROGRAMME (ONE-OFF/SPECIAL)
Winner	Wild City – Islands Mediacorp Pte Ltd Channel NewsAsia Singapore Produced by Beach House Pictures
Highly Commended	The Phone of the Wind: Whispers of Lost Families NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) General Japan
BEST DOCUMENTARY SERIES
Winner	The Tokyo Trials Shanghai Media Group International Channel Shanghai China
Highly Commended	China From Above China Intercontinental Communication Center National Geographic Channel China
BEST NATURAL HISTORY OR WILDLIFE PROGRAMME
Winner	Jawai: India’s Leopard Hills Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd Discovery Channel Singapore Produced by Robin Roy Films
Highly Commended	Black-Necked Crane Shanghai Media Group, DocuChina Shanghai Documentary Channel China
BEST NEWS PROGRAMME
Winner	The Buck Stops Here: Terror in Pathankot New Delhi Television Limited NDTV 24×7 India
Highly Commended	News Stream Turner Asia Pacific CNN International Hong Kong
BEST SINGLE NEWS STORY/REPORT (10MINS OR LESS)
Winner	South China Sea: Flying into Asia’s Flashpoint British Broadcasting Corporation BBC World News Singapore Produced by BBC News (Asia Bureau) Pte Ltd
Highly Commended	China’s Left Behind Children British Broadcasting Corporation BBC World News Singapore Produced by BBC News (Asia Bureau) Pte Ltd
	The Human Cost of a Cup of Indian Tea British Broadcasting Corporation BBC World News Singapore Produced by BBC News (Asia Bureau) Pte Ltd
BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PROGRAMME
Winner	Undercover Asia – North Korean Slaves Mediacorp Pte Ltd Channel NewsAsia Singapore Produced by MAKE Productions Pte Ltd
Highly Commended	Boat People Mediacorp Pte Ltd Channel NewsAsia Singapore Produced by MAKE Productions Pte Ltd
	Undercover Asia – Children of the Cybersex Dens Mediacorp Pte Ltd Channel NewsAsia Singapore Produced by MAKE Productions Pte Ltd
BEST DRAMA SERIES
Winner	Descendants of the Sun Korean Broadcasting System KBS2 Korea
Highly Commended	Downtown Rocket Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. TBS Japan
	Halfworlds HBO Asia HBO Singapore Produced by Infinite Frameworks Studios
BEST SINGLE DRAMA OR TELEMOVIE
Winner	Tulus Ikhlas Measat Broadcast Network Systems Sdn Bhd Astro, Astro First Eksklusif Malaysia
Highly Commended	Peter Allen: Not the Boy Next Door Endemol Shine Australia Seven Network Australia, Seven Australia
BEST COMEDY PROGRAMME
Winner	Ra-Berd Therd-Therng Dancer Thaluang Sai (House of Blast – The Girl Next Door) Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited Thai Broadcasting Co., Ltd., Workpoint TV Thailand
Highly Commended	Short End of the Stick Television Broadcasts Limited TVB, Jade Channel Hong Kong
BEST CHILDREN’S PROGRAMME
Winner	Art Attack Season 4 – Heroes and Villains The Walt Disney Company S.E.A Pte Ltd Disney Channel Asia Singapore Produced by Non Stop Production
Highly Commended	Oddbods – Marooned One Animation Disney Channel Singapore
BEST PRESCHOOL PROGRAMME
Winner	Leo the Wildlife Ranger Mediacorp Pte Ltd okto Singapore Produced by Omens Studios
Highly Commended	Doby & Disy: Sing With Us Guangdong Winsing Company Limited Youku, Youku Animation Channel China
BEST ENTERTAINMENT (ONE-OFF/ANNUAL)
Winner	MAMA (Mnet Asian Music Awards) CJ E&M Mnet Korea
Highly Commended	Let’s Go to School Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc. TBS Japan
BEST GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT PROGRAMME
Winner	The History Hustle Mustard Collective Limited A+E Networks Asia, History™ Singapore
Highly Commended	The Great Australian Spelling Bee Endemol Shine Australia Network Ten Australia, Ten Australia
BEST GAME OR QUIZ PROGRAMME
Winner	Crime Scene 2 JTBC Korea
Highly Commended	Pritsana Fah Laep (Lightning Quiz) Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited Thai Broadcasting Co., Ltd., Workpoint TV Thailand
BEST MUSIC FROGRAMME
Winner	China Star Shanghai Media Group Dragon TV China Produced by Canxing Productions
Highly Commended	Produce 101 CJ E&M Mnet Korea
BEST REALITY SHOW
Winner	Death is Our Business Mediacorp Pte Ltd Channel 5 Singapore Produced by Threesixzero Productions
Highly Commended	Dad, Where Are We Going? Season 3 Hunan Broadcasting Station Hunan Satellite TV China
BEST INFOTAINMENT PROGRAMME
Winner	Zeb’s River Journey Fox Networks Group Asia National Geographic Channels Asia Hong Kong Produced by Infocus Asia
Highly Commended	Three Men and A Journey Mediacorp Pte Ltd Channel U Singapore Produced by Threesixzero Productions
BEST TALK SHOW
Winner	Aaj Ki Raat Hai Zindagi BBC Worldwide Media Pvt Ltd Star India Pvt Ltd, Star Plus India
Highly Commended	We The People – Stop Sexism. Period New Delhi Television Limited NDTV 24×7 India
BEST SOCIAL AWARENESS PROGRAMME
Winner	Witness: China’s Fake Boyfriends Al Jazeera English Qatar
Highly Commended	101 East – Too Young to Wed Al Jazeera English Malaysia
BEST ADAPTATION OF AN EXISTING FORMAT
Winner	MasterChef Asia A+E Networks Asia Lifetime Singapore Produced by Endemol Southeast Asia Pte Ltd
Highly Commended	You Have Been Warned With Ean Nasrun Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd Discovery Channel Singapore Produced by Red Communications Sdn Bhd
BEST DIGITAL FICTION & NON-FICTION PROGRAMME/SERIES
Winner	India’s Menstruation Man Al Jazeera English Qatar
Highly Commended	Space Reporters China Intercontinental Communication Center Tencent China Produced by OXBOX Productions
BEST LIFESTYLE PROGRAMME
Winner	Nomad Chef: Up In The Air Discovery Networks Asia-Pacific Pte Ltd TLC Singapore Produced by Chemical Media & Beach House Pictures
Highly Commended	China’s Grand Canal: A Photographer’s Journey Fox Networks Group Asia National Geographic Channels Asia Hong Kong Produced by Beach House Pictures
BEST 2D ANIMATED PROGRAMME
Winner	George of the Jungle Series 2 August Media Holdings Pte Ltd Turner Broadcasting System Asia Pacific, Inc, Cartoon Network Singapore
Highly Commended	Chhota Bheem Himalayan Adventure Green Gold Animation Pvt Ltd Turner Broadcasting System, POGO India
BEST 3D ANIMATED PROGRAMME
Winner	Origanimals Giggle Garage Sdn Bhd Astro/ StarHub/ Indovision, ZooMoo Malaysia
Highly Commended	Boonie Bears: Sunsational Summer Fantawild Animation Inc. CCTV, CCTV-14 China
	ZombieDumb Anyzac Co., Ltd. KBS, KBS1 Korea
BEST LIVE SPORTS COVERAGE
Winner	ONE Championship: Ascent to Power ONE Championship FOX Sports, FOX Sports 2 Singapore
Highly Commended	Asian Tour Golf – Ho Tram Open Final Day Asian Tour Media VTV/ K+ Singapore
BEST SPORTS PROGRAMME
Winner	The Three Japanese Beauties -Looking Beyond the Win- Kansai Telecasting Corporation KTV Japan
Highly Commended	THE GREAT RACE: The Mongolia Bike Challenge Part 2 NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation) BS1 Japan

PERFORMANCE CATEGORIES

BEST NEWS PRESENTER OR ANCHOR
Winner	Zakka Jacob India@9 TV18 Broadcast Ltd CNN-News18 India
Highly Commended	Sri Jegarajah Capital Connection CNBC Asia Pacific CNBC Singapore
BEST CURRENT AFFAIRS PRESENTER
Winner	Steve Chao 101 East: Bringing Them Home Al Jazeera English Malaysia
Highly Commended	Nagieb Khaja People and Power: Syria – Under Russia’s Fist Al Jazeera English Qatar
BEST ENTERTAINMENT PRESENTER/ HOST
Winner	Phanya Nirunkul Pritsana Fah Laep (Lightning Quiz) Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited Thai Broadcasting Co., Ltd., Workpoint TV Thailand
Highly Commended	Allan Wu Somewhere Out There – Musclemen Village August Pictures Pte Ltd Channel U Singapore
BEST SPORTS PRESENTER/ COMMENTATOR
Winner	Colette Wong Fox Sports Central Fox Networks Group Asia Fox Sports Singapore
Highly Commended	Paula Malai Ali 2016 Australian Grand Prix – Qualifying Fox Networks Group Asia Fox Sports Singapore
BEST ACTOR IN A LEADING ROLE
Winner	Chen Kun-Chang The Taste of Dang-Liang’s Family Tzu Chi Culture and Communication Foundation Da Ai TV Taiwan
Highly Commended	Bront Palarae Eropah, Here I Am Measat Broadcast Network Systems Sdn Bhd Astro, Astro Citra Malaysia Produced by Wayang Works Sdn Bhd
	Christopher Lee Crescendo Mediacorp Pte Ltd Channel 8 Singapore Produced by WaWa Pictures Pte Ltd
BEST ACTRESS IN A LEADING ROLE
Winner	Cheryl Yang A Touch of Green Public Television Service Foundation PTS Taiwan Produced by TSAOism Production
Highly Commended	Fonthip Watcharatrakul The Sisters Bangkok Broadcasting & T.V. Co., Ltd Channel 7 Thailand Produced by Pordeecom Company Limited
	Mei Fang Laugh for 24 Hours The Moment Film Co., Ltd Public Television Service (PTS) Taiwan
BEST ACTOR IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Winner	Jeff Catz Bunga Tanjong Mediacorp Pte Ltd Suria Singapore Produced by Eaglevision
Highly Commended	Pierre Png Rise Mediacorp Pte Ltd Channel 5 Singapore Produced by Weiyu Films
BEST ACTRESS IN A SUPPORTING ROLE
Winner	Tien Hsin A Touch of Green Public Television Service Foundation PTS Taiwan Produced by TSAOism Production
Highly Commended	Xu Li-Wen The Youth! Hakka Television Station Hakka TV Taiwan
BEST COMEDY PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR/ ACTRESS
Winner	Carla Dunareanu Rojak Mediacorp Pte Ltd Channel 5 Singapore Produced by Verite Productions
Highly Commended	Vernetta Lopez Run Rachael Run Mediacorp Pte Ltd Toggle Singapore

TECHNICAL & CREATIVE CATEGORIES

BEST CINEMATOGRAPHY
Winner	Matthew Allard 101 East: On Thin Ice Al Jazeera English Malaysia
Highly Commended	Lau Hon Meng China From Above China Intercontinental Communication Center National Geographic Channel China
BEST DIRECTION (NON-FICTION)
Winner	Daniel Holmes Witness: China’s Fake Boyfriends Al Jazeera English Qatar
Highly Commended	Jane Adcroft Wild City – Islands Mediacorp Pte Ltd Channel NewsAsia Singapore Produced by Beach House Pictures
BEST DIRECTION (FICTION)
Winner	Tsao Jui-Yuan A Touch of Green Public Television Service Foundation PTS Taiwan Produced by TSAOism Production
Highly Commended	Joko Anwar Halfworlds HBO Asia HBO Singapore Produced by Infinite Frameworks Studios
BEST EDITING
Winner	Gan Jia Yi Halfworlds Episode 6 HBO Asia HBO Singapore Produced by Infinite Frameworks Studio
Highly Commended	Laxman Bhambhoriya BSF – India’s First Line of Defence Fox Networks Group Asia NGC Network (India) Pvt Ltd India Produced by Dreamcatchers Films
BEST ORIGINAL SCREENPLAY
Winner	Huang Shih-Ming A Touch of Green Public Television Service Foundation PTS Taiwan Produced by TSAOism Production
Highly Commended	Yu Shangmin & Liu Ruixuan Sunset Hakka Television Station Hakka TV Taiwan
BEST THEME SONG
Winner	Chen Xiao-Xia A Touch of Green – As It Is Public Television Service Foundation PTS Taiwan Produced by TSAOism Production
Highly Commended	Aghi Narottama & Tony Merle Halfworlds HBO Asia HBO Singapore Produced by Infinite Frameworks Studios
TERRESTRIAL CHANNEL OF THE YEAR
Winner	PTS Public Television Service Foundation Taiwan
Highly Commended	Channel NewsAsia Mediacorp Pte Ltd Singapore
CABLE & SATELLITE CHANNEL OF THE YEAR
Winner	Al Jazeera English Malaysia/ Qatar
Highly Commended	BBC World News British Broadcasting Corporation Singapore
TERRESTRIAL BROADCASTER OF THE YEAR
Winner	Mediacorp Pte Ltd Singapore
Highly Commended	Public Television Service Foundation Taiwan
CABLE & SATELLITE NETWORK OF THE YEAR
Winner	Al Jazeera English Malaysia/ Qatar
Highly Commended	Shanghai Media Group China