The AIBs 2013 are open for entry!
Our ninth annual search for the world’s best factual content on TV and radio has started.
We are looking for the best live journalism, current affairs documentaries, investigative reporting, children’s factual, live sport coverage, science and more.
We are also searching for the international personality of the year for TV, and for radio.
See the entry booklet in page-turning format here, or download your own PDF version
here.
Remember – we are searching for content in all languages…
See our call for entries letter in Russian, Arabic, French, Spanish and Chinese.
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You may enter as many programmes, in as many categories, as you like.
Remember – AIB members receive a discount on all entry fees.
Your entries must reach us by 5 July 2013.
We will short-list during the (northern hemisphere) summer.
Our international panel of judges will cast their votes in October and the winners will be announced during our gala dinner in London on Wednesday 6 November 2013.
Click here to find out how sponsoring the awards can promote your brand to the worldwide media industry over the next 9 months, associating it with the best in broadcasting and reaching an international audience of over 26,000 media professionals.
Read the 2012 winners and finalists book here and view photos of the 2012 awards evening here
The AIBs celebrate creativity and reward success in factual programming. Now in their ninth year they are unique in the field of international media for being judged by an independent panel of respected media industry professionals. Each year the Association for International Broadcasting searches for the most inspiring story-telling across radio, TV and online.
We’re platform agnostic. AIB aims to show-case the very best in inspiring creativity from established broadcasters and independent producers around the world.
Winning an AIB Award really means something. It brings peer recognition for the producer and respect to those who commissioned the work. Past winners have found it has generated interest in their work from all over the world, as well as generating interest in their home news media.
Winning an AIB award confirms that your programming and content is really working, delivering the very best to audiences.
Focus on factual
The annual AIBs have always focused on factual programming.
AIB believes that entertainment programmes already have their own festivals to celebrate excellence in fiction. Engaging an audience in a factual narrative requires different skills. Investigative journalism is difficult, especially in an age of austerity and spin-doctors. But powerful storytelling can command large audiences.
The AIBs showcase the best current affairs and documentary productions across a wide range of genres. We want to make sure we are comparing like with like.
Rewarding talent
Having the best on-air talent is essential for any broadcaster and the AIBs recognise personalities on-screen and behind the radio mike. Judges look for engaging, creative people who relate both to their audience and to the story they are telling.
Technology is vital, too
The AIBs also reward excellence in production technology. All kinds of new tools are helping journalists and broadcasters discover new stories, whether they are hidden in mountains of data or through tapping wisdom within the crowds.
Independent jury
The AIBs are judged by a panel of independent, international jury members. The constantly changing panel consists of producers, editors, journalists, writers and critics.
Wider than English
AIB recognises that 90% of the world’s population does not speak English as a first language. We actively encourage entries in all languages.
Partner With Us
Click here to find out about sponsorship opportunities that provide up to nine months exposure to major international broadcasters worldwide and to 26,000 media industry professionals throughout the worldwide.
Already announced as a sponsor for this year’s award:
Russian Travel Guide TV (RTG TV)
The celebration in November
The AIBs this year will be presented at our gala evening in London 6 November 2013.
We will once again return to LSO St Luke’s in the heart of London’s TechCity where programme makers, executives, technologists and marketers from all over the world gathered for an inspiring evening of celebration, networking and more
