ABU Prizes 2021
ABU Prizes are the most prestigious programme awards in our region that honour the best Radio, Television and New Media contents from our member organisations. This year, entries are accepted from 1 March 2021 – 4 June 2021.
Categories
– Drama
– Docudrama
– Documentary
– News Reporting
– Community Service Announcement(CSA)
– On Air Personality
– ABU Perspective Award
– Drama
– Documentary
– Entertainment
– Children
– News Reporting
– Sports
– ABU Perspective Award
– Digital Content Award
*ABU Perspective Award – A programme that best delivers the message of ABU perspective on the theme of global issue chosen by ABU members and illustrated through their local issue in any form.
Theme for 2021: “Survival & Hope”
Programmes that encompass the challenges of survival and hope through stories of faith, resilience, and perseverance.
*Special Jury Prizes – Special Jury Prizes may be awarded from the finalist each from radio and TV that recognise the quality work of broadcasters whose entries are creative and innovative.
Schedule 2021
01 March Entry for ABU Prizes 2020 opens
04 June Entry for ABU Prizes 2020 closes
12 July – 20 August Pre-selection Judging
28 – 30 September Final Judging
26 November Award Ceremony in Hanoi, Vietnam, as a gala event of the ABU General Assembly
Related Documents
ABU Prizes 2020 - Announcement of Winners
2020 RADIO WINNERS
| CATEGORY | ORGANISATION | ENTRY TITLE |
| DRAMA | Japan Broadcasting Corporation NHK Japan |
The Days of Depression – A Shogi Master’s Invisible Opponent – |
| DOCUDRAMA | Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC Australia |
Punk in a pandemic |
| DOCUMENTARY | British Broadcasting Corporation BBC United Kingdom |
Facing the bombers |
| NEWS REPORTING | China National Radio CNR China |
First in the World: China’s Coronavirus Vaccine Enters Phase 2 Clinical Trial |
| COMMUNITY SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT | National Broadcasting Services of Thailand NBT Thailand |
Drunk No Drive |
| ON-AIR PERSONALITY | China Radio International CRI China |
2020 HitFM Music Awards |
| ABU PERSPECTIVE AWARD | China National Radio CNR China |
My 92 days in Wuhan |
| SPECIAL JURY PRIZE | TBS Holdings, Inc. TBS Japan |
SCRATCH – Discrimination and the Heisei Era – |
2020 TV WINNERS
| CATEGORY | ORGANISATION | ENTRY TITLE |
| DRAMA | Radiotelevisione Italiana S.p.A Rai Italy |
Everybody is perfect |
| DOCUMENTARY | Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation MBC Republic of Korea |
Meeting You |
| NEWS REPORTING | Korea Broadcasting System KBS Republic of Korea |
Watchers of Lawmakers : Legislators and Awards |
| CHILDREN | Der KinderKAnal von ARD und ZDF KiKA Germany |
Meet…Harriet Tubman |
| ENTERTAINMENT | Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC Australia |
You Can’t Ask That: Autism Spectrum |
| SPORTS | Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC Australia |
The Australian Dream |
| ABU PERSPECTIVE AWARD | Japan Broadcasting Corporation NHK Japan |
Tokyo Rats: Kabukicho’s Poisonous Beauty |
| SPECIAL JURY PRIZE | China Media Group CMG China |
The Third Coal Mine |
2020 NEW MEDIA WINNER
| CATEGORY | ORGANISATION | ENTRY TITLE |
| DIGITAL CONTENT AWARD | Japan Broadcasting Corporation NHK Japan |
Experience Tokyo Megaquake |
2020 COMMENDED ENTRIES
| CATEGORY | ORGANISATION | ENTRY TITLE |
| RADIO DOCUDRAMA | National Radio and Television Administration NRTA China |
Sound Scenery-“Warming Fields” |
| RADIO COMMUNITY SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT |
All India Radio AIR India |
The Zero Day Queue |
| RADIO ABU PERSPECTIVE AWARD |
The Voice of Vietnam VOV Vietnam |
Happiness of “A great tiny man” |
| TV ABU PERSPECTIVE AWARD |
Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting IRIB Iran |
Anahid |
| DIGITAL CONTENT AWARD | Australian Broadcasting Corporation ABC Australia |
Australia Talks |