In 2015 the Awards is represented by unprecedented number of nominations - 27, 12 of them are brand new.
The category "Equipment and technologies for digital TV and radio broadcasting” was replaced by “OTT platforms”.
The subcategory “TV programmes” (7 new nominations included) was launched within the “TV channels” category.
Rapid regional TV development promoted launching the nomination "Regional TV channels” within the “TV channels” category.
Another new nominatiom “TV and society” was introduced in order to highlight the companies holding social and charity activities.
134 nominees competed for the 2015 Awards prizes. National and regional TV providers; vendors and distributors for digital TV equipment; Russian and foreign TV channels broadcasted in Russia and the CIS countries; Russian channels broadcasted to the world.
The voting process was held on the interactive web-site www.bigdigit.ru . The Jury board and televiewers voting determined the Awards winners. The head of Jury board is Anatoliy Lyssenko, President of International Academy for Television and Radio, CEO of the OTR channel. The Jury board includes leading experts of cable and free-to-air TV, journalists and well-known statesmen.
The winners of “TV providers” category in the following nominations are:
Subscribers support and service (TV providers with the number of subscribers from 100001) –
NTV-PLUS, Beeline TV
Subscribers support and service (TV providers with the number of subscribers from 10000 to 100000) – Dantser
Marketing promotion (TV providers with the number of subscribers from 10000 to 100000) – Transinform.
The winners of “OTT platforms” category in the following nominations are:
Content delivery networks and technologies (CDN & contribution) – NGENIX, NGENIX CDN
Portals for video on demand – Amedia TV, Amediateka online-service
Portals for the live streaming of the linear TV channels - Megalabs, MEGAFON.TV service
Complex services - video on demand and streaming (TV channels broadcasting in real time) -NEMO TELECOM LIMITED, NEMO TV.
The winners of “TV channels” category in the following nominations are:
Information-business channel - Moskva 24
Documentary- educational channel - Discovery Channel
Kitchen & cuisine channel – Eda Channel
Entertainment channel – Ded Moroz TV
Sports channel – NTV Plus Footbal 1
Music channel - Muzika Pervogo
Movie channel - Kinohit
Series channel - AMEDIA Premium HD, Russkiy Roman
Kids’ channel – Mult Channel
Hobby channel – Okhota i Rybalka
Regional TV channel – Nash Dom, TRK.
The winners of “TV programmes” subcategory in the following nominations are:
Information – business programme - Moskva 24 channel, “Vecher”; 360 TV , “Bolshiye novosti”
Entertainment programme - Sony Entertainment Television, “Спросони”
Hobby programme – Auto Plus channel, Grand TEST
The winners of “Regional TV programmes” subcategory in the following nominations are:
Documentary- educational programme - Yamal-Region, Arctic.Live
Entertainment programme - OTV channel, Utro TV
Kids’ channel - Ugra TV, “Koshki-ostorozhki”.
14 nominees applied for “TV and society” and the winners are Ufanet, “Gorod tvorchestva” reality-show; 1 TVCH, «Eto nashi deti» charity project; Transinform, “Plyvut po nebu kupola”.
Over 60 000 televiewers votes were casted for favourite channels.
The winners of televiewers voting in the following nominations are:
Information-business channel – Lifenews (42,2%)
Documentary- educational channel - Discovery Channel (47,1%)
Kitchen & cuisine channel – KuhnyaTV (41,7%)
Entertainment channel – STS International (48,4%)
Sports channel – Sports 1 (27%)
Music channel – Muzika Pervogo (56,3%)
Movie channel – Dom Kino (37,3%)
Series channel – Sony Sci-Fi (52,5%)
Kids’ channel – Nickelodeon (82,4%)
Hobby channel – Авто плюс (31,9%)
Please visit us on www.bigdigit.ru to get the details for televiewers voting results.