Singapore’s Mediacorp named TV Network of the Year at Cannes TV Awards — Channel NewsAsia

Singaporean media company Mediacorp was named TV Network of the Year at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards after documentary projects by its global news brand CNA won four awards. As Channel NewsAsia reports, CNA received two Gold Dolphin and two Silver Dolphin awards.

Award-winning documentaries

The Gold awards went to One “Orphan” Every Hour and Walk the Line: ICE Nation. Silver awards were presented to the documentaries Chiang Kai-shek: Shadow Across the Strait and The Mark of Empire: Kingdoms of the Sea.

Another project, Bones of Contention, produced by Elefant Films, received a finalist diploma in the “Environment, Ecology and Sustainable Development” category.

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Mediacorp’s international awards

According to Mediacorp, earlier this year the company was also named Broadcaster of the Year at the World Media Festivals and New York Festivals TV & Film. Its number of wins at the Cannes Corporate Media & TV Awards doubled compared with the previous year, from two to four.

Mediacorp Editor-in-Chief Walter Fernandez said CNA’s four awards recognize the work of its editorial and production teams and their partners. According to him, this also demonstrates CNA’s ability to tell important international and Asian stories from an Asian perspective.

The winning documentaries cover historical, cultural, political and social topics. In particular, Walk the Line: ICE Nation tells about the consequences of changes in US immigration policy for migrants, while One “Orphan” Every Hour explores the international adoption of children from South Korea.