MANCHESTER: Geo Tv has received the distinguished “TV Channel of the 12 months” award on the 2023 Asian Media Awards annual occasion.
Asian Media Awards are thought-about one of the vital Asian awards within the UK, headed by a prestigious panel of judges. Geo TV within the leisure class was up in opposition to the main Indian leisure channels.
The judges concluded that Geo TV’s leisure content material had confirmed trailblazers all year long, excelling in all areas and forsaking all different South Asian leisure channels.
The awards carry an in depth evaluation by the panel and are aggressive to the enamel because it contains a number of the prime media names. The panel of judges carry decades-long expertise within the mainstream business.
This 12 months the judges included revered British Asian media names akin to Sanjay Shabi, Akanksha Saxena, Anisa Subedar, Mark Ray, Vidar Hjardeng MBE, Mirage Islam, Tony Johnston, Andrew Dickinson, Nazma Noor, Tommy Nagra, Nick Nunn, Naren Patel, Tara Prem, Debre Prinselaar, Talat Farooq Awan, Shelina Begum, Paul Broster, Shamim Chowdhury, Irvine Iqbal and Ruby Zaman.
Many High Asian stars had been current on the glitzy occasion held at Hilton Manchester Deansgate.
Geo TV’s head of worldwide division Baseem Baig Chagtai was current on the occasion to obtain the award and to ship a brief speech, thanking the hosts and the judges for recognising Geo TV on benefit.
Chagtai commented: “That is the place the mainstream media helps and recognises the business expertise, drive and innovation for the Asians in Britain. Day by day Jang is the mother or father firm of Geo TV Community and it was the primary South Asian newspaper to take the lengthy journey from Asia to have launched within the UK in March 1971. Geo TV right this moment carries the tradition, heritage and legacy that has been handed on to it over the 5 many years. This award is an accolade for the exhausting work that TeamGEO and people in its mother or father firm Jang Group have delivered over the course of those 52 years.
“Right now Geo TV serves up a vibrant palette of channels from Sports activities, Information, and Present Affairs to Drama Serials, Brief tales, telefilms, motion pictures, AVOD content material on-line and far more. Jeet Kay Geo!”
A spokesperson for the awards stated: “Annually we’re stunned by the standard of the entries and the shortlisting course of this 12 months was tougher than ever. We want to thank everybody who submitted their work and likewise our panel who helped to advocate stand-out tasks all year long. The inventive and reside occasion industries proceed to innovate and the awards have been eager to assist their efforts by the presentation of a brand new award.”
The 2023 ceremony was the ninth celebration to happen on the Hilton Manchester Deansgate and honoured a complete of 25 classes of which there have been six particular awards.