15/04/2015
Antena 1’s main news bulletin (Observator) campaign called “The lost generation ( “Generatia pierduta”) was awarded the silver medal in the New York Festivals ’ “Best News Documentary/Special” section.
The” Observator” program is produced by the Antena 3 journalistic team, which was also a nominee in the finale for “Turma lui Ceauşescu” (Ceausescu’s herd” – in the Docudrama category ) and “Cobaii lui Mengele” ( Mengele’s guinea pigs” – in the Best Editing category). Antena 1’s Observator had another nomination for “Viata fara sange. Doneaza rosu” ( Life without blood – donate red” – in the human interest category).
Two of Antena 3’s top journalists ( Mihai Gadea and Mircea Badea) were invited to hand out the awards in the “News & Sports” category, for the second year in a row.
The 2015 edition of the New York Festivals – World’s Best Tv&Film reunited TV productions from 159 countries, including household names such as CNN, ESPN and NBC. It is third consecutive award winning year for Antena 3 in this festival, which holds a sum of nine medals.
Antena 3 is the only Romanian TV station affiliated to CNN International and is part of INTACT Media Group.