Al Jazeera wins three “Broadcast Production” awards

Al Jazeera Media Network's Creative directorate has won three prizes at NewscastStudio’s Broadcast Productions Awards. The Network’s creative directorate competed with more than 200 creative content-makers from many internationally-renowned channels and institutions.
 
Al Jazeera won two awards in the “Channel ID and Branding” category. The first was awarded to Al Hassad in recognition of the show’s new branding and format development that included the modern and dynamic designs of its segments and news graphics. In the same category, the Network also won second award for the branding of Al Jazeera Documentary Channel.
 
The third award, in the category “Topical Story”, was for an Al Jazeera News Channel news report presented by Mahmoud Al-Ken, explaining the ways the COVID-19 virus can transmit from one person to another and the role of lockdowns and social distancing policies in combatting the spread of the pandemic. The news report featured elements of augmented reality and 3D drawings.
 
The jury awarded the Network two certificates of appreciation for two other reports from Al Jazeera News Channel. One certificate for the use of interactive and augmented reality graphics in the reporting of the recent U.S. presidential election and the second certificate for a news report produced using augmented reality.
 
Ramzan Alnoimi, Acting Executive Director of Global Brand & Communications Division said: "We are proud of this achievement, after competing with a number of prestigious channels and institutions specialising in creative design, branding and news graphics. This achievement proves and reflects the experience of our producers and their competence. It is also a testament to Al Jazeera's leadership in the use of state-of-the-art television creative design technologies.”
 
Asef Hamidi, Director of News for Al Jazeera News Channel commented on winning the awards: "It's a well-deserved achievement for Al Jazeera and its creative employees who are highly-skilled and talented at a global level. They are driven by great passion and embody great ideas, which results in them being in the lead. Teamwork as well as editorial, operational and creative integration enhance performance, enrich the screen and lead to brilliance and we are proud of that."
 
Hayder Al Zubaidi, Manager of Creative Development & Production said: “We are proud of this achievement, especially considering there is a diversity in the categories in which the Network won its awards. Categories include news, entertainment and interactive and that reflects on the capabilities of Al Jazeera's Creative team to produce prolific work with outstanding visual content."
 
The Broadcast Production Awards are awarded annually to honor the most prominent work related to creativity, visual and musical design in the media industry. Categories cover news television programmes, sports and entertainment and include creative productions in studio design, branding, virtual and augmented content, among others.