# Venice TV Awards

The Venice TV Award is a television prize bestowed each year in September. Two weeks after the Venice International Film Festival, a team of jurors from around the world meet in Venice to select the winners of 19 categories. Prerequisite for a nomination is that the production was first broadcast on a television station. The exception is the New Talent category. This award also highlights that the TV industry is a $260 billion industry worldwide with around 38,500 TV channels in operation and is supported by egta, ACT (Association of Commercial TV) and IMZ (International Music + Media Centre). This award brings national and international recognition for quality content.

## Award Categories

* Category
* Best Of Technical High Quality
* Best TV Series
* Best TV Film
* Documentary
* Light Entertainment
* News
* Program Promotion
* Branded Entertainment
* Sport
* Children / Youth
* Comedy
* Performing Arts
* Reality-TV
* Telenovela
* Cross Platform Programming
* New Talent (Directors)
* Animation
* Cinematography
* Direction
At the 2024 Venice TV Awards, the BBC won three Gold Medals, securing victories in Light Entertainment for The Eurovision Song Contest 2023, in Animation for A Bear Named Wojtek, and in Cinematography for Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods. The UK, with a total of seven wins, was the most successful country. Sky UK, ITV, Apple TV+ and Channel 4 also received awards. Other international winners included broadcasters from France, Germany, Brazil, the United States, Spain, and Portugal. A total of 44 countries participated in the awards.
2023 was the work of the BBC that most regularly captured the attention of the judges, securing a total of three Gold Medals. Apple TV+ and Disney+ triumphed with two Gold Medals. NHK, Japan earned two Gold Medals as well. Elsewhere, one Gold Medal went to each of the following broadcasters: CBS, HBO, TV Globo Brazil, Mediacorp, Singapore, Telewizja Polska, Viacom18, India, Televisão Independente, Portugal, and YLE, Finland and in Talent to Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti.
In 2022 Sky Atlantic’s Landscapers (TV series), a four-part starring Olivia Colman and David Thewlis, was handed the award for Best TV Series. Life & Rhymes won in Light Entertainment, "Romeo & Juliet", from the Royal National Theatre in the Performing Art category and in the Children/Youth "COP26: In Your Hands", a documentary giving a voice to a diverse group of young people, allowing them to air their concerns over climate change. Other UK winners on the night included Channel 4, which was rewarded in Best TV Film for Help (2021 television film) and ITV News in the News category for its coverage of the storming of the US Capitol building. In the Comedy category was Minx (TV series), HBO Max the winner.
In 2021, works from the United Kingdom were the most successful, winning five Golden Trophies. It's a Sin (TV series) (Channel 4), Creator: Russell T Davies was successful in TV Series. Channel 4 was also successful in Documentary with "The School That Tried To End Racism". BBC Production "Anthony" won in Best TV Film while Sky took two wins, one in Comedy Two Weeks to Live (TV series) and a second in Light Entertainment with "Rob & Romesh Vs.". Globo Brazil won three Gold Trophies (Telenovela, Cross Platform, Branded Entertainment). Productions from United States won two Gold Trophies, Australia, Portugal, and Austria, one each. Nominees and winners were rewarded from 29 countries: United Kingdom, Germany, USA, Brazil, India, France, Japan, Sweden, Italy, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Iceland, Spain, Austria, Australia, Belgium, The Netherlands, South Africa, Turkey, Philippines, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Russia, Israel and Singapore.
2020 "The New Pope" (Sky Italy) with Jude Law and John Malkovich was successful in TV series. United Kingdom were most successful, collecting 4 Gold Trophies: Sky "Breeders" in Comedy Category, ITV "Digital Gulag" in Documentary category, BBC in Children/Youth with "The Snail and the Whale" and Endemol struck gold in the Light Entertainment Section with "Master Chef Australia". Productions from United States and Brazil won two Gold Trophies each. Nominees and Winner were rewarded from United Kingdom, France, United States, Brazil, Germany, Italy, India, Singapore, Sweden, Czech Republic, Australia, Spain, Israel, Hong Kong, Qatar, Belgium, Finland, Russia, Austria, Canada, Chile, Hungary, Japan, Poland, Portugal, South Africa, South Korea, Switzerland, Turkey.
2019 Nominees from the United Kingdom were most successful, collecting 4 Gold Trophies: Sky won with "Chernobyl" (co-produced by HBO) and with "Art of Drumming" in the Performing Arts category. BBC took the Comedy award with "Don’t Forget the Driver" and also struck gold in the Youth section with "My Life I Will Survive". Rewards went as well to France, Brazil, Germany, India, USA, Singapore, Sweden, Italy, Ireland, Czech Republic, Australia, Spain, Israel, Hong Kong, Qatar, Malaysia, Lithuania, New Zealand, Croatia, Taiwan, Norway, Belgium, Finland, The Netherlands and Russia.
2018 the leading countries were United Kingdom and Germany, each with 2 Gold Trophies. United Kingdom won in Documentary with Mosul (Channel4/Mongoose Production) and Light Entertainment - Cruising with Jane McDonald (Channel 5). German Winners were 4Blocks in TV Series (TNT Series) and Generation 44 in Best TV Movie Generation 44 (ARD) produced by Zieglerfilm.

## Supporting Associations

ACT (Association of Commercial TV) - The Association of Commercial Television in Europe represents the interests of the leading commercial broadcasters in 37 European countries and is committed to the promotion of original TV content, and the preservation of copyright.
EGTA (European Group of Television Advertising) - The European Association of Advertising Solutions Marketers via Screens and / or Audio Platforms is a non-profit association based in Brussels. The aim of the association is to promote television advertising on a political and social level.
IMZ (International Music + Media Center) - The IMZ International Music + Media Center is a non-profit organization founded in 1961 under the auspices of UNESCO to preserve the performing arts as a cultural asset, and in and through promote audiovisual media. Co-funded by the Creative Europe Programme of the European Union.

## Gold Winners 2024 Venice TV Award

| Category | Title | Broadcaster | Production | Country |
| Best Series | Mr Bates vs The Post Office | ITV1 | ITV Studios and Little Gem | United Kingdom |
| Best TV-Film | On the Run | TF1 | Radar Films | France |
| Documentary | Hatton | Sky UK | Noah Media Group | United Kingdom |
| Comedy | Extraordinary (TV series) | Disney+ | Sid Gentle Films | United Kingdom |
| Best Technical Quality | The Great Kanto Earthquake | NHK | NHK | Japan |
| Performing Arts | Theodora | 3sat | Naxos | Austria |
| Light Entertainment | Eurovision Song Contest 2023 | BBC One | BBC Studios | United Kingdom |
| Children/Youth | Lovely Little Farm (Season 2) | Apple TV+ | Darrall Macqueen | United Kingdom |
| Reality-TV | Tempting Fortune | Channel 4 | Voltage TV | United Kingdom |
| Cross-Platform | How Sexism Shaped our Teenage Years | RTVE | RTVE | Spain |
| Branded Entertainment | Big Brother Modo Stone | TV Globo | TV Globo | Brazil |
| News | The CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell | CBS | CBS News | United States |
| Sport | Ayrton Senna, O Dia que Ainda Não Terminou | Record | Câmera Record | Brazil |
| Program Promotion | Olympics – All the shine | TV Globo | Hodc, Promo TV Globo | Brazil |
| Telenovela | Lady of tides | Sociedade Independente de Comunicação | SP Television | Portugal |
| New Talent | Vision d’été | Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti | Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti | Italy |
| Animation | A Bear Named Wojtek | BBC Alba | Illuminated Film Company | United Kingdom |
| Cinematography | Ukraine: Enemy in the Woods | BBC Two | Hoyo Films | United Kingdom |
| Direction | Loki season 2 | Disney+ | Marvel Studios | United States |
| Special Jury Prize | The Zweiflers | ARD | Turbokultur | Germany |

## Gold Winners 2023 Venice TV Award

| Category | Title | Broadcaster | Production | Country |
| Best Series | Oussekine | Disney+ | Itinéraire Productions (UGC Group) for Disney+ | France |
| Best TV-Film | Life and Death in the Warehouse | BBC Three, BBC One Wales | BBC Studios | United Kingdom |
| Documentary | Mariupol: The People’s Story | BBC | Top Hat Productions and Hayloft Productions | United Kingdom |
| Comedy | Shrinking (TV series) | Apple TV+ | Apple Original, Warner Bros. International Television Production | United States |
| Best Technical Quality | Nature’s Hidden Miracles | NHK | NHK | Japan |
| Performing Arts | New Year’s Concert of the Vienna Philharmonic 2023 | ORF (broadcaster) | ORF (broadcaster) | Austria |
| Light Entertainment | Song of my life | YLE | Yellow Film & TV | Finland |
| Children/Youth | Jane (American TV series) | Apple TV+ | Sinking Ship | United States |
| Reality-TV | The Traitors (British TV series) | BBC One | Studio Lambert | United Kingdom |
| Cross-Platform | GLOW x HBO Industry S2 | HBO, BBC | Bad Wolf | United Kingdom |
| Branded Entertainment | Happy Hour with Mariana Ximenes | TV Globo | A+ D+ | Brazil |
| News | The CBS Evening News with Norah O’Donnell: Roe v Wade | CBS | CBS | United States |
| Sport | The Moment: How Sports Changed The World | NHK | Red Bull Studios and 1895 Films | United States |
| Program Promotion | Nickelodeon Sand Art Ident | Nickelodeon (Indian TV channel) | Viacom18 | India |
| Telenovela | Para Sempre | Televisão Independente | Plural Entertainment | Portugal |
| New Talent | The Ocean around Milan | Civica Scuola di Cinema Luchino Visconti | Bianca Burini | Italy |
| Animation | Star Wars: Visions – I Am Your Mother | Disney+ | Lucasfilm, Aardman Animations | United Kingdom |
| Cinematography | Filip (film) | Telewizja Polska | Telewizja Polska | Poland |
| Direction | Inside Crime Scene | August Pictures | Mediacorp | Singapore |

## Gold Winners 2022 Venice TV Award

| Category | Title | Broadcaster | Production | Country |
| Best Series | Landscapers (TV series) | Sky Atlantic | SISTER in association with South of the River Pictures | United Kingdom |
| Beste TV-Film | Help (2021 television film) | Channel 4 | The Forge Entertainment, One Shoe Films | United Kingdom |
| Documentary | Arsène Wenger: Invicible | Canal+ | Federation Entertainment, Noah Media Group, Yvette Production | France |
| Comedy | Minx (TV series) | HBO Max | Lionsgate Television, Feigco Entertainment | United States |
| Best Technical Quality | Inaccessible Cities | Al Jazeera | AJ Contrast, Al Jazeera Digital | Qatar |
| Performing Arts | Romeo & Juliet | Sky Arts | National Theatre in association with Sabel Productions/Cuba Pictures | United Kingdom |
| Light Entertainment | Life & Rhymes | Sky Arts | CPL Productions | United Kingdom |
| Children/Youth | COP26: In Your Hands | Sky Kids | Fresh Start Media Productions | United Kingdom |
| Reality-TV | Love on the Spectrum | Netflix | Northern Pictures Pty Ltd | United States |
| Cross-Platform | Clara Henry – The revenge | Sveriges Television AB/SVTPlay | Sveriges Television AB | Sweden |
| Branded Entertainment | Lego Masters (American TV series) | Fox Broadcasting Company | Endemol Shine North America and Tuesday’s Child | United States |
| News | ITV NEWS: The Storming of the Capitol | ITV | ITN/ITV News | United Kingdom |
| Sport | Kiyou’s Kata | Kansai Telecasting Corporation | Kansai Telecasting Corporation | Japan |
| Program Promotion | ONAIR GLOOB | GLOOB | TV Globo | Brazil |
| New Talent | In Harmony | University for the Creative Arts | Markus Øvre | United Kingdom |

## Gold Winners 2021 Venice TV Award

| Category | Title | Broadcaster | Production | Country |
| Best Series | It's a Sin (TV series) | Channel 4 | HBO Max presents a Red Production Company production in association with All3Media International for Channel 4 Television | United Kingdom |
| Beste TV-Film | Anthony | BBC1 | LA Productions | United Kingdom |
| Documentary | The School That Tried To End Racism | Channel 4 | Proper Content | United Kingdom |
| Comedy | Two Weeks to Live (TV series) | Sky One | Avalon Television | United Kingdom |
| Best Technical Quality | Star Wars – About Cinema | Al Jazeera Arabic Channel | Al Jazeera Media Network | Qatar |
| Performing Arts | Cosiì fan tutte (Salzburg Festival) | ORF (broadcaster) | ORF, ZDF/Arte and UNITEL | Austria |
| Light Entertainment | Rob & Romesh Vs. | Sky One | CPL Productions | UK |
| Children/Youth | Goldie’s Oldies | Nickelodeon | MViacomCBS International Studios (VIS) UK | United States |
| Reality-TV | Love on the Spectrum | ABC TV (Australian TV channel) | Northern Pictures | Australia |
| Cross-Platform | OFF Makers | Canal OFF | Canal OFF | Brazil |
| Branded Entertainment | The Reality Show I Live In (O Reality Que Eu Vivo) | Multishow | Multishow / Delírio Produções | Brazil |
| News | The Diagnosis: COVID-19 | Televisão Independente | TVI | Portugal |
| Sport | Highest Air | Olympic Channel | IMG, Olympic Channel | Spain |
| Program Promotion | Ting Tong Show Title Sequence | Nick India | Viacom18 | India |
| New Talent | Memories of a Sounded Past | Not aired yet | UNO | United States |

## Gold Winners 2020 Venice TV Award

| Category | Title | Broadcaster | Production | Country |
| Best Series | The New Pope | Sky Italia, Sky Atlantic, HBO | Canal+, The Apartment – Wildside with Haut et Court TV and The Mediapro Studio | Italy |
| Best TV-Film | Broken Man | France TV | STORIA TV | France |
| Documentary | Undercover: Inside China’s Digital Gulag | ITV (TV channel) | Hardcash Productions | United Kingdom |
| Comedy | Breeders | Sky One | Avalon Television | United Kingdom |
| Best Technical Quality | Giuseppe Verdi: Rigoletto | ORF | Unitel, Germany | Austria |
| Performing Arts | Concerto Budapest & Kremerata Baltica Concert film for Mezzo TV | Mezzo TV | Concerto Budapest, clockWISE Productions | France |
| Light Entertainment | MasterChef Australia | Network Ten Australia | Endemol Shine Australia | Australia |
| Children/Youth | The Snail and the Whale | BBC One | Magic Light Pictures | United Kingdom |
| Reality-TV | Survival Days | Canal OFF | Canal OFF / Deep Blue Films | Brazil |
| Cross-Platform | 101 East – The $5 Forests | Al Jazeera English | Al Jazeera English | Qatar |
| Branded Entertainment | Summer Chillin‘ | Canal OFF | Canal OFF / Faissol Filmes | Brazil |
| News | Hong Kong Connection: Covid 19 mini series (Cities in Lockdown and The story of face masks) | RTHK | Radio Television Hong Kong | Hong Kong |
| Sport | One Night: Joshua Vs. Ruiz | DAZN | DAZN, Balboa Productions | United States |
| Program Promotion | Nickelodeon Valentine’s Identy | Nickelodeon (Indian TV channel) | Viacom18 | India |
| New Talent | Fort Irwin | Fantastic Fest | American Film Institute | United States |

## Gold Winners 2019 Venice TV Award

| Category | Title | Broadcaster | Production | Country |
| Best Series | Chernobyl | Sky Atlantic, HBO | Sister Pictures, The Mighty Mint, Word Games | United Kingdom |
| Best TV-Film | Ce soir la | France TV | Caminando productions and EndemolShine Fiction | France |
| Documentary | Hostage(s) | Canal+ | 10.7 | France |
| Comedy | Don't Forget the Driver | BBC Two | Hootenanny, a Sister Pictures company | United Kingdom |
| Best Technical Quality | Eurovision Song Contest 2019 | KAN | KAN | Israel |
| Performing Arts | The Art of Drumming | Sky Arts | Wall to Wall Media | United Kingdom |
| Light Entertainment | Special Delivery | Mediacorp Channel 5 | The Moving Visuals Co. | Singapore |
| Cross-Platform | BBD Urgent | Gloob | Gloob / Conspiração Filmes | Brasil |
| Children/Youth | My Life I Will Survive | CBBC | Blakeway North | United Kingdom |
| Reality-TV | Filthy Rich & Homeless, Series 2 | SBS Television | Blackfella Films | Australia |
| Branded Entertainment | Washed By The Sea | Canal OFF | Canal OFF / Roostercorp | Brasil |
| News | Brides & Brothels: The Rohingya Trade | Al Jazeera English | 101 East | Malaysia |
| Sport | Far From Home | Olympic Channel | Boardwalk Pictures | Global |
| Program Promotion | Nickelodeon Mom & Brat Ident | Nickelodeon-India | Viacom18 Media | India |
| New Talents | The Walking Fish | - | HALAL | The Netherlands |

## Gold Winners 2018 Venice TV Award

| Category | Title | Broadcaster | Production | Country |
| Documentary | Mosul | Frontline (PBS), Channel 4 | Mongoose Pictures | United States / United Kingdom |
| Performing Arts | Carmen | France Télévisions | Wahoo-Production | France |
| Light Entertainment | Cruising with Jane McDonald | Channel 5 (UK) | Elephant House Studios | United Kingdom |
| Children/Youth | ZombieLars | NRK Super | Torden Film | Norway |
| Reality-TV | Employable Me | Australian Broadcasting Corporation | Northern Pictures | Australia |
| Cross-Platform | Bigg Boss 11 | Colors | Viacom18 Media | India |
| Branded Entertainment | Route Awakening Season3 | National Geographic (Asia) | Sitting In Pictures | Singapore |
| Sport | Regnbågshjältar / Rainbow Heroes | Sveriges Television / Sveriges Television | Filmriding and Swedish Television | Sweden |
| Program Promotion | PRIMA Krimi Brand Identity | Prima TV | Department for TV PRIMA | Czech Republic |
| Technical High Quality | Fifa World Cup 2018 | Nova TV | Nova TV | Croatia |
| Comedy | De Luizenmoeder | AVROTROS / NPO 3 | Bing Film & TV BV | The Netherlands |
| Best Series | 4 Blocks | TNT Serie | Wiedemann & Berg | Germany |
| Best TV-Film | Summer of ’44 – The Lost Generation | ARD | Zieglerfilm Baden Baden | Germany |
| Best Talent | Wave | - | Assembly | Ireland |