TBI: TBI’s Content Innovation Awards 2020 shortlist revealed
TBI has unveiled the shows and businesses shortlisted across an array of categories for the sixth annual Content Innovation Awards, which celebrate the best programming and companies in the global TV industry.
New awards this year include a prize for businesses showing incredible ingenuity during the Covid-19 pandemic and an Extended Reality category, while Series Launch of the Year, Best Debut Drama Series and Best Returning Drama Series will all return.
The Representation on Screen Award is also back, saluting shows with outstanding on and off-screen representation of LGBTQ+, race and ethnicity, disability and social mobility issues, along with Entertainment Format of the Year and Reality TV Format of the Year.
The Contribution to Content and Lifetime Achievement awards also return, with the latter paying tribute to someone within the TV industry who has made a significant, long-term contribution to the wider business.
Another returning category is the Rising Star of Development, which allows businesses to recognise the stand-out individuals – some of whom may just be starting their TV careers – whose ideas rise to the top.
Winners will be announced on 3 December and the full shortlist can be found here, and below.
Best Animated Kids Programme
Globo for Senninha On The Crazy Race
ViacomCBS International Studios for It’s Pony
Rainbow Spa For 44 Cats (S2) Based on an original idea by “Rubius” (Ruben Doblas). An original Movistar+ series in collaboration with Zeppelin, coordinated by Stories Grupo Planeta and Snofokk for Virtual Hero
Globo for Gigablaster
Best Live Action Kids Programme
One Potato Two Potato and Endemol Shine North America for MasterChef Junior USA
Shaftesbury for The Solutioneers
Aquarius Films for The Unlisted
Sinking Ship Entertainment for Endlings
Globo for Game Crashers
Lion Television; Distributed by Cineflix Rights for Step Up to the Plate
Sinking Ship Entertainment, Fred Rogers Productions for Odd Squad Mobile Unit
Sinking Ship Entertainment for Dino Dana
Best Documentary Series
Banijay Rights for Murder Trial: The Disappearance of Margaret Fleming
Workerbee for Murdertown
World of Wonder Productions for Werq The World
HBO BRASIL for Missões De Vida
Ondemotive, Videoplugger for Red Zones
Saloon Media/Blue Ant Studios for Hotel Paranormal
Cineflix Productions; Distributed by Cineflix Rights for Mayday: Air Disaster
Base 1 Filmes – Me/Globo Comunicações for #ofuturoéfeminino (The Future Is Female)
Best Arts-Focused Documentary Series
3DD for Sky Arts for Great Film Composers: The Music That Made the Movies
Avalon and FX Productions for Sky One for Battle of The Brass Bands
HBO BRASIL for Elas No Singular
BPU Red Media LLC for Russia through the Eyes of Foreigners
HBO Brasil for Jorge Mautner – Kaos Em Ação
HBO Brasil for Clubversão Latino
Best Short-Form Series
Shaftesbury for The SolutioneersTV-3 Channel for The Unpacking
World of Wonder Productions for UNHhhh
Gloob for Ladyblog
NTV Broadcasting Company for Revolution Online
Representation on Screen
Banijay Rights for The School That Tried to End Racism
Kudos and Masterpiece for Grantchester
Shaftesbury for STEAM Stars
Great Pacific Media and Thunderbird Entertainment for Queen of the Oil Patch
Saloon Media/Blue Ant Studios for Canada’s Drag Race
HBO Brasil for He, She, They. (Todxs Nós)
Eureka Productions for Netflix show Dating Around
Sphere Media Plus for Transplant
Distribution Initiative
all3media International, Company Pictures for Van Der Valk
all3media International for So…Real
Vuulr for Vuulr: The Global Online Content Rights Marketplace
Sagafilm; Distributed by Cineflix Rights for The Minister
Premiere Digital for STOREFRONT
The Extended Reality Award
Remarkable Television for Your Home Made Perfect
NTV Broadcasting Company for Hero Cities
White Spark Pictures for The Antarctica Experience
One More Pictures & Rai Cinema for Happy Birthday
Sinking Ship Entertainment, TVOKids, Shaw Rocket Fund for Home4School
The Innovation & Ingenuity Award
1-2-3 Production for #StayHomeWorld of Wonder Productions for How’s Your Head, Hun?
Boom! PR for TellyCast: The TV Industry News Review
HBO Brasil for Greg News With Gregório Duvivier
Arrow Media for Arrow International Media
Rai-Radiotelevisione Italiana / Stand by me for Amore In Quarantena (Quarantine Love)
Aito Media Oy for We’re All Here
LiveInsight TV for Martin Garrix: Live on Dutch Waters
Eureka Productions for Discovery’s Crikey! It’s the Irwins: Bindi’s Wedding
The Innovation & Ingenuity Award – Kids Programming
Sinking Ship Entertainment for Lockdown
Animonsta Studios Sdn. Bhd. for Fly With Yaya: Tohoku
Gloob for Gloob Em Casa (Gloob At Home)
Gloob for Rolê Gloob
Shaftesbury for Boredom Busters
Series Launch of the Year
CBS for Survivor USA
Endemol Shine North America for Extreme Makeover: Home Edition
Caryn Mandabach Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions for Peaky Blinders
Endemol Shine Australia for MasterChef Australia
Endemol Shine North America, Tuesday’s Child and Plan B Entertainment for LEGO Masters USA
NTV Broadcasting Company for Caged
Competition Show of the Year
Nine Network Australia for The Block
Endemol Shine UK for MasterChef UK
Endemol Shine Australia in association with the Nine Network Australia for LEGO Masters Australia
Cardova Productions for The Next Brand Ambassador
Cardova Productions in association with Story Lab for The Taste Master SA
Darlow Smithson Productions for Interior Design Masters
Eureka Productions produced Holey Moley for ABC/Disney for Holey Moley
Best Debut Drama Series
Kudos for Deadwater Fell
HBO Brasil for Santos Dumont
HBO Brasil for Joint Venture
Productions Casablanca; Distributed by Cineflix Rights for Happily Married
ITV Studios for Snowpiercer
NTV Broadcasting Company for Wolf Trap
Sphere Media Plus for Transplant
Best Returning Drama Series
Vertigo Films for Sky One for Bulletproof
Tiger Aspect Productions for The Good Karma Hospital
Shaftesbury for Hudson & Rex
Dori Media Group Ltd for Dumb
HBO Brasil for The Secret Life of Couples (S2)
Muse Entertainment, Back Alley Films, Cineflix Studios; Distributed by Cineflix Rights for Coroner
Buccaneer Media; Distributed by Cineflix Rights for Marcella
ITV Studios for Schitt’s Creek
Best Historical Drama Series
New Pictures and Origin Pictures for Sky Atlantic in association with HBO for Catherine the Great
Neal Street Productions and Vertigo Films for Sky Atlantic for Britannia
Caryn Mandabach Productions and Tiger Aspect Productions for Peaky Blinders
Kudos and Masterpiece for Grantchester
Shaftesbury for Frankie Drake Mysteries
Shaftesbury for Murdoch Mysteries
Entertainment Format of the Year
Tuesdays Child Productions Ltd and The LEGO Group for LEGO Masters
Endemol Shine Group for MasterChef
NTV Broadcasting Company for Secret For A Million
Rai-Radiotelevisione Italiana for Viva RaiPlay! & VivaAsiago10!
WorldExtremeTV OÜ for Extreme Cuisine
Porta Dos Fundos Produtora E Distribuidora/Globo Comunicaçcões e Participações for Que História É Essa, Porchat? (What’s Your Story?)
Cardova Productions for Tropika Island Of Treasure
Reality TV Format of the Year
Banijay Rights for Temptation Island
Banijay Rights for Survivor
World of Wonder Productions for RuPaul’s Drag Race
BBC Studios Distribution for Dancing With The Stars
Cardova Productions for Presenter Search on 3 – Expresso Edition
Rai-Radiotelevisione Italiana for Boez – Andiamo Via (Boez – Let’s Go Away)
Best Use of Socialall3media International for Midsomer Murders
Gloob for Rolê Gloob De Férias
Gloob for Miraculous Day
Bandicoot, Storyhunter for The Masked Singer UK
Cardova Productions for Expresso Morning Show
Maria Farinha Filmes/Globo Comunicaçcões e Participações for Mesa Para Todos (Table For All)
Spray Filmes/Globo Comunicaçcões e Participações for Quebrando O Tabu (Breaking The Taboo)
Factual TV Project of the Year
Dragonfly Film & Television for AmbulanceT
he Garden Productions for 24 Hours In A&E
Sandstone Global Productions; Distributed by Cineflix Rights for Warrior Women With Lupita Nyong’o
Talesmith, Cineflix Productions, MBM TV; Distributed by Cineflix Rights for Takaya: Lone Wolf
NTV Broadcasting Company for The Miracle Of Holy Fire
Sharp Jack TV for Raised By The Village
HBO Brasil for Babel SP
Spray Filmes/ Globo Comunicaçcões e Participações for Quebrando O Tabu (Breaking The Taboo)
Factual Entertainment Programme of the Year
Banijay Rights, Minnow Films, Channel 4 for Celebrity SAS Who Dares Wins
Sidney Street Productions for My Greatest Dishes
Endemol Shine Australia for One Born Every Minute Australia
McAvoy Media; Distributed by Cineflix Rights for Inside Taronga Zoo
NTV Broadcasting Company for Secret For A Million
Eureka Productions for Animal Planet/Discovery show Crikey! It’s the Irwins
Rai-Radiotelevisione Italiana for O Anche No (Or No, Even)
Extreme Sport TV UG for SOS
Lifetime Achievement Award*
To be announced on December 3rd
Outstanding Contribution to Content*
To be announced on December 3rd
Rising Star Award*
To be announced on December 3rd
Published on September 3, 2020 on tbivision.com