Indiantelevision.com Team

(24 April 2008 4:30 pm)

MUMBAI: Twenty jury members of the 48th edition of the Rose d’Or Festival were announced by the MD of the festival Urban Frye. The festival will take place in Switzerland from 2-6 May.

The jury members will be responsible for viewing and voting on the 75 programmes from 55 companies representing 19 countries that have been nominated for this year’s coveted Rose d’Or Awards.

The winners of the competition will be announced on the evening of 6 May at the gala closing night award ceremony. Kiera Chaplin, granddaughter of the legendary Charlie Chaplin, will present the award for Best Entertainer.

The Rose d’Or Award will be given to the top winners in the following eight categories: Arts Documentary, Comedy, Drama, Sitcom, Entertainment, Game Show, Performing Arts, and Reality.

An award for Best Entertainer and Best of 2008 will be presented to the most outstanding performer and outstanding program respectively, across all genres of programming.

NBC Entertainment and Universal Media Studios co chairman Ben Silverman has been chosen to receive this year’s Honorary Rose and will be in Lucerne to accept this award.

Frye also announced that the Festival will be hosting five conference seminars covering topics from developing shows for prime time television to what’s next in new media. Speakers confirmed for these panels include: David Liddiment (All3Media/BBC), Alan Boyd (Fremantle Media), Colman Hutchinson (Prime Suspects/ Who Wants to be a Millionaire), and Michel Rodrigue (Distraction Formats), among others.