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With the current trend in the Nigerian music industry, where rhythm rather than lyrical 245 Views

The stage is set for this year’s Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards (NBMA) scheduled for Saturday January 23rd 2016.  Here are the competitive categories. You can now start nominating your favorite programmes, On-Air Personalities, Radio, TV stations among others.   TO NOMINATE: Click on http://nigerianbroadcastersmeritawards.com/?p=2451 You finally got the power, so let’s start as nomination closes on Sunday 8th November, 2015. The categories could be subjected to modification pending the time for voting. Below are the categories for nomination     COMPETITIVE CATEGORIES     TELEVISION STATION/CHANNEL CATEGORIES Best TV Station of the Year (NATIONAL) (Criteria: Must be transmitting both on terrestrial and satellite/ Digital Channel, production quality and content)   Best TV Station   (REGIONAL) (Viewer’s Choice)   Best TV Channel (Viewer’s Choice)   (Criteria: 24-hour Channel on Pay Satellite/Digital TV, Large viewer-ship and Good content)   Best Indigenous TV Channel (Viewers Choice) (This Category welcomes nomination of indigenous TV channels i.e. Yoruba, Hausa and Igbo on Satellite/ digital stations)   Best Entertainment Channel   (Africa) (Viewer’s Choice)  (Criteria): Made in Nigeria/Africa, good content, production quality and running on pay Satellite/Digital Channel)   Best Entertainment Channel  (International) (Viewer’s Choice)  (Criteria: Import and Export 24 hours channel on pay Satellite/Digital TV, large viewership in Africa)   TV Channel with Best News coverage   TV Station with Best Creative Innovation   TV Channel with Best Station Imaging. This category is designed to recognize excellence in the creation of an overall ‘sound’ for a station or network. To reward creative and effective use of production tools such as liners, jingles, promos and trailers, in establishing and promoting a distinctive on-air station/network identity.   TV Channel with Best Coverage of Live Events   Best New TV Station/Channel Criteria: Station must be relatively new and be regarded as innovative and fast-rising.     RADIO STATION CATEGORIES Best Radio Station (Lagos) (Criteria: Production quality, coverage, content and listenership)   Best Radio Station (North)   Best Radio Station (South-West)   Best Radio Station (South-East)   Radio Station with Best News Coverage – (National)   Radio Station with Best News Coverage – (North)   Radio Station with Best News Coverage – (South-West)   Radio Station with Best News Coverage – (South-East)   Best New Radio Station Criteria: Station must be relatively new and be regarded as innovative and fast-rising.   Radio Station with Best Creative Innovation   Radio Channel with Best Station Imaging. This category is designed to recognize excellence in the creation of an overall ‘sound’ for a station or network. To reward creative and effective use of production tools such as liners, jingles, promos and trailers, in establishing and promoting a distinctive on-air station/network identity.     INDIGENOUS TV/RADIO STATION CATEGORIES Best Indigenous Radio Station   (South-West) (Yoruba/Pidgin) (Listener’s Choice) (Criteria: Listenership and coverage)   Best Indigenous Radio Station (North) (Hausa)    (Listener’s Choice)   Best Indigenous Radio Station (East) (Igbo/pidgin)    (Listener’s Choice)   NEWSCASTERS CATEGORIES Best Newscaster (TV) Male (This is strictly for newscasters of TV stations which transmit both on terrestrial and satellite/Digital channel) (Criteria: diction, poise and fashion sense)   Best Newscaster (TV) Female (This is strictly for newscasters of TV stations which transmit both on terrestrial and satellite/Digital channel) (Criteria: diction, poise and fashion sense)   Best TV News Reporter (Criteria: Consistency, investigative reporting…etc)   Best Radio Newscaster (English) Male Best Radio Newscaster (English) Female   Best Newscaster   Pidgin/Igbo     Best Newscaster Yoruba    Best Newscaster Hausa   PAY SATELLITE/DIGITAL TELEVISION Best Pay Digital TV channel provider (Criteria): Services and numbers of ‘quality’ channels)   Pay Digital TV channel provider with Best Technical Innovation (This category seeks to recognize break-through innovations which have directly enhanced the VIEWER experience or significantly changed the business or distribution model to enable radio/TV services and their brands to better serve their audiences and/or find new audiences.)   Pay satellite TV channel provider with Best Creative Innovation This category recognizes editorial innovation in online, mobile, social or other digital platforms and how that innovation adds to the experience of the listener. Innovative use of content generated through platforms such as social media, Website, DTV or mobile has enhanced the on-air editorial of the programme or station that content is associated with, or brought new listening/viewing experiences to Nigerian consumers. This innovation may relate to a regular or one-off broadcast or on-going activity.   BACKROOM CATEGORIES (This category welcomes nominees from TV Stations in Sport News, Entertainment and other informative programmes). Best Voiceover Artiste   Producer of the Year   Cameraman of the Year   Best Studio Engineer   Best Programme Director   Best Visual Editor   OAPs/BROADCASTERS CATEGORIES Presenter Extraordinaire. (Viewers /Listeners Choice) (This category is strictly for physically challenged broadcasters/OAP/Presenter/Producer.   Nigerian Broadcaster of the year (Male) (People’s Choice) (This category is irrespective of medium (TV/Radio), location and programmes anchor)   Criteria: Most Popular, influential, superior Skill, well- rounded, humorous, decent and very original)   Nigerian Broadcaster of the year-    Female. (People’s Choice)   African Broadcaster of the Year –Male (People’s Choice) (This category welcomes nomination of presenters across the globe with programmes on satellite channels; they could come from any part of the country within Africa)   African Broadcaster of the Year –Female   Sexiest On-Air Personality- Male (Viewers /Listeners Choice) (Criteria: Good body frame, fashion sense, carriage and diction   Sexiest On-Air Personality-Female     Late Ambassador Segun Olusola Categories (NBMA 1st Grand-Patron) Actor of the Year (This is in memory of Late Ambassador Segun Olusola. It’s a ‘Viewers Choice’ award category, and it welcomes nominees from Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa movie genres. Criteria: Popularity, creativity and versatility. The nominees must feature in popular TV drama, soap opera or in high numbers of home videos shown on TV)   Actress of the Year (Viewers Choice) (This is in memory of Late Ambassador Segun Olusola. It’s a ‘Viewers Choice’ award category, and it welcomes nominees from Igbo, Yoruba and Hausa movie genres. Criteria: Popularity, creativity and versatility. The nominees must feature in popular TV drama, soap opera or in high numbers of home videos shown on TV)   Artiste of the Year-Male (This category welcomes …

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With the demise of Ambassador Segun Olusola, the Grand Patron of Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Awards 177 Views

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