On June 10, Moscow hosted a solemn ceremony of awarding the Golden Ray National Prize. The prize is awarded to TV channels broadcast by satellite, cable and Internet operators in Russian in Russia and abroad. The prize in 2021 was awarded in 25 nominations: “TV Channels: Cinema”, “TV Channels: Series”, “TV Channels: Entertainment”, “Cognitive TV Channel”, “Popular Science TV Channel”, “Music TV Channel”, “Best Regional Channel”, “Male TV channel”, “Female TV channel” and others.
Among the laureates is the Izvestia news channel, which received an award in the TV Channels: Information and Publicism nomination. Izvestia is a round-the-clock television channel that broadcasts short, capacious videos about the main events in the country and the world. As the head of the Izvestia TV channel Vlada Levitskaya says, Izvestia provides an opportunity to quickly receive news around the clock in absolutely any format. “We are trying to keep up with new trends and trends in television viewing on different devices. The editors constantly bring and integrate the latest technologies that contribute to fast visual consumption, because all the news on the air is accompanied by text captions, which allows you to watch the TV channel without sound,” she said. the third award for Izvestia, previously the channel has already become a laureate in the category “Discovery of the Year” and “TV Channels: Information and Publicism”.
The channels of the “Digital Television Family” of the First Channel received prizes in eight nominations. TV channel “Oh!” became the best children’s TV channel, and its presenter Nicole Plieva received the award as the best “Young presenter”. On the air of the channel “O!” collected the best educational programs that awaken curiosity to explore the world around, and cognitive animation. Nicole Plieva is the first presenter of the O! TV channel. It was with her program “Doctor Malyshkina” that the channel started in February 2017. To date, the talented young presenter has already conducted 148 programs and won the love of not only the children’s audience, but also the respect of the adult.
“Growing on the pay TV“ lawn ”is harder and harder every year. The more valuable this award, the more gratitude I am to everyone who makes it and who watches the channel, the more interesting and ambitious our plans are! as the best children’s TV channel. And I hope that this is not an accident, but a good tradition. We will keep it! ” – said Anna Schneider, editor-in-chief of the O! TV channel.
“Thank you! I am very glad! Thanks to all the members of the jury and everyone who voted for me. Thanks to our cheerful film crew, because I am not afraid of anything with her. With such a team I want to take off and fly!” – Nicole Plieva shared her emotions.
The Pobeda TV channel became a laureate in three nominations. Dmitry Borisov, the host and co-author of the Path to Victory program, won the Best Host category. Experts, guests of the documentary investigation project and representatives of the younger generation in the studio discuss the most important and little-known facts, events related to the history of the Great Patriotic War. The Path to Victory program received an award for the best design.
“For our entire team,” The Path to Victory “is a special project. We managed to gather the best historians and documentary filmmakers in order to discuss the course of the Great Patriotic War with them in detail, put together a puzzle of key world events and people of that time. the concentration of knowledge on every square meter of the studio and every minute of the air is colossal, and being the host and co-author of such a program is an incredible success and professional pleasure, “noted Dmitry Borisov, editor-in-chief of the Pobeda TV channel, general producer of Channel One. …
The Open All-Russian Online Festival “Thank you for Victory”, held annually by the Pobeda TV channel, won in the nomination “Best Action / Event of the TV Channel”. In 2020, the festival was a great success and turned into a real popular movement: 60 thousand participants from all over the world, applications came from sixty countries. More than 9 million people took part in online voting, choosing the winners in various categories. As a result, on the occasion of the 75th anniversary of Victory in the Great Patriotic War, the Pobeda TV channel held a 75-hour broadcast marathon of the best works of the contestants.
The best entertainment channel was “Beaver”. The channel is dedicated to hobbies and hobbies, it tells viewers how to transform and equip living space with their own hands: in a house, on a garden plot, in an apartment or in a yard. The Vremya TV channel, a channel about outstanding people, ideas and events, was awarded in the Best Design category. In the nomination “Music TV channel” the victory was awarded to the TV channel “Music of the First”.
Three statuettes of the “Golden Ray” award were received by the TV channels of the Digital Television media holding. “My Planet”, “Science” and “Mosfilm. Golden Collection” were recognized as the best in their genre. The Doctor and T24 TV channels were awarded special prizes.
So, “My Planet” was recognized as the best in the “Cognitive TV Channel” nomination. This year, “My Planet” presented the premiere project “Russia Out of the Access Zone” – a domestic project dedicated to travel to the most remote places in Russia. In autumn, the viewers of “My Planet” will see a photo exhibition of the best photographs of the contest “My Planet. Russia in Details”, which will be held in major cities of Russia.
The Nauka TV channel is the best in the Popular Science TV Channel nomination. This year, declared the Year of Science and Technology, the Nauka TV channel celebrated its 10th anniversary. The channel’s mission is to popularize scientific knowledge. Every day, the channel tells its viewers about the achievements of Russian and world science, covers the main scientific events on the air. Every year “Science” holds a photo and video competition “Shoot Science!”; On May 31, 2021, the channel named the authors of the best photographs that graced Wikipedia scientific articles.
The Mosfilm. Golden Collection TV channel won the Best Film Channel nomination. It began broadcasting on September 1, 2020. The channel’s content is the pictures of the golden fund of the national cinema, created by the Mosfilm film studio, high-budget Russian blockbusters and serials. According to the results of the first quarter of 2021, “Mosfilm. Golden Collection” is in the top 3 of the highest rated film series channels. The Doctor TV channel was noted for timely and impartial information during a pandemic and was awarded a diploma. For his contribution to the development of scientific and educational journalism, the “Flight School” project of the “T24” TV channel was awarded – a series of programs on how to become a pilot. The project was led by Alexander Koltovoy, who died in a plane crash on November 7, 2020 under tragic circumstances.
The full list of laureates can be viewed on the website of NAT – the National Academy of Television Broadcasters, which organizes and conducts the Golden Ray Award. At the ceremony, each laureate was presented with a new book by the President of the Academy Eduard Sagalaev. NAT Director General – Alexander Shirokikh, opening the ceremony, noted how important it is to get together after a year and a half break (last year the prize was not awarded due to the pandemic), and thanked everyone for the fact that in difficult times the TV channels withstood and improved their work, offering the audience new films, programs and important promotions.
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