THE FIRST INTERNATIONAL BROADCASTING ALLIANCE AWARDS
13th March 2022 6pm GMT @ The Grand Hall, Doportedas
Arts & Culture Division Thread
The Programme Exchange Thread
Submissions Closing Date to Arts & Culture Division Thread: Thursday 24th February, 23:59 UTC
Voting in the Awards Ceremony opens: Sunday 27th February, 23:59 GMT
Voting in the Awards Ceremony closes: Thursday 10th March, 23:59 GMT
Live Broadcast of the Event: Sunday 13th March, 18:00 GMT
This means that participating broadcasters will have two weeks from this post to submit programmes to the Arts & Culture Thread in order to be considered for the upcoming IBA Awards. The Awards Ceremony will be in English, broadcasted by The Britonish Television Board (BTVB) and will be available for every broadcaster in the IBA to show on their channels. As mentioned above, the programme will begin at 18:00 GMT and is expected to last a total of three hours.
Please note, if you submit a programme only to the Arts & Culture Division Thread, your programme might not be eligible for certain awards. Please look below for a list of the 14 Awards that will be given out and whether your programme will be eligible to receive awards from them. If you'd like to be eligible for all 15 awards, once you've posted on the Arts & Culture Thread, please also fill out the form on the Programme Exchange.
Awards for Programmes on the Arts & Culture Division Thread
1 IBA Award for Best Fictional Piece
Aimed towards limited dramas. A limited drama constitutes an episodic drama that tells the story a film usually does in a few episodes with no plans to add a second series. A show with 6 or fewer episodes will be accepted. Films will also be included under this category too.
2 IBA Award for Best Fictional Series
Aimed towards long-running programmes with more than one season or more than 10 episodes in one series.
3 IBA Award for Best Non-Fictional Programme
Aimed at multi-episodic reality programmes which happen either as a one-off (series) or multiple. Usually slightly scripted and not live broadcasts.
4 IBA Award for Best Live Broadcast
All live programmes that have been broadcast via the IBA, including the World Hit Festival and IBA broadcasted sports broadcasts, will be included in this.
5 IBA Award for Best Special Event
For broadcasts that just happen once, this does not have to be live.
6 IBA Award for Best Multicamera Broadcast
For programmes that happen in a studio-based setting – this also includes events that happen in arenas with a multicamera setup. World Hit Festival or WorldVision will not be included in this category.
7 IBA Award for Best Visual Effects
The programme with the best title card, it is usually displayed at the top of the form when filling out an application. This also counts as the "logo" of the show.
8 IBA Award for Broadcasting Excellence
The national broadcaster who has contributed the most to the international community through the programmes that they are adding to the IBA Network.
9 IBA Award for Best Game Show
A self-explanatory idea, the show with the best idea as a game show.
10 IBA Award for Best Music Entertainment
A self-explanatory idea, the best music entertainment programme.
Usually by signing up a really good idea on the Arts & Culture Thread, you automatically make your programme eligible for a large number of these awards. You can increase your chances of your show winning an award by adding it to the Programme Exchange (PrEx) thread:
Awards for Programmes on the Arts & Culture Division Thread and Programme Exchange Thread
11 IBA Award for Best Actor in Leading Role
The actor with the best storyline which resonates with those who are watching him.
12 IBA Award for Best Actress in Leading Role
The actress with the best storyline which resonates with those who are watching her.
13 IBA Award for Best Supporting Cast Member
Only for Programmes on the PrEx Catalogue. The programme with the best group of supporting actors which help to add value to the overall storyline.
14 IBA Award for Best Original Soundtrack
Basing it off the opening titles for each of the submitted songs. Once a song is submitted, it cannot be resubmitted if it wins the award. It can be resubmitted up to a maximum of three times only. There will be a listenalong on the Discord channel of all the eligible songs and you will be able to pick a couple of your favourites.
15 IBA Award for Best Producer
The programme with the best overall idea.
16 IBA Award for Best Originality
A touching episode of a programme that has resonated with its watching audience in terms of the story behind it. Aimed at those writing the episode.
If you like the look of these awards, all you have to do is post on the Programme Exchange Thread and fill out the slightly longer form.
Additional Awards
Every broadcaster that has submitted at least two pieces of work to the IBA Arts & Culture Division will be eligible for this award.
17 IBA Award for Broadcasting Excellence
The national broadcaster who has contributed the most to the international community through the programmes that they are adding to the IBA Network.
If you have an idea, it takes you only FIVE MINUTES to sign up on the Arts & Culture Thread. Over the week, I will be checking the thread and releasing a list of the programmes that are eligible for nomination. If there are more submissions for an award than there are spaces for nomination, the nominations will be decided based on opinions from the IBA Board.
You have until 24th February 2022, 23:59 GMT to get your show on the IBA Arts & Culture Thread. You will then find out if you've been nominated on Saturday 26th March.
Everyone will be able to vote when voting lines open, with more information coming on that soon.
Arts & Culture Division Thread
The Programme Exchange Thread