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City of Seattle
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NEWS ADVISORY
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| SUBJECT: TVSea picks up five national awards; named best local government access channel
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
10/2/2001 8:30:00 AM |
FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT:
John Giamberso (206) 684-8328
Katherine Schubert-Knapp (206) 684-0909
Kathy Sugiyama (206) 684-0909
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Seattle’s municipal cable channel garners top honors in national competition
SEATTLE — TVSea, the city of Seattle’s government access channel, was recently named best local government access channel by its peers. In September, TVSea collected five first-place awards and other honors at the National Association of Telecommunications Officers and Advisors (NATOA) Conference, held in Miami, Fla.
NATOA received almost 1,000 entries from cities, counties and towns across the United States. TVSea won the most prestigious award — First Place for Overall Excellence in Government Programming for the largest cities. (Earlier this year, TVSea was selected second in a similar nationwide competition.)
The NATOA awards recognize excellence in broadcast, cable, multimedia and electronic programming developed by municipal agencies. NATOA is the professional organization that brings together those responsible for regulating telecommunication policies and those who program government channels all over the country.
In all, TVSea won eight NATOA awards: Overall Excellence in Government Programming was the big prize, but four other TVSea entries won first place honors, two were awarded second place, and one finished third in its category:
- "Just Like Noah", a 15-minute documentary chronicling the daily life of one particular homeless man, Noah Gray, won First Place in two categories: Documentary, Social Issues and Documentary Profile. In one of these categories, every judge gave it a perfect score.
- Two TVSea videos tied for First Place in the Documentary Event category.
"Stuwe’yug w" captures the discovery of ancient Native American artifacts at the recently opened Tolt Water Treatment Plant and shows how archeologists worked hand-in-hand with Seattle Public Utility officials to preserve this important legacy.
- "Experience This!" shared First Place in this category. This video offers viewers a dazzling visual tour of the Experience Music Project.
- "Experience This!" also won a second place award in the category for innovative programming.
TVSea’s web site (http://www.cityofseattle.net/tvsea) won second place for all government channel websites. This was the fourth time TVSea’s website won a national award in the past three years.
When the Feb. 28, 2001, earthquake struck Seattle, TVSea was taping a city council meeting. That footage was seen all over the United States and around the world. TVSea utilized the same footage in a station promo, which won Third Place in the station promo category.
Copies of the award-winning programs are available from TVSea. A compilation tape can be viewed on-line at: http://www2.ci.seattle.wa.us/media/detail.asp?ID=348 and links to other award winners can be found in TVSea’s streaming video archive: http://www2.ci.seattle.wa.us/media/
TVSea can be seen on Channel 21 for those in Seattle with AT& T as their cable provider and on Channel 28 for Millennium cable subscribers.
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Note to editors & reporters:
A complete list of all of TVSea’s award-winning programs follows
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2001 NATOA Awards
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Overall Excellence, First Place: TVSea
Documentary, Social Issues: First Place: Just Like Noah
Documentary Event (tie): First Place: Stuwe’yug
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First Place: Experience This! (EMP) |
Documentary Profile:
First Place: Just Like Noah
Innovative:
2nd Place: Experience This! (EMP)
Gov. Channel Web Site: 2nd Place
Station Promo: 3rd Place earthquake promo
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TVSea’s National Awards, 1998 - 2001
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Overall Excellence
First Place, NATOA, 2001
Second Place, Alliance for Community Media, 2001
Second Place, NATOA, 1999
Teen Music, Dead or Alive
First Place, Documentary, Public Awareness, Alliance for Community Media, 2001
First Place, Informational Programming, Alliance For Community Media, 2001
Second Place, Documentary, Social Issues, NATOA, 2000
Experience This! The Experience Music Project
First Place, Documentary, Event, NATOA, 2001
Second Place, Innovative, NATOA, 2001
First Place, Music Video, Alliance for Community Media, 2001
Second Place, Innovative, Alliance for Community Media, 2001
Just Like Noah
First Place, Documentary, Social Issues, NATOA, 2001
First Place, Documentary, Profile, NATOA, 2001
Voices of the WTO
Third Place, Documentary Profile, NATOA, 2000
Honorable Mention, Documentary, Alliance for Community Media, 2000
Stuwe’yug w
First Place, Documentary, Event, NATOA, 2001
TVSea’s Website (www.cityofseattle.net/TVSea)
First Place, Government Channel Website, Alliance for Community Media, 2001
2nd Place, Government Channel Website, NATOA, 2001
First Place, Government Channel Website, NATOA, 2000
Second Place, Government Channel Website, NATOA, 1999
Global Reading Challenge
First Place, Children’s Programming, NATOA, 2000
Second Place, Children’s Programming, Alliance for Community Media, 2001
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Seattle Speaks!
Second Place, Municipal, General, Alliance for Community Media, 2001
Earthquake Promo
Third Place, Station Promo, NATOA, 2001
TVSea’s BookTalk
First Place, Talk Show, Alliance for Community Media, 2000 (program on
Harry Potter and kids’ books)
Second Place, Talk/Informational, Alliance for Community Media, 2001 (program on the "classics")
Longfellow Creek
First Place, Documentary Profile, Alliance for Community Media, 2000
Cedar River Watershed Education Center
First Place, Documentary Profile, Alliance for Community Media, 1999
Finalist, Profile of a City/County Department, NATOA, 1998
At Their Fingertips
First Place, Informational, Alliance for Community Media, 2000
Neighborhood Matching Fund
First Place, Government Profile, Alliance for Community Media, 1999
Seattle Works!
Second Place, Innovative, NATOA, 1999
Beyond The Badge
Second Place, Interview/Talk Show, NATOA, 1999
Third Place, Bloopers, NATOA, 2000
Judge’s Choice Award, Alliance for Community Media, 1999
Waterwise Gardening
Third Place, Public Education, NATOA, 1998
Kids Town Hall
Finalist, Children’s’ Programming, NATOA, 1998
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