Warwick TV Victorious at Student Television Awards
15 delegates from Warwick TV (WTV) attended the NaSTA Conference and Awards Dinner in Leeds last weekend and picked up a record-breaking four awards! This is the station's best performance to date and more 'firsts' will follow next year – when the station hosts the 2007 Annual Awards and Conference in collaboration with Guild Television (GTV).
WTV picked up its awards in the following categories:
Live Broadcast - The Big Decision - Winner
Documentary - Jailbreak Episode 1 - Winner
Factual - Go Green 2006 - Highly Commended - (2nd Place)
Video to Music - Is this the Way to WSAF? - Highly Commended - (2nd Place)
View photos from the event here.
Warwick TV is a student society which produces an hour of original, student-made TV programming each week, screened in Cholo between 4 and 5pm. All shows are also made available at link
There are a wide variety of opportunities available to work within the station, for all levels of technical competence. For those who want to perform the more technical roles, a detailed training programme is available, covering all aspects of programme-making. For more information, visit http://www.warwicktv.co.uk/wiki/index.php/WTV:About
Additional Information
NaSTA (National Student Television Association) exists to bring together all the student TV stations from across the UK, to help them communicate as a community and overcome problems, to offer advice, and to help new stations set up. It organises an annual conference and awards ceremony to showcase the best in student television, and raise the profile of student television in the industry.
Guild Television is a student run TV station based at the University of Birmingham Guild of Students and is one of only 11 such stations in Britain. Their output includes broadcasting live and pre-recorded programmes, producing commercial videos and collaborations with BURN FM and other societies.