Doha: Al Jazeera’s Technology and Operations Division scooped two Arab States Broadcasting Union (ASBU) BroadcastPro Television Awards for 2015 during the award ceremony in Dubai on November 10.
The division was awarded MENA Broadcast Trendsetter for its innovative approach to re-configuring Al Jazeera’s bureaus around the globe, including state-of-the-art technology for newsgathering and broadcast.
The second award, ‘CTO of the Year’, was presented to Mohamed Abuagla, Executive Director, Technology and Operations, Al Jazeera, for having led the transformation of the Technology and Operations Departments after combining them into one division.
Abuagla was also the keynote speaker at BroadcastPro Summit & Awards annual flagship event where he walked the audience through Al Jazeera’s journey, having moved from the old ways of working on tape to becoming an industry leader.
Meanwhile, six awards will be given at the conclusion of the 11th Al Jazeera International Documentary Film Festival on November 29, Festival Director Abbas Arnaout has announced.
This year’s awards include Al Jazeera Golden Award, Jury Award, New Horizon Award, Al Jazeera Documentary Channel Award, Public Liberties and Human Rights Award and Child and Family Award.
A total of 147 films from 90 countries are competing for awards which carry a total prize of QR495,000.
Awards will be given to the winning films in three categories of the competitions — Long, Medium and Short, except for New Horizon Award which will be given to top three films created by amateur or student filmmakers.
The festival administration has announced the names of 15 jury members who will start to review films this weekend. The jury will be divided into three sub-committees to decide on winning films in all competitions.
The festival runs from November 26 to 29 at the Ritz-Carlton Doha.
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