Banff World Television Festival and NHK Partner for Award

BANFF, February 15: The Banff World Television Festival
(BWTVF) has joined forces with NHK to offer up a C$20,000 NHK Prize for the
best HD international co-production.

The winner will be announced at the 2007 Banff World
Television Awards ceremony during the 28th BWTVF at the Fairmont
Banff Springs in Banff, Canada, from June 10-June 13.

The NHK Prize is the new version of the NHK President’s
Prize, which has been awarded for the past six years at the awards ceremony.
All internationally co-produced HD programs submitted for the 2007 Banff
Television Awards will be eligible for nomination. The deadline for submissions
for the awards is February 23. Entry forms and the detailed regulations for the
2007 Banff World Television Awards international program competition are
available at www.bwtvf.com.

The Banff World
Television Awards include 18 categories covering the major program genres. New
to the awards this year is the Best Telenovela/Drama Serial Program category.
In addition, BWTVF’s 2007 program competition will include several expanded
categories for its Interactive Program: Best Mobile Program Enhancement Award,
Best Internet Program Enhancement Award and Best Internet Only Production
Award.

“NHK always has a keen eye on quality programming and
strives to explore the frontiers of innovation and creativity with
international partners,” said Fumio Narashima, the head of international
program acquisition and co-production at NHK. “Given our dedication to superior
programming and the increasing global dominance of HDTV, we hope to further
encourage excellent HD international co-productions with this new award.”