Cnn Named ‘Cable and Satellite Network of the Year’ Amongst Five Honors at 2011 Asian Television Awards

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Network also wins ‘Cable and Satellite Channel of the Year' alongside wins in three other categories.

In a remarkable show of recognition of CNN's uncompromising and unmatched journalism, the network has been honored five times at the Asian Television Awards, taking both the coveted ‘Cable and Satellite Channel of the Year' and ‘Cable and Satellite Network of the Year.' CNN Correspondent Anna Coren was named ‘Best News Presenter or Anchor,' while the CNN Freedom Project was also recognized with two of its reports receiving acclamations for ‘Best Single News Story/Report' and ‘Best Social Awareness Programme.'
 

"To win five awards, including network and channel of the year, is an extraordinary achievement and testament to the excellence, dedication and bravery of our people in Asia Pacific and around the world," said Tony Maddox, executive vice president and managing director of CNN International. "It is especially pleasing to see recognition and reward for two of our CNN Freedom Project programs, an initiative which remains fearless and unwavering in its determination to help bring an end to modern day slavery."
 

One of the Freedom Project pieces took the ‘Best Single News Story/Report' award for a powerful report by CNN's international correspondent based in Delhi, Sara Sidner, about a young Bangladeshi boy who helped uncover a criminal gang that had been maiming children and forcing them to beg for money on the streets. The hard hitting and deeply moving piece can be seen here: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/05/02/cfp.sidner.begging.boy.cnn

‘Best Social Awareness Programme' went to ‘Nepal's Stolen Children,' a documentary which followed actress and activist Demi Moore as she travelled to Nepal to shine a light on the forced prostitution of young girls and women: http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/world/2011/06/17/freedom.project.nepal.cnn

In another big win for the network, the coveted ‘Best News Presenter or Anchor' award went to CNN's Hong Kong-based correspondent Anna Coren. Coren has been reporting this week from Thailand as part of the network's ‘Eye On' series, in addition to her extensive work this year in Japan, Australia, New Zealand and beyond.
 

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