PRIX EUROPA 2016 REGULATIONS RADIO

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1 PRIX EUROPA 2016 REGULATIONS RADIO PREAMBLE PRIX EUROPA - The European Broadcasting Festival awards the best European television, radio, digital audio and online productions each year with the aim of publicising them throughout Europe and supporting their continental distribution and use. It calls on all media professionals and their commitment to quality to compete against each other with their best productions. PRIX EUROPA distinguishes itself by its unique juries open to all programme makers from across the continent. All competition entries are assessed and evaluated in a public and open debate. This transparent process makes PRIX EUROPA a first-class training platform and a multinational market place. PRIX EUROPA is an annual forum reliably highlighting the latest trends in the media and taking a stand on broadcasting quality for all Europeans. 1. WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR PRIX EUROPA is looking for the best of radio and digital audio Made in Europe. PRIX EUROPA is looking for entries, which by the quality of their content and form equally convince audiences and professionals. The programmes should bear the cultural imprint of their place of origin, yet also reach people of other cultures, thus making them suitable to be broadcast outside of the country in which they were produced. 2. WHO MAY ENTER PRIX EUROPA is open to all radio organisations, production companies and independent producers based in Europe, given they hold the festival rights for the entered production. 1

2 3. CATEGORIES The PRIX EUROPA 2016 radio competition will be held in five categories. The submitter decides the category in which the production should compete. * Radio Documentary Category Single radio documentaries. * Radio Current Affairs Category This category is looking for journalistic research programmes focusing on in-depth information and investigative journalism. They should examine key contemporary topics, not be afraid to tackle controversial issues and demonstrate demanding and responsible journalism. Entries will be welcome from all journalistic departments within radio and independent production companies and must be single programmes. * Radio Fiction Category - Single radio fiction programmes and - episodes from radio fiction series and serials. * Radio Music Category This category stands for innovation of programmes about music. It is looking for new ways of communicating music to audiences. The entries will be judged on their ideas, the way they have been executed and how they connect with the listener. Submitters will be given 25 minutes presentation time for each entry to introduce the programme, contextualize it and play excerpts. The focus is on how to open new doors for audiences hearing music. 2

3 * Digital Audio Category This new category aims to recognise the most creative audio presented on digital platforms. Nota bene: Audio must be at the heart of the production. Entries could include: - podcasts made for digital-only consumption in any of the main speech genres such as documentary, drama, comedy, conversation; - radio work in these genres that has been re-presented or re-curated in an innovative way for digital use; - new audio-led digital formats that combine sound with imagery, animation, text etc. in imaginative and compelling ways. The jury will take into account the way the audio has been visualised for digital platforms, together with the impact and reach generated by social media and other digital syndication. Submission is open to all radio organisations, production companies and independent audio producers based in Europe. Submitters will be given 25 minutes presentation time for each entry to introduce and contextualize the audio, play excerpts and show how it was presented and distributed on digital platforms. 4. NUMBER AND LENGTH OF ENTRIES Radio Documentary Category Each submitter has 100 minutes of presentation time at his/her disposal which can be spread over up to two entries. If only one production is entered, it may be up to 60 minutes long. Radio Current Affairs Category Each submitter can enter up to two entries. Minimum length 10 minutes. Radio Fiction Category Each submitter has 100 minutes of presentation time at his/her disposal which can be spread over up to two entries. If only one production is entered, it may be up to 60 minutes long. If more than one production is entered, one entry has to be an episode from a series or serial. Radio Music Category Each channel has 25 minutes of presentation time at its disposal for 1 entry. Digital Audio Category Each submitter can enter 1 entry. No minimum length. 3

4 5. ELIGIBLE PERIOD All radio/audio entries to PRIX EUROPA 2016 must have been produced after 1 January Programmes that have not yet been broadcast/published are also eligible. 6. PRESENTATIONS All entered programmes will be available free of charge to all festival participants and the reporting media in the Programme Library during the festival week: October In all competition categories, only the programmes nominated by the Festival Office will be competing for the PRIX EUROPA Awards. 7. ADJUDICATION In all the competition categories at PRIX EUROPA the adjudication lies in the hands of the respective open Jury Group which undertakes to examine all the entries together, to discuss them in public and then to assess them using a points system. Each Jury Group will be a professional forum of programme-makers. Each submitter of an entry nominated for PRIX EUROPA 2016 will be obliged to send a Jury Member to present its entry and to take part in the adjudication as a member of the respective Jury Group. Each Jury Member is entitled to vote and is obliged to listen to all the entries in his or her category. Irrespectively of having submitted a programme into the competition, all radio organisations, production companies and independent producers are invited to send Jury Members to serve in each Jury Group. In addition, Observers may participate in all sessions of all Jury Groups. Observers may take part in the discussions but not in the adjudication. 4

5 8. AWARDS 2016 Radio Documentary Best European Radio Documentary of the Year Radio Current Affairs Best European Radio Investigation of the Year Radio Fiction Best European Radio Fiction of the Year Best European Radio Fiction Series or Serial of the Year Radio Music Best European Radio Music Programme of the Year Digital Audio Best European Digital Audio of the Year 9. ANNOUNCEMENT OF THE PRIZE WINNERS On Friday, 21 October 2016 all prize winners will be officially announced during the PRIX EUROPA 2016 Awards Ceremony. 10. PRIZE MONEY & TROPHY Each prize amounts to 6,000. The prize money will be paid by the Organisers to the person/s (authors, directors, dramaturges, sound engineers etc.) named by the entering organisations. The PRIX EUROPA TROPHY will be handed over to the representative of each winning entry at the Awards Ceremony on Friday, 21 October The Festival Organisers expect the prize winners to attend the Awards Ceremony in person - or to send a representative. 5

6 11. DEADLINES Submission: By 1 July 2016 the PRIX EUROPA Festival Office in Berlin must have received: a) submission forms, duly completed online at b) audio files of each registered production, uploaded to the server (details of where and how to upload are detailed during the online registration process) c) the bilingual script including an introduction - Obligatory for Radio Fiction series/serials: a summary of the background and storyline of the complete series must be included in the introduction of the script. - Obligatory for Radio Music entries: a summary of the concept, background, public value and acceptance of the productions must be included in the introduction of script. The link for uploading the script as a.pdf document will be provided during the registration process. Pre-Selection: By 31 August 2016 each submitter will be informed about the results of the pre-selection. Nominated Programmes: By 15 September 2016 the submitters of the selected programmes must send in the following: Personal registration form, duly completed (at prixeuropa.eu) of the Jury Member who will represent the submitter in the Jury Group 6

7 By 23 September 2016 the submitters of the selected programmes must send in the following: a) Radio Documentary: 100 copies of the bilingual script b) Radio Current Affairs: 40 copies of the bilingual script c) Radio Fiction: 80 copies of the bilingual script d) Radio Music: 40 copies of the bilingual script for the excerpts that will be presented. e) Digital Audio: 45 copies of the bilingual script for the excerpts that will be presented. f) All Radio categories: Personal registration form, duly completed (online) of the Jury Member who will represent the submitter in the Jury Group g) photographs of authors/directors and press material for use free of charge, please mail to: Please send material (delivery paid) to the following address Postal: by courier: PRIX EUROPA / RBB PRIX EUROPA / RBB Berlin, Germany Kaiserdamm 80/81, 3. Etage Berlin, Germany Do not forget to visibly attach the pro-forma invoice and mark the envelope clearly: For festival use only. No commercial value. All costs for transport of the documents are covered by the entering organisation. This also applies to customs duties and costs induced by the insurance of a freight. 7

8 12. THE SMALL PRINT If a submission wins the submitter will mention PRIX EUROPA in all subsequent promotional and press material. Productions entered for the competition may not include any commercial advertising. Commercial breaks have to be edited out to insure continuous listening. A co-production will be regarded as the entry of whichever organisation submits it. All co-production partners must be named on the registration form. It will be presumed by the Organiser that the other co-producers have agreed to the programme being entered. The Organiser shall have the right to release excerpts of up to 5 minutes from any entry for radio reports free of charge on PRIX EUROPA 2016 or for use on the Internet. All graphic material sent in by the submitters will be released free of charge for use in all publications on PRIX EUROPA 2016 (press, printed material, Internet). The Organiser will keep the audio files of all competing productions in Berlin for its archives. These rules are issued in English. Any entry failing to comply with these rules may be disqualified by the Organiser or the relevant Jury Group. The registration of an entry for the PRIX EUROPA 2016 competition implies full acceptance of these rules. Please see next page for all information requested to fill in the submission form. 8

9 You will need to have the following information in hand once you start filling in the online submission form: The once marked * are compulsory fields! *Submitting Organisation *Street, postal code, city, country *Contact person, , telephone *Press contact, *Original Title *English Title Title of Series Episode No *Author, Adapted from and by *Director, *Commissioning Editor, *Sound *Producer, *Production Company *All Co-Producers Key Staff *Length in Minutes *Original Language *Date of Production *First Broadcast By *Date of the First Broadcast *Time of The First Broadcast *Synopsis In English Website URL of the digital audio submission *Production Context (cross-medial strategy, stand-alone, a weekly show, part of special festivities, a part of a focus week, jubilee year etc.) The Submission form will be online 1 May 2016 at 9