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Content Innovation Awards 2015: the evening in pictures
The inaugural Content Innovation Awards saw a line-up of leading figures from the international TV industry gather at the InterContinental Carlton Hotel in Cannes to celebrate the year’s top innovations in content creation, packaging and distribution. Digital TV Europe presents some of the evening’s key highlights.
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Cannes’ InterContinental Carlton Hotel provided a stunning backdrop to the inaugural Content Innovation Awards.
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Peter Hahn, Philippe Tommasi, Monica Mulkens and Jim Greaves from Champagne Reception Sponsors, SeaChange, were on hand to see that things went with a swing.
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BT’s Sarah Aspinall and Kate Coleman received the 4K initiative of the Year Award from host and comedian Ed O’Meara and DTVE editor, Stuart Thomson.
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The Social TV Innovation Award was presented to Christophe Rufin of Orange by Keri Lewis Brown, MD of sponsor K7 Media.
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James Gibbons received Best International TV Networks Group Award for Discovery Networks International from Ed O’Meara and TBI editor, Stewart Clarke
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Adrian Last and Dan Gopal from ITV Studios Global Entertainment with the Best Content Distributor Award.