In aceasta seara, la Londra, a avut loc gala premiilor International Media Excellence Awards acordate de The Association for International Broadcasting. Antena 3 a fost singura televiziune din Romania care a ajuns in finala premiilor AIB 2011, alaturi de alte posturi de televiziune imense ca renume si profesionalism: CNN International, Aljazeera English, Swiss Television sau BBC London.

Carmen Avram si echipa emisiunii In Premiera de la Antena 3 au castigat PREMIUL SPECIAL din partea JURIULUI AIB (The AIB's International Jury Highly Commends), pentru documentarul Orasul Otravit. Materialul realizat de Andrei Ciurcanu, Mihai Dina si Zsolt Lenard a fost premiat la cea mai ravnita categorie a competitiei, categoria "Best Investigative documentary - TV" (Cel mai bun documentar de investigatie pentru TV), unde a concurat cu materiale realizate de televiziunile CNN International, BBC, Aljazeera English sau Channel News Asia.

Orasul otravit este povestea incredibila despre pamantul otravit cu tone de mercur din inima orasului Turda, unde toata populatia respira vapori de mercur si praf cancerigen in fiecare zi.

Best investigative documentary TV (Cel mai bun documentar de investigatie):

• DR (The Danish Broadcasting Corporation), Denmark - The Man who lied the World into War
• Aljazeera English, Qatar - On a wing and a prayer
• BBC London, UK - Project Prevention
• Antena 3, Romania - The Poison on our homes
• Channel News Asia, Mediacorp, Singapore - Unbroken Faith
• CNN International, USA - World's Untold Stories: Locked up and Forgotten

Carmen Avram si echipa emisiunii In premiera au mai fost nominalizati cu materialul Romani pe drumuri la categoria Current Affairs Documentary TV, in timp ce o a treia nominalizare a venit pentru modul in care Antena 3 a acoperit, in timpul emisiunii Subiectiv cu Razvan Dumitrescu, tragedia de la maternitatea Giulesti. La categoria Clearest coverage of a single news event TV, Antena 3 a concurat cu materiale de la televiziuni ca Aljazeera English, care a relatat despre moartea lui Osama bin Laden, BBC World News, care a transmis informatii despre cutremurul si tsunamiul din Japonia,  CBS cu o editie a renumitei productii 60 minutes sau Sky News care a acoperit criza din Egipt.

Juriul care a desemnat castigatorii a fost unul independent, format din profesionisti de televiziune si mass media din intreaga lume.

Iata lista completa a membrilor juriului:

• Daniel Adams, Director pe Cotinut International, Dailymotion - Franta
• Nashwa Al Ruwaini, CEO, Pyramedia - Emiratele Arabe Unite
• Salim Amin, Presedinte, A24 Media - Kenya
• David Astley, Director Executiv, Asia-Pacific Media Alliance for Social Awareness - Singapore
• Nigel Baker, VP Business Operations EMEA and Asia, APTN - Marea Britanie
• Wayne Borg, Deputy CEO and COO, twofour54 - Emiratele Arabe Unite
• Julian Clover, Director Editorial, Broadband TV News - Marea Britanie
• Eugen Cojocariu, Director, Radio Romania International - Romania
• Helle Dale, Senior pentru diplomaÅ£ie publica, The Heritage Foundation - SUA
• David Dufresne, Scriitor/Director, DufLab - Canada
• Hosam El Sokkari, Director de audienta, Yahoo! Middle East - Emiratele Arabe Unite
• Mark Errington, CEO, OASYS - Marea Britanie
• Adelheid Feilcke-Tiemann, Director Relatii Internationale, Deutsche Welle - Germania
• Monica Fritz, Producator/Director, 6 news - Turcia
• Angela Fung, Director Adjunct Phoenix Chinese Channel, Phoenix Satellite TV - Hong Kong
• Regina Goh, Editor Executiv, Channel NewsAsia - Singapore
• Peter Goldstein, Director de Comunicare, InterMedia - SUA
• Mohamed Ali Harrath, CEO, Islam Channel - Marea Britanie
• Mondher Kalai, Commissioning Executive, JCC - Qatar
• Kim Hyuk-dong, Director Adjunct, KBS World Radio - Coreea de Sud
• François Laborie, Director comercial, Vizrt - Norvegia
• Paulo Markun, Consultant, TV Escola - Brazilia
• Chris Maroleng, Editor Africa, e.tv - Africa de Sud
• Michael McCluskey, CEO, ABC Radio Australia - Australia
• Marcus Metzner, Director Marketing si Comunicare, arvato systems GmbH - Germania
• Olivier de Montchenu, Director Comercial si Marketing, Euronews - Franta
• Dick van Motman, Presedinte & CEO, DDB Greater China Group - China
• Alexey Nikolov, Redactor Sef Adjunct, RT Channel - Rusia
• Ian O'Reilly, Producator/Director, BBC News - TV - Marea Britanie
• Nader Sh. Rad, Director Departamentul Programe, PressTV - Iran
• Julia Ragona, Sef Operatiuni Broadcast, RFE/RL - Cehia
• Dick Rempt, CEO, TalentsMedia - Olanda
• Paul Robinson, MD, KidsCo - Marea Britanie
• Karim Sarkis, Director Executiv Broadcast, Abu Dhabi Media Company - Emiratele Arabe Unite
• Vatche Sarkisian, Director de Cercetare si Programe, Middle East Broadcasting Networks - SUA
• Danny Schechter, Producator executiv, Globalvision - SUA
• Simon Spanswick, CEO, AIB - Marea Britanie
• Fedor Strizhkov, CEO, Russian Travel Guide TV - Rusia
• David Treadway, Director managerial, WRN Broadcast - Marea Britanie
• Jeff Trimble, Director executiv, Broadcasting Board of Governors - SUA
• Laeed Zaghlami, Jurnalist/Scriitor - Algeria

Antena 3 este singurul post de stiri din Romania afiliat la CNN International si este parte a INTACT Media Group.