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Channel 4 Television adds another feather to its cap
Britain’s leading broadcaster, Channel 4 Television has been adjudged the best for ‘Content Management Project’ at the Information Management 2001 Awards announced recently.
The Information Management Awards focus on end-user projects and reflect excellence and innovation in eBusiness. The Content Management Project Award is given to an organisation that innovates and successfully implements a content management project. An official release says that judges used criteria like improved business performance, delivery of tangible business benefits, cost savings and collaboration between partners for judging content as diverse as web management and document management.
Channel 4, which has embraced the web since the 1990s, uses content infrastructure company Interwoven for powering its interactive initiative. Content has been rapidly deployed across all of Channels 4’s Web initiatives, the collaboration enabling customers to enjoy a compelling broadband experience.
Channel 4 Television implemented Interwoven’s content infrastructure to manage content for a 7-11 year learning based site, Gridclub.com, and two broadband sites, E4.com and FilmFour.com in April 2001. The combination of web and digital narrow casting enables animation, games and film footage. Large amounts of content can be added daily to the sites, while new and existing web pages can be quickly developed through third party contributors who add information and dynamic content, the company claims.
Channel 4, established by a UK Act of Parliament in 1982, is the world’s only major public service broadcaster funded entirely by commercial activity. All its programmes are commissioned from third parties. The company recently entered the pay-TV arena by launching the FilmFour Channel and E4 as well as interactive television.
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Asianet Television Awards 2026 celebrates women power in Malayalam TV
“She is the Colour” theme honours icons as ceremony airs on March 14 and 15 at 7 PM.
MUMBAI: If television lights up living rooms, this year Asianet decided to let women provide the colour. The Asianet Television Awards 2026 turned the spotlight firmly on women empowerment with the theme “She is the Colour”, celebrating the strength, resilience and achievements of women who continue to shape society and the Malayalam entertainment industry.
The ceremony honoured several distinguished personalities whose journeys have left a lasting cultural imprint. Among them was legendary playback singer Vimala Varma, widely recognised as the first Malayalam playback singer. The evening also paid tribute to Padma Shri awardees Devaki Amma and Vimala Menon for their exceptional contributions in their respective fields.
Leading women from the Malayalam film industry were also recognised during the event, including actor Shweta Menon, who currently serves as president of the Association of Malayalam Movie Artists, and National Award winning actor Surabhi Lakshmi.
The awards ceremony brought together a glittering lineup of actors and industry figures, including Jayasurya, Vijay Babu, Asha Sarath, Lena, Esther Anil, Anumol, Akhila Bhargavan, Sarayu Mohan, Prajod Kalabhavan, Gayathri Suresh, Sabumon Abdusamad, Swasika, Tini Tom, Sijoy Varghese, Kailash, Veena Nandakumar, Sabareesh Varma, Ansiba Hassan and Dinesh Prabhakar. Kishan Kumar, executive vice president Malayalam at JioStar, was also present at the event.
Beyond individual recognitions, the awards celebrated excellence across Malayalam television, acknowledging artists and technicians whose work continues to drive the industry forward.
The evening also offered plenty of spectacle, with elaborate dance performances, stunt acts and comedy skits performed by popular television and film personalities, turning the ceremony into a full fledged entertainment showcase.
Viewers will get to watch the celebrations when the Asianet Television Awards 2026 air on Asianet on March 14 and 15, Saturday and Sunday, from 7 pm onwards, bringing the star studded tribute to homes across Kerala and beyond.
