2008 NAMIC Vision Awards
April 16, 2008
- Beverly Hilton
- 9876 Wilshire Blvd
- Beverly Hills, CA 90210
- (310) 274-7777
The only celebration recognizing the cable industry's commitment to quality, original programming that reflects the world's rich, multi-ethnic populace.
HBO Tops Cable Networks with Ten Nominations
More than two hundred entries were submitted by twenty-nine networks competing for top honors in fifteen award categories, which include: Animation; Children’s; Comedy; Documentary; Drama; Foreign Language; Lifestyle; News/Informational; Original Movie or Special; Reality; Sports; Variety/Talk Show; Best Performance Comedy and Best Performance Drama. HBO dominated the voting by garnering ten nominations in five categories.
Presented by NAMIC in partnership with NAMIC-Southern California, the NAMIC Vision Awards is the only entertainment industry event celebrating diversity in original cable programming. This year’s NAMIC Vision Awards will be presented at a special luncheon held in conjunction with the NAMIC West Coast Creative Summit, which is part of the trade organization’s signature conference series focused on the content development aspects of the television industry. Click here for more information. (PDF)
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Past Vision Awards Winners and Nominees
- 2007 NAMIC Vision Awards Winners (JPG)
- 2006 NAMIC Vision Awards Winners (PDF)
- 2003–2005 NAMIC Vision Awards Nominees/Winners (PDF)
2008 West Coast Creative Summit
April 16, 2008
- Beverly Hilton
- Beverly Hills, CA
Presented by NAMIC-Southern California
The Creative Summit is NAMIC’s signature daylong forum focused on diversity in content development for current— and aspiring— artisans and executives of the cable, broadcast, film and entertainment industries.
The rich agenda features general sessions, panel discussions, workshops, and networking opportunities for attendees to hone their craft, learn insider tips about the business, and meet industry colleagues and peers. Discussion topics examine the future of creative development, the influence of digital media, mobile content, multicultural marketing, the synergy of music and other “hot topics”.
The Creative Summit also includes a Career Expo to enable programming networks, broadcasters and other entertainment companies to conduct outreach to a diverse candidate pool. The Career Expo is presented in partnership with VarietyCareers.com.
The Creative Summit provides professionals of all levels, as well as those aspiring to enter the business, direct access to top executives within the entertainment arena. Since its inception in 2005, the Creative Summit has featured a stellar line-up of distinguished speakers. 2008 Creative Summit speakers included:
- Kyle Bowser, President, Res Ipsa Media
- Dwight Caines, EVP, Worldwide Digital Marketing, Columbia Tristar Marketing Group
- Albert Cheng, EVP, Digital Media, Disney ABC Television Group/The Walt Disney Company
- Jeff Clanagan, CEO, Code Black Entertainment
- Eva Davis, SVP, Acquisitions and Business Development, Warner Premiere
- David Eun, VP, Content Partnerships, Google
- Chris Jones, Senior Brand Manager, Boost Mobile
- Lucinda Martinez Desir, VP, Market Development, HBO
- Flavio Morales, VP, Development, Mun2
- Shirley Neal, EVP, Programming & Production, The Africa Channel
- Michaela Pereira, Morning News Anchor, KTLA Morning Show
- Raj Shah, President and Managing Director, Phenomenon
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