About the awards

The SVG Europe Sports TV Awards 2020 will recognise and honour the outstanding companies, teams and individuals that pushed sports broadcasting and production forward within the 2019 calendar year. The judges will be looking to reward people, organisations and projects, big or small, that have led by example, experimented, taken risks and achieved results that can contribute to the continuing forward momentum and success of the industry as a whole.

The SVG Europe Sports TV Awards 2020 ceremony will take place during the Sports OTT Forum at Lord's Cricket Ground on 27 May 2020. 
Before you start your submission
Before starting your entry, please be aware that you will be asked for the following items during this application process:
  • An executive summary of your entry in no more than 200 words
  • Written supporting documents to aid your submission (PDF and Word docs can be uploaded)
  • URLs for supporting video (no video files to be uploaded please)
NB/ It won't be possible to return to your entry at a later date in order to add documents or links so please have these handy before you start your application. 

If you are entering multiple categories or wish to enter multiple times within a single category, please submit a separate form for each of your entries. 

Questions with an * require an answer in order to complete your entry

The deadline for entries is 11 March 2020

DEADLINE EXTENDED! The deadline for entries is 18 March 2020
Entry Details

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* 1. Contact details for entrant

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* 2. Awards Category you wish to enter

For full awards criteria, rules and eligibility visit: Sports TV Awards Categories

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* 3. Entry Title†
The title of your event, project, initiative or nominated person

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* 4. Entrant Name(s)† 
How you or your organisation wishes to be credited including any associated companies or partners

†Please keep this concise as it will appear on the awards website if you are shortlisted and on the award trophy itself if you win. SVG Europe reserves the right to suggest alternatives and make changes to ensure consistency

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* 5. Executive Summary
Please provide a concise summary of up to 200 words explaining why your event, project, initiative or nominee should win the award.

Supporting materials

You may provide supporting material to aid your submission and you are encouraged to do so. The more information you provide the better we can understand your entry

Up to five files are allowed. The maximum file size is 16MB. Only PDF, DOC, DOCX, PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF files are supported.

Video submission details are in the next section

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* 6. Supporting material

PDF, DOC, DOCX, PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF file types only.
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* 7. Supporting material

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* 8. Supporting material

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* 9. Supporting material

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* 10. Supporting material

PDF, DOC, DOCX, PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF file types only.
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* 11. Supporting video
You may also submit supporting video. We cannot hold your video files so please host them on a video sharing site or your own repository and provide us with the URL below. If you need to protect the video with a password please include the details along with the URL. You may submit up to three videos per entry.

For the OTT Experience award, you can provide the judges with temporary access to the service, feature or app so that they can see the experience first hand. Please provide the URLs and log-in details below.

Nominations close on 18 March 2020

Additional information
  • If you are shortlisted for an SVG Europe Sports TV Award, you will be notified directly by SVG Europe. 
  • The shortlisted entries will be announced publicly before the end of March 2020.
  • SVG Europe will ask all shortlisted entrants to help with media and promotional opportunities in the run-up to the awards ceremony. 
  • Shortlisted entrants may also be asked to provide video or stills material to support the awards ceremony. 
  • If your nomination is shortlisted, it is expected that you or your entry representatives will be able to attend on the day and, in the event of winning, be available for SVG Europe media and photo opportunities and to collect the trophy.
  • The winners of the SVG Europe Sports TV Awards will be announced on Wednesday 27 May 2020 at Lord’s Cricket Ground during the Sports OTT Forum.
  • Full event details of the ceremony including timings will be made available nearer the time.
Full rules and eligibility criteria can be found on the SVG Europe Sports TV Awards website

If you can't find what you need on this form or on the awards website, or you have a question, please drop us a line at awards@sportsvideo.org.

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* 12. By submitting this form, you agree to the terms and conditions and declare that all facts and figures contained within are accurate and true and that permission to enter has been given by all involved parties. Please tick the box to confirm.

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