15th Asian Television Awards (2010) winners announced

The awarding ceremonies for the 15th Asian Television Awards was held last night, December 9, 2010, at the Pan Pacific Hotel in Singapore.

There were around 200 nominees but only 37 of them were named winners and about 40 were highly commended.

Most of the winners came from Singapore, India, Hong Kong and Korea.

The Philippines had 7 nominations, and unfortunately it won nothing but a "Highly Commended" award for 24 Oras as Best News Program.

GMA 7 owned 6 of the 7 nods, namely Best News Program (24 Oras), Best Current Afairs Program (Reporter's Notebook), Best Natural or Wildlife Program (Planet Philippines), Best Comedy Program (Bubble Gang), Best Comedy Actor (Michael V) and Best Drama Actor (Dingdong Dantes) while ABS-CBN had a single nomination for "Dahil May Isang Ikaw" as Best Drama Series.

Check out the full list of winners:

Best Documentary Programme (30 mins or less) - Eco Solutions - Saving Sumatra (CNN Int'l, Singapore)

Best Documentary Programme (31 mins or more) - Story of Seung-il: What It Means To Live (SBS Channel 6, South Korea)

Best News Program - India at 9 (CNN-IBN, India)

Best Single News Story / Report - After the Cheonan: The First Glimpse Inside North Korea (Channel 53 and Channel 6, Taiwan)

Best Drama Series - Changes (JBC, China)

Best Single Drama or Telemovie Programme - Father's Home (SBS Channel 6, Korea)

Best Comedy Programme - The Noose 3 (MediaCorp Channel 5, Singapore)

Best Current Afairs Programme - 921 Earthquake Special (Discovery Channel, Singapore)

Best Children's Programme - Discover Science: Let's See the Speed of Sound (NHK, Japan)

Best Entertainment (One-Off/Annual) Special - MTV World Stage VMAJ 2010 (MTV Networks Asia, Singapore)

Best Entertainment Programme - World Cafe Middle East - Istanbul (Discovery Channel, Singapore)

Best Game or Quiz Programme winner - Jangan Lupa Livik! (Astro Ria, Malaysia)

Best Music Programme - Singapore Idol 2009 Finals (MediaCorp Channel 5, Singapore)

Best Reality Program - Storm Surfers - New Zealand (Discovery Channel, Singapore)

Best Infotainment - Culinary Asia - Japan (Discovery Channel, Singapore)

Best Talk Show - Betrayal of Bhopal (NDTV 24x7, India)

Best Animation - Star Wars: the Clone Wars - The Mandalore Plot (MediaCorp Channel 5, Singapore)

Best Social Awareness Program - Womb of the World (National Geographic Channel, Singapore)

Best Adaptation of an Existing Format - Project Runway Korea 2 (Orion Cinema Network, South Korea)

Best Cross-Platform Content - Citizen Journalist Show (CNN-IBN, India)

Best Lifestyle Programme - Passage to Malaysia - The Cradle (TLC, Singapore)

Best News Presenter or Anchor - Martin Soong (Squawk Box, CNBC, Singapore)

Best Current Afairs Presenter - Karan Thapar (Devil's Advocate, CNN-IBN, India)

Best Entertainment Presenter - Bobby Chin, World Cafe Middle East - Istanbul (Discovery Channel, Singapore)

Best Drama Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Bowie Lam (Sister of Pearl, TVB Jade, Hong Kong)

Best Drama Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role - Rebecca Lim (The Pupil, MediaCorp Channel 5, Singapore)

Best Drama Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role - Lim Kay Tong (The Pupil, MediaCorp Channel 5, Singapore)

Best Drama Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Susan Tse Seut Sum (Beyond The Realm of Conscience, TVB Jade, Hong Kong)

Best Comedy Performance by an Actor / Actress - Chua En Lai (The Noose 3, MediaCorp Channel 5, Singapore)

Best Cinematography - Storm Surfers - New Zealand (Discovery Channel, Singapore)

Best Direction - Fight Masters: Silat (National Geographic Channel, Singapore)

Best Editing - Hip Korea: Kim Yu Na (Discovery Channel, Singapore)

Terrestrial Channel of the Year - MediaCorp Channel 5, Singapore

Terrestrial Broadcaster of the Year - MediaCorp, Singapore

Cable & Satellite Channel of the Year - Discovery Channel, Singapore

Cable & Satellite Network of the Year - Discovery Network Asia, Singapore