- Myx TV’s “My Motto: Veterans Edition” named 2018 NAMIC Vision Awards Finalist
- NAMIC is the premier organization focusing on cultural diversity, equity, and inclusion in the communications industry.
After nabbing finalist nods for its shows, “Discovering Routes” and “My Motto: Veterans Edition” at the 2018 Cynopsis Short Form Video Festival & Conference, Myx TV, the leading English-language Asian American entertainment network, through “My Motto: Veterans Edition” was announced also as finalist in the Digital Media-Short Form category at the 2018 National Association for Multi-Ethnicity in Communications (NAMIC) Vision Awards, presented in partnership with NAMIC Southern California.
“My Motto: Veterans Edition” is a television special created in partnership with the national veterans campaign, Got Your 6, to honor Asian Pacific American veterans. The saecial was produced by Myx TV Digital Producer Diana Vergara and executive produced by Myx TV General Manager Miguel Santos who was recently accepted as a voting member of the prestigious Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS or The Television Academy), the organization that presents the Primetime Emmy Awards, an annual ceremony honoring achievement in U.S. primetime television.
“My Motto: Veterans Edition” is going up against:
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- Short Form 30 for 30 Shorts: 24 Strong – ESPN
- Christine’s Story: Raising Awareness About Domestic Violence – NBC Asian American
- Local, USA: K-Town ’92: Reporters – World Channel
- My Motto: Veterans Edition – Myx TV
- The NBC Latino 20 – NBC Latino
NAMIC is the premier organization focusing on cultural diversity, equity, and inclusion in the communications industry. Its mission is to develop a pipeline of diverse talent from which the next generation of industry leadership will be selected. It collaborates with industry partners to grow and nurture a workforce that reflects the cultural richness of the populations served.
“For 25 years, NAMIC has been proudly recognizing achievements in multicultural programming,” Eglon E. Simons, president and CEO, NAMIC, was quoted in the NAMIC release. “We celebrate this year’s nominees and encourage their work advancing diversity on screen and behind-the-scenes.
With an outstanding 16 nominations, HBO leads the contenders participating in this year’s NAMIC Vision Awards, according to the same NAMIC release. ABC and Starz earned seven nominations each, followed by ESPN garnering six. Overall, 31 networks/distributors generated 81 nominations for NAMIC Vision Awards presented in 17 categories: Animation, Best Performance – Comedy, Best Performance – Drama, Children’s, Comedy, Digital Media – Long Form, Digital Media – Short Form, Documentary, Drama, Foreign Language, Lifestyle, News/Informational, Original Movie or Special, Reality, Reality – Social Issues, Sports, and Variety/Talk Show. Original programs having aired from November 1, 2016 to November 30, 2017 were eligible for consideration.
Winners will be recognized in New York City on April 3, 2018 as part of The Multicultural TV Summit, an event exploring the business of targeting segments for TV and video. For more information on the Multicultural Summit visit www.multiculturaltvsummit.com . For a complete list of the 25th Annual NAMIC Vision Awards nominees, visit http://namic.com/visionawards/2018nominees/ .
Myx TV is a network owned and operated by ABS-CBN International, a subsidiary of ABS-CBN Corporation which is the largest Filipino media and entertainment network in the world. For more on Myx TV, visit https://myxtv.com/ .
