Golden Bell Awards

Golden Bell Awards 金鐘獎
51st Golden Bell Awards
Official logo of the Golden Bell Awards
Awarded for	best in television and radio production
Location	Taiwan
Country	Taiwan
Presented by	Bureau of Audiovisual and Music Industry Development, Ministry of Culture (Republic of China)
Reward(s)	Golden Bell statuette
First awarded	1965
Website	http://goldenbellawards.tavis.tw/
Television/radio coverage
Network	Sanlih E-Television

The Golden Bell Awards (Chinese: 金鐘獎) is an annual Taiwanese television production award presented by Taiwan's Government Information Office in October or November each year. It is the first television production award in Chinese circulation, founded in 1965, and Taiwan's equivalent to the Emmy Awards. It is also one of the three major annual awards presented in Taiwan, along with the Golden Melody Awards for music and the Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards for movies and films.^[1]

Currently, there are two main streams presented at separate ceremonies: Television Golden Bell Awards (Chinese: 電視金鐘獎) and Broadcast Golden Bell Awards (Chinese: 廣播金鐘獎).

History

When they began the awards only focused on news programs, music shows and advertisements. After five years, however, television programs were also included.^[1]

Timeline

• 1965 - Established by Government Information Office
• 1968 - Handover to Council for Cultural Affairs
• 1975 - Council for Cultural Affairs was closed, Government Information Office takeover
• 1980 - International, professional and artistic is the aim set by Government Information Office to be achieved by inviting foreign television broadcasting experts to join.
• 1981 - Starting from this year the awards began to broadcast on television, with many changes made to attract more viewers.

45th Golden Bell Awards ceremony held at Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan on October 22, 2010 on TTV

Golden Bell Awards in 2000

• 1982 - Two new awards were added, "Academic Theory" and "Videoing Technology".
• 1984 - Before the ceremony, there was a cocktail party for the nominees and its family members. This year the emphasis of the awards is that if you are one of the nominees, you are already a winner.
• 1993-1999 - The awards were split into two separate awards ceremonies, one for television broadcasting and one for Radio broadcasting, which were held in alternating years (i.e. TV in 1993, radio in 1994 and so on). From 2000 onwards, both ceremonies are held every year.
• 1995-1999 - Republic of China Association of radio and television broadcasting, Television Society of the Republic of China, Foundation Development Fund and the host of radio and television broadcasting stations jointly co-organized the ceremony. This was the first time the general public could participate in the awards.
• 2000-2003 - Government Information Office hand over to the Broadcasting Development Foundation to coordinate. However, in 2004 the Government Information Office took back control of the award ceremony.
• 2007-2008 - Government Information Office used the theme “Student Association” for the ceremony. The ceremony invited three different generations of television broadcasting personnel.
• 2010 - Te 45th Golden Bell Awards
• 2011 - The 46th Golden Bell Awards was the first time it was broadcast live in Full HD, and an app was released by the Government Information Office allowing it to be watched on a smart phone or tablet pc. This year theme was the convergence of mobile network, internet and television broadcast.^[1][2]

Criticisms

2011: Partial voting system

Many people think that Golden Bell Awards' accredit system is not fair. In 2011, particularly, the results of the 46th Golden Bell Awards urged the community to bombard the members of the voting group to explain their choice, using Facebook, because they were not satisfied with the results of the awards presented. In defense, Huang Zijiao, a former judge for the awards, explained that the rules and the accrediting system of Golden Bell Awards did not change completely. This only resulted in more people not participating in future awards presentation.^[3] In addition, some argued that nine people voting for the Golden Bell Awards is not fair as people believe this will become a very subjective choice by the judges. Three of the judges in the 46th Golden Bell Awards were questioned by the general public that they were not worthy to be professionals in the television industry. In other words, the vice broad of director of an amusement park, and an illustrator and assistant professor in a university were not ideal for being judges.^[4]

Award categories

Awardees

This is the complete list of Golden Bell Awards winners. It is organized by year starting from 1965 until 2012 (present).

1st - 5th Golden Bell Awards

• Golden Bell Awards: 1965-1969 winners list

6th - 14th Golden Bell Awards

• Golden Bell Awards: 1970-1979 winners list

15th - 24th Golden Bell Awards

• Golden Bell Awards: 1980-1989 winners list

25th - 34th Golden Bell Awards

• Golden Bell Awards: 1990-1999 winners list

35th - 44th Golden Bell Awards

• Golden Bell Awards: 2000-2009 winners list

45th - 50th Golden Bell Awards

• Golden Bell Awards: 2010-2016 winners list (present)

Ceremonies

Further reading

• "Golden Bell Awards". Taiwan Image. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
• 2004: PTS dominates again at Golden Bell Awards. Taipei Times. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
• 2005: (in Chinese) 40th Golden Bell Awards homepage. Sina. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
• 2006: (in Chinese) 41st TV Golden Bell Awards homepage - 2006. Azio TV. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
• 2007: (in Chinese) 42nd Golden Bell Awards. Sohu.com. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
• 2008: (in Chinese) 43rd Golden Bell Awards. Sohu.com. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
• 2009: (in Chinese) 44th Golden Bell Awards. Sohu.com. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
• 2010: Updated with brief recap: Winners at the 45th Golden Bell Awards (2010). CPopAccess. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
• 2011: Winners of the 46th annual Golden Bell Awards (2011). CPopAccess. Retrieved 2013-08-07.
• 2012: "WINNERS OF THE 2012 GOLDEN BELL AWARDS". MOC.gov. Retrieved 2013-08-07.

Notes

1. ↑ Since the award is organized by GIO, reference to the year in many sources uses the Minguo calendar rather than the Gregorian calendar.
2. ↑ The dates correspondes to the Television Golden Bell Awards ceremony.

External links

• Internet Movie Database
• Tom.com
• YesAsia.com
• Golden Bell Awards official website: 2010 /2011 /2012

References