First European Podcast Award Announces Winners

First European Podcast Award Announces Winners

HAMBURG, Germany, April 9/PRNewswire/ --

- Europe's Top Podcasts Receive Accolades

- With Photo

Choosing from ten participating countries across Europe and over 750
nominations, a panel of judges awarded the inaugural European Podcast Award
(http://www.european-podcast-award.eu/.)to five winners from Germany, England
and Spain. The award seeks to promote audio podcasters across Europe and
encourage the continuation of first-rate achievement in the burgeoning field.
All this has been made possible with the exclusive support of Olympus Audio
Systems. A video recording of the ceremony and information about the award is
available online on the EPA blog at: http://blog.european-podcast-award.eu/.

(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20090409/343783 )

An invitation to attend the award ceremony in Hamburg gave the winners
plenty of cause for celebration. The award was accompanied by an elegant
glass trophy and a high-end Olympus LS-10 mobile audio recorder. More
information is available online at:

http://www.olympus-europa.com/site/consumer/campaign/ls-10/uk_en/.

David Prest, BBC producer and the English member of the panel of judges,
says: "The award does a much needed job all over Europe in recognising
excellence in podcasting. These podcasts are clever, creative, imaginative
and extremely valuable programmes with high production values." Event
organiser Michel Mertens from the German "Initiative European Podcast Award"
continues: "Without the innovative support of Olympus across Europe this
would not have been possible."

All nominated podcasts were judged against comprehensive assessment
criteria using online voting and the help of a panel of judges. This first
determined national winners and then ultimately revealed the overall European
winners. The biggest surprise of all was the Spanish contingent, with the
country ranking third after Germany and England due to its high number of
nominations.

The European podcasts of the year 2008/2009 are:

- "Schlaflos in München" [Sleepless in Munich] / Germany
http://www.schlaflosinmuenchen.com/

- "The Naked Scientists" / United Kingdom
http://www.thenakedscientists.com/

- "Comunicando Podcast" [Communicating Podcast] / Spain
http://www.comunicandopodcast.com/

- "CoffeBreak Spanish" / United Kingdom
http://coffeebreakspanish.typepad.com/cbs2/

- "ComputerClub 2" / Germany
http://www.cczwei.de/

Further information about the award can be found online on the EPA blog
at: http://blog.european-podcast-award.eu/. Information about entries for
next year's European Podcast Award, which can be submitted soon, are also
available on this site.

About the European Podcast Award:

More than 750 nominated podcasts from 10 countries were judged by a
combination of online voting and an international jury in four categories.
Entries were evaluated on the basis of consistently defined criteria and
awarded up to 625 points. Point totals were then used to determine national
winners and the leading European entries. Jury members hail from all
represented countries and include radio producers, journalists and
podcasters.

http:http://www.european-podcast-award.eu

About the Organiser:

The "Initiative European Podcast Award" was founded in 2008 in Hamburg,
Germany. Since then, over 5000 podcast fans and producers have registered for
the award online. Further information: http://blog.european-podcast-award.eu/

Note to Editors:

A picture accompanying this release is available through the PA Photowire.
It can be downloaded from http://www.pa-mediapoint.press.net or viewed
at http://www.mediapoint.press.net or http://www.prnewswire.co.uk.

For questions or additional information, please contact:

Myriam Held
Olympus Europa Holding GmbH
Tel.: +49-40-237-73-5867
Email: myriam.held@olympus-europa.com

Source: Olympus Europa Holding GmbH

For questions or additional information, please contact: Myriam Held, Olympus Europa Holding GmbH, Tel.: +49-40-237-73-5867, Email: myriam.held@olympus-europa.com

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