Caribbean Marketplace Opening night, Junkanoo rush honoured all regional countries, January 2012
Providenciales,
Turks and Caicos –
A Turks and Caicos produced
television show has earned a place in history and in the selection pool among
50 nations, and 11 thousand entries for the 2012 Telly Awards.
Turquoise
Morning, which hit television airways in April 2008 and is produced by Turks
and Caicos and Bahamas based media company, Magnetic Media is celebrating its
fourth anniversary with news that all five shows were approved by the Telly
Awards judging panel.
World Travel Awards in Jamaica, October 2011
Host of
Turquoise Morning, Deandrea Hamilton said: “Even more thrilling for us at Magnetic Media is the fact
that today, April 2, begins actual public voting for our Battle of the Bands
show which was entered in the People’s Telly, TV Programs/Segments category. This means our Turks and Caicos and Bahamas
fans can vote for the show along with others around the world. It is a humbling
experience for us just to be in the running!”
The Battle of
the Bands show features the Bahamas All Stars as they debuted as the first
international band to compete in the Florida Blue Classics Battle of the Bands.
The hour long programme was filmed on location in Orlando, Florida last
November.
Florida Blue Classics in Orlando Florida, November 2011 for the Battle of the Bands
“It is by far
our most watched episode at our TV website BahamasonTV.com and it has so many
hits on YouTube and Facebook we can hardly believe it. In fact right now, in anticipation of
its success, we are, right now, running an encore presentation on Cable 12 in
The Bahamas.”
However, the
show is just one of five nominees for the Telly Awards. It is though the only one where the
public gets a chance to weigh in.
Freeport, Grand Bahama New Years Day Parade, January 2012
“We sent along our show on the
Caribbean Marketplace 30th
Anniversary, hosted at Atlantis Paradise Island; our feature of the World
Travel Awards held in Montego Bay, Jamaica; an electric display of junkanoo in
both Nassau and Freeport from New Year’s Day 2012 and our coverage of the Haiti
Reconstruction Forum, held in Miami, Florida which was hosted by the
Inter-American Development Bank and the City of Miami Dade County in December
2011. It seemed they all fit the
criteria for the Telly Awards which honors the very best film & video
productions, groundbreaking online video content, and outstanding local,
regional, & cable TV commercials and programs.”
The Telly Awards organizers explain the
voting process. It involves
visiting their channel on YouTube and clicking the ‘thumbs up’ button. Voting
is now open, and ends on April 27, 2012.
“While we do
want our home countries of The Bahamas and The Turks and Caicos to be proud of
what we have managed to accomplish, we are more interested in our thousands of
fans getting on line and voting for Battle of the Bands. We have no fear that you will agree
that the content of the show is so inspiring and riveting – it deserves one of
those statuettes which we plan to share with the Bahamas All Stars group once
we win!”
