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Click here to create your account and enter the RTS Scotland awards 2022.

The cost of each entry is £90 (£75 + £15 VAT).

Any clips submitted should preferably be H264  HD .mp4 or .mov

All nominees will receive a notification email.

All notifications around the awards and award ceremony will be sent to your supplied email address.

The full list of nominations will be available online by late August 2022

 

Criteria

Judges will consider all elements of the entries, based on the following criteria:

• Creativity
• Originality and innovation
• Entertainment value
• Use of resources
• Professionalism

All work must have been aired on TV, distributed for non-­broadcast or streamed online for the first time between 1st January 2021 and 31st December 2021 inclusive.

Work should be commissioned and not simply self-promoting.

 

Entries must qualify as a Scottish regional production.  To qualify, entries must meet two out of the following three criteria, as agreed by OFCOM:

1. the production company must have a substantive business and production based in Scotland.

2. at least 70% of the production budget must be spent in Scotland; and

3. at least 50% of the production talent by cost must have their usual place of employment in Scotland.

For more information, visit the link below:

Regional Production and Regional Programme Guidance from 2021 (ofcom.org.uk)

 

Judging Process

Each entry will be judged by industry experts drawn from appropriate disciplines into sub-committees responsible for specific categories. Each sub-committee will have a chair of the category judging panel. Judges will consider all submitted content, contextual notes and testimonials.

Judging will take place from mid June and the decision of the judges will be final. In the event of a tie in any category, the Chair will have the casting vote.

Under normal circumstances awards will not be made posthumously. Entries made and judged prior to any individual’s death will be awarded as planned.

Please take care to comply with the entry requirements of each category. Be careful to follow guidance on length of submitted video material, additional written information and qualifying time period to ensure compliance.

The entries will be judged based on what entrants submit, not on the judges’ memories of the original transmission or their knowledge of the entrant’s other work.

Except when otherwise stated, the definition of ‘broadcast’ is taken to include web streaming and Video On Demand.

The judges retain the right to combine categories or not to offer an award, if there are too few entries in a category.

Should your entry be shortlisted you will be expected to provide a broadcast quality clip, for inclusion in the awards ceremony nominee compilation.

The RTS requires the rights to show excerpts from the nominated and winning shows and individuals on the night; for use on promotion of the RTS and awards; and on-screen news coverage. This includes the use of music.

The decisions made by the judges are final and no correspondence can be entered into as to why particular entries were not chosen for nomination.

 

Please click here for information about RTS Scotland Awards 2022 Categories and Criteria.

For any general enquires contact: RTSScotland@rts.org.uk