The jury of the 1st Panorama Awards meets to evaluate the nominations

Professionals like Nacho Benítez, His name is Casaos, Andres Diaz, José María García-Lastra, Eladio Gutierrez, Francisco Menchen, Thomas Nielsen, Javier Polo, Maria Valcarce, Ana Sanz and Antonio Castillo, They make up the jury of the 1st Panorama Awards for excellence in the audiovisual industry.

The jury of I Panorama Awards to excellence in the audiovisual industry, summoned by the online newspaper Panorama Audiovisual, met last night at the Palacio de San Martín hotel, in Madrid, to evaluate the candidates that passed the first selection cut, result of voting by readers over the Internet. In this second phase, It was a jury made up of eleven prominent professionals in the sector who, in secret ballot and before the Illtre notary. Madrid Notarial College, Javier Lucas y Cadenas, has named the winners.

In this edition, have participated as members of the jury: Nacho Benitez, director of photography; His name is Casaos, director de ITSS & Media in Ericsson Iberia; Andres Diaz, engineering director of Mediaset Spain; José María García-Lastra, business development director of Cristaliza; Eladio Gutierrez, managing partner of the consulting firm EGM; Francisco Menchen, president of the Eurocom group; Thomas Nielsen, General Director of Data Media; Javier Polo, director of engineering and operations of the European Broadcasting Union (UER); Maria Valcarce, director of BIT Broadcast 2014; Ana Sanz, director of Digital AV Magazine, and Antonio Castillo, director of Panorama Audiovisual.

Experts have evaluated in detail, after previously having the documentation provided by the finalists once they have passed the first selection phase described above, the relevant aspects of each of the applications that include companies, facilities, solutions for collection, storage, media management, graphics, study, emission, audio, post-production, as well as technical execution in radio productions, television, cinematographic and advertising.

Definitely, total transparency throughout the voting process, as well as the recognized professional qualifications of the jury members, who will know the final result at the awards ceremony itself, have already made these awards a clear reference for the audiovisual industry.

Jury decision and awards ceremony

The jury's decision will be announced at the awards ceremony that will take place next 20 of may, at 19.15 hours, in the South Auditorium of Feria de Madrid (Ifema), coinciding with the opening of the International Audiovisual Technology Exhibition (BIT Broadcast 2014). Along with the thirteen awards in contention, During the ceremony, Manolo Romero will be awarded the 'Award for a Lifetime Achievement', in recognition of his long professional career, in which he has dedicated almost half a century to the technical deployment of the Olympic Games from Mexico 68, in both the summer and winter Olympic events.

Telecommunications Engineer from the Polytechnic University of Madrid, Romero began his career in the Technical Management of TVE in 1965. Very soon he worked in international sporting events such as the Olympic Games.. of Mexico 68, forming part of the EBU/EBU operational group. At the World Cup in Spain, in 1982, He was the top technical manager, whose indisputable success catapulted him to work with the American network ABC as head of the European Operations Directorate, based in Paris.

Later, Manolo Romero was appointed ABC International Operations Manager for the Los Angeles Olympic Games 84. For this work he was awarded the Emmy Award for best sports television coverage.. The return to Europe placed him at the head of the Olympics operation. in Barcelona 92, after which his pilgrimage around the world has taken him, among many other positions, to be the head of the US World Cup. of the 94, of the Olympic Games. an Atlanta (1996), (Sydney 2000), Athens (2004), Beijing (2008), London (2012), as well as in other winter Olympic games.

Since its creation in 2003, assumed general management of Olympic Broadcasting Services (OBS), the company formed by the International Olympic Committee (COI) for television coverage of the Olympic Games, voluntarily leaving the first line executive at the end of 2012 to become vice president of the company. Currently, Romero is an IOC television advisor, from several international federations of different sports, vice president of OBS and president of ISB (International Sport Broadcasting).

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