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09/20/2005
APTN Wins International Emmy
Award For Beslan Coverage
New York - International video news agency AP
Television News (APTN) has won the International Emmy Breaking
News Award, for its coverage of the Beslan school siege, at
the 26th Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards in New York
on 19 September.
Sandy MacIntyre, APTN's Director of News, said: "Think
back to Beslan and it is those harrowing APTN images which
are imprinted on the minds of viewers around the globe. Cameraman
Dimitri Kozlov worked hard to pass himself off as a local
resident of an apartment block overlooking the school, to
ingratiate himself with a family and to remain with them so
he was in the right place at the right time when the siege
ended so tragically. But the fact remains the children of
Beslan were in the wrong place at the wrong time. So APTN
is dedicating this International Emmy award to their memory."
When news reached APTN's Senior Producer in Moscow of the
Beslan crisis, a team of four APTN producers and cameramen
was scrambled to North Ossetia. A chartered aircraft was organised
to send a satellite uplink, so the scene in Beslan could be
relayed live to broadcasters around the globe. It's estimated
that more than a billion viewers worldwide relied on the APTN
signal.
Dimitri Kozlov was dispatched to hide inside an apartment
block overlooking the school. Hence APTN had the only cameraman
to capture the moment when the siege ended. From his rooftop
vantage point he kept rolling as children ran from the gymnasium
to the echo of gunfire. With the hostage takers and special
forces still locked in battle; he raced to the street to film
the flight to freedom of the traumatised and injured victims.
The horrific events were delivered live and as-live to broadcasters
around the world on APTN's satellite network, known as the
Global Video Wire, and on our breaking news service, APTN
Direct. That night every national broadcaster in Britain and
in countless other countries round the world led their news
bulletins with APTN's pictures.
APTN was nominated for an International Emmy award in 2003
for its coverage of Gulf War II, as well as receiving the
Royal Television Society's Special Judges' Award in the UK
for coverage of the September 11 World Trade Centre attacks.
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