SMS Voting Spices Up RTB Awards
By Azaraimy HH

Bandar Seri Begawan - The RTB Awards return this year with the introduction of a new more exciting, interactive format that enables the public to vote for their favourite personalities via SMS in some of the categories, RTB announced at a press conference earlier this week.

A total of 15 types of awards are up for grabs with five of them based on popular voting through SMS, namely, Popular Actor, Popular Actress, Popular Male DJ, Popular Female DJ and Popular TV Presenter.

The venue of the awards ceremony will be the International Convention Centre in Berakas on Feb 9, 2008.

An annual project, the RTB Awards began in the year 2000 to show acknowledgement and appreciation to the artistes, producers, personnel and staff of RTB for their meaningful contribution to television and radio production and broadcasting.

Also for the first time, the battle for Popular Deejay is expected to be more interesting with the inclusion of a private radio network, Kristal Astro. RTB said the move is to create a healthy competition among the deejays to raise the quality of the presentation and services.

The voting actually opened on Jan 10, 2007. RTB said a mechanism is in place to allow only one vote from one person to avoid double counting and ensure the legitimacy of the voting.

The SMS voting runs until Feb 8, 2008.

RTB said for every SMS vote that is sent. 30 cents will be charged, parts of which will be handed over to SMARTER Brunei. Voting can be done via messaging 22333 (b.mobile) or 8885555 (DST). SMS voters can vote by typing "ARTB (Category Code) (Name)".

The public can get further information such as the artistes' code at www.rtb.gov.bn or through newspapers or b.mobile WAP Portal.

Other award categories include Best TV Production and Best Radio Production.

The 2007 RTB Awards will include the announcement of the recipients of the RTB Special Awards 2007 and Anugerah Insa Seni (Artist Personality Awards) in recognition of their major contribution to the broadcasting field.   -- Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin

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