The year’s much awaited only UK Asian television awards, Asian Viewers Television Awards (AVTA) 2016 are underway.
The event, which is in its third year will see UK Asian television channels, Asian actors and actresses being recognised for their contribution to the industry.
AVTA 2016, hosted by Karan Tacker, was held at the prestigious Jumeirah Carlton Tower, London.
BizAsiaLive.com is the official media partner of AVTA 2016.
The full list of winners are below:
News Channel of the Year
Aaj Tak
ABP News **WINNER**
ARY News
NDTV 24×7
News 18
Times Now
Reality Programme of the Year
Big Boss
Dance Plus 2
Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa **WINNER**
Music Channel of the Year
B4U Music **WINNER**
Brit Asia TV
PTC Punjabi
Zing
Urdu Channel of the Year
ARY
Geo TV **WINNER**
Hum TV
Peace TV
Punjabi Channel of the Year
Akaal TV
PTC Punjabi
The Sikh Channel
ZEE Punjabi **WINNER**
Bengali Channel of the Year
ATN Bangla
Bangla TV **WINNER**
Channel I
NTV
Best of British
Britain’s Got Talent **WINNER**
EastEnders
Great British Bake Off
Great British Menu
Sherlock
Soap of the Year
Ek Duje Ke Vaaste
Ishqbaaaz
Kuch Rang Pyar Ke Aise Bhi **WINNER**
Shakti — Astitva Ke Ehsaas Ki
Swaragini
Male Actor of the Year
Nakuul Mehta **WINNER**
Namik Paul
Shaheer Sheikh
Shantanu Maheshwari
Varun Kapoor
Vivian Dsena
Female Actor of the Year
Divyanka Tripathi
Erica Fernandes **WINNER**
Helly Shah
Nikita Dutta
Surbhi Chandna
Vrushika Mehta
General Entertainment Channel of the Year
Colors
Sony Entertainment Television Asia
Star Plus **WINNER**
ZEE TV
Original Article: https://www.bizasialive.com/avta-2016-winners-list/