Awards 2005

Grand Press 2005 - Justyna Pochanke of TVN was named "Journalist of the Year", the award granted upon the vote of the Polish editorial councils, the survey conducted by the "Press" magazine. The award aims to recognize the professionalism and ethics in journalism. Anna Machowska and Grzegorz Kuczek of editorial team of "Uwaga!" ("Attention!"), the TVN reporter's magazine, were awarded in the category "tv reporting" for "Father Rydzyk Phenomenon", the documentary about the Polish priest, best known to public as a founder of the Catholic radio and television stations. (December 14, 2005)

EFFIE 2005 - "Misja Martyna", the media campaign designed and executed by Media+, a unit of the ITI Group, for Masetrfood Polska and MediaCom Warszawa received the EFFIE award as the most effective campaign in the category: "Effective Media Plan Involving Sponsoring and Nonstandard Promotional Activities". The EFFIE awards are Poland's most prestigious advertising campaign awards and have an international recognition. (October, 2005)

TVN and Onet.pl have been recognized as Poland's strongest brands - awarded from the annual survey conducted by "Rzeczpospolita" and Ernst & Young. TVN is ranked the number one Media and Telecommunication brand. Onet.pl ranked the strongest overall brand in Poland, displaying as well the highest brand loyalty. (June, 2005)

Reader's Digest European Trusted Brands 2005 - TVN and Onet.pl were recognized as the most trusted Polish brands in the categories "TV Station" and "Internet Company". This is the fifth time in case of Onet.pl and the forth time for TVN to be presented the most trusted brand award from the Reader's Digest magazine.

Media Trendy 2005 - TVN won four awards: in the category "Nationwide broadcaster - Self-promotion" for its programming campaign slogan "the end of polite television"; "Grand Prix" and the award in the category "Social marketing" for "Together to the Pole", a program about the polar expedition of the disabled 16-year old Janek Mela accompanied by the Polish adventurer Marek Kaminski and finally TVN was also recognized as the "Broadcaster of the Year" in the "Special awards" category. (March 10, 2005)

Soccer Oscars 2005 - Artur Boruc and Marcin Smolinski of Legia are among the 2005 Soccer Oscars winners! The Soccer Oscars event is sponsored by a Poland's leading pay television provider, Canal Plus and the Polish Football Association. Awards were presented to Artur Boruc as the "Best Goal Keeper" and Marcin Smolinski who was recognized as the "Discovery of the Year". The Soccer Oscar Gala took place on Sunday, 06.03.2005 in the Polish Theater premises in Warsaw. (March, 2005)