The Princess of Asturias Foundation

18 nominations from 11 different countries are in the running for this award, the third of eight international awards that are bestowed each year by the Prince of Asturias Foundation, and which are now in their thirty-third year.

Jury meeting for the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities. ©FPA

The meetings of the jury responsible for awarding the 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities, the third of eight international awards that will be bestowed by the Prince of Asturias Foundation, will be held on May 22^nd and 23^rd. The awards will be bestowed this year for the thirty-third time in their history.

According to the Statutes of the Foundation, the Prince of Asturias Awards aim “to reward scientific, technical, cultural, social and humanitarian work carried out at an international level by individuals, institutions or groups of individuals or institutions”. As part of this spirit, the Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities shall be conferred on those “whose creative and investigative work in any type of humanistic activity or in any activity related to social communication, within the framework of the sciences and disciplines that both fields of activity encompass, represents an outstanding contribution to universal culture”.

There are 18 nominations in the running for this Award from Argentina, Bosnia, France, Germany, Israel, Mexico, Poland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States and Spain.

The Award comprises a Joan Miró sculpture representing and symbolising the accolade, a cash prize of €50,000, a diploma and an insignia.

The jury, which is to meet at the Reconquista Hotel, will be made up of the following members:

Juan Antonio Álvarez Gundín
Juan Barja
Adela Cortina Orts
José Manuel Diego Carcedo
Albert Espinosa i Puig
Víctor García de la Concha
Javier Garciadiego Dantán
Javier González Ferrari
Miguel Ángel Liso Tejada
Benigno García Pendás
José Antonio Vera Gil
Enrique de Ybarra e Ybarra
Ramón López Vilas (acting secretary)

Members of the juries will hold an initial meeting with the media at 12 noon on Wednesday 22^nd in the "Salón de Consejos" of the hotel (on the first floor), immediately prior to being formally convened and starting their deliberations. The jury will then elect a president from amongst them. The Jury secretary will be appointed by the Foundation.

Their decision will be made public at 12 noon on Thursday 23^rd in the Salón Covadonga of the hotel (on the ground floor), and jury members will then be available for interviews.

The reading of the jury’s decision will be broadcast live for more than 150 countries via the main national and international radio and television channels. The signal will be openly transmitted via Hispasat satellite (America and Europe). In addition, there will be a live Internet broadcast at the Foundation's website: www.fpa.es

TECHNICAL DATA:

EUROPE

Satellite: Hispasat 1E
Orbital Position: 30º West
Transponder: 87
Carrier: 7
RX Frequency: 11582.0 MHz
Band: Ku
Polarization: Horizontal
Symbol Rate: 4.444 MSymbols
F.E.C.: 3/4
Coding: QPSK MPEG 2 DVB
Norma: PAL
Format: 16:9

AMERICA

Satellite: Hispasat 1E
Orbital Position: 30º West
Transponder: 133
Channel: Feeds TSA
RX Frequency: 12052 MHz
Band: Ku
Polarization: Vertical
Symbol Rate: 27500 MSymbols
F.E.C.: 3/4
Codec: QPSK MPEG 2 DVB
Norma: PAL
Format: 16:9

Phone: + 34 91 512 9450/ 9498

INFORMATION OF INTEREST:

TWITTER:

The Foundation's official account: @fpa_es
Prince of Asturias Awards official hashtag: #PrinceAsturiasAwards

FACEBOOK:

www.facebook.com/fpa

STREAMING:

Links for live streaming of the announcement of the jury's decision.

Flash (for Windows and Android devices): rtmp://B25705.cdn.telefonica.com/live/ep?b=25705&s=livestream/25705/livestream
HLS (for Apple devices): http://b24026.cdn.telefonica.com/24026/playlist.m3u8

APPENDIX.-Previous award-winners

PRINCE OF ASTURIAS AWARD FOR COMMUNICATION AND HUMANITIES

PREVIOUS AWARD WINNERS

1981 - María Zambrano

1982 - Mario Bunge

1983 - El País daily newspaper

1984 - Claudio Sánchez Albornoz

1985 - José Ferrater Mora

1986 - Grupo de Comunicación "Globo"

1987 - El Espectador and El Tiempo newspapers

1988 - Horacio Sáenz Guerrero

1989 - Pedro Laín Entralgo Economic Culture Fund

1990 - José Simeón Cañas Central American University

1991 - Luis María Anson

1992 - Emilio García Gómez

1993 - Vuelta Review

1994 - Spanish Missions in Rwanda and Burundi

1995 - EFE Agency and José Luis López Aranguren

1996 - Indro Montanelli and Julián Marías Aguilera

1997 - Václav Havel and Cable News Network (CNN)

1998 - Reinhard Mohn

1999 - Caro y Cuervo Institute

2000 - Umberto Eco

2001 - George Steiner

2002 - Hans Magnus Enzensberger

2003 - Ryszard Kapuściński and Gustavo Gutiérrez Merino

2004 - Jean Daniel

2005 - Europe's Major Cultural Institutes: Alliance Française, Società Dante Alighieri, British Council, Goethe-Institut, Instituto Cervantes and Instituto Camões

2006 - National Geographic Society

2007- Magazines Science and Nature

2008 - Google

2009 - The National Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM)

2010 - Alain Touraine and Zygmunt Bauman

2011 - The Royal Society

2012 - Shigeru Miyamoto