The Princess of Asturias Foundation

22 nominations from 14 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-fourth year.

Annie Leibovitz, 2013 Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities ©FPA

The meetings of the jury responsible for awarding the 2014 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 20th and 21st. The awards will be bestowed this year for the thirty-fourth 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”. In keeping with these principles, 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 22 nominations in the running for this Award from Argentina, Colombia, Denmark, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Egypt, Estonia, Germany, Italy, Mexico, Sweden, Turkey, 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:

Inés Alberdi Alonso
José Antonio Álvarez Gundín
Alberto Anaut
Luis María Anson Oliart
Juan Barja de Quiroga Losada
Adela Cortina Orts
Albert Espinosa i Puig
Soledad Fox Maura
Víctor García de la Concha
Javier Garciadiego Dantán
Javier González Ferrari
Jordi Gutiérrez Roldán
Miguel Ángel Liso Tejada
José Narro Robles
Benigno Pendás García
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 Tuesday 20th 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 (GMT+2.00h) on Wednesday 21st 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 1D
Orbital position: 30º West
Transponder: 87
Carrier: 7
RX Frequency: 11594.0 MHz
Band: Ku
Polarization: Horizontal
Symbol Rate: 4.444 MSymbols/second
F.E.C.: 3/4
Coding: QPSK MPEG 2 DVBS
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: 27.500 MSymbosl/second
F.E.C.: 3/4
Codec: QPSK MPEG 2 DVBS
Norma: PAL
Formato: 16:9

Phone: + 34 91 512 9450 / 9498

E-mail: booking.tbs@telefonica.com

INFORMATION OF INTEREST

Twitter

The Foundation’s official account: @fpa_info
Prince of Asturias Awards official hashtag: #PrinceAsturiasAwards

Facebook

www.facebook.com/fpa

Streaming

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Further information

Laureates for Communication and Humanities

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