Talking Horses Wins Awards

STRATOS’S  HORSE TALK TV  wins Antenna Award.

Stratos's new program Horse Talk TV won the award for "Outstanding Information or Lifestyle Program" at the 2010 Antenna Awards held in Melbourne, Australia, last week. The Antennas are Community Television's night of nights where programs from across Australia celebrate their achievements.
 

The six half-hour episode Series One kicked off on STRATOS on Saturday 3 July at 5pm and is on every Sat at 5pm. It is the only TV program in New Zealand dedicated to horses and is made for horse lovers, by horse lovers.

“We are delighted and humbled to win. The other programs nominated in this category are all excellent. It's very satisfying for Horse Talk TV to be acknowledged among them", said host and producer Katie Hickson.

"When you work on a show for purely for the passion of the job, you always hope that people will watch it and appreciate it. It is wonderful to have the show acknowledged as exceptional with this prestigious award . This win spurs us on to keep going and continue to create a fantastic show that will inspire, educate and entertain our audience and give the huge Equine Industry a voice”.

Katie Hickson, the producer, director, host and creative mind behind Horse Talk TV, has worked tirelessly to achieve a unique, quality program and her passion is driving the show from strength to strength.

The weekly, magazine style program covers all the high profile horse sports from dressage to reining plus other, more unusual horse related activities; like trick riding and liberty horses and for something completely different, a spot of jousting! There will also be “Ask the Expert” segments where industry experts give viewers the latest in horse health and new products and regular educational tips in the “Tip of the Week” segment, as well as the “Make My Horse a Star” viewer video competition.

Produced in Australia and aired there at the end of last year, Horse Talk TV has been warmly welcomed by the horse industry and has been a huge success with viewers.

"We have received lots of positive feedback regarding the show with people calling the station. Viewers have mentioned that they could not watch horse based programs on free to air TV before and so are very excited and pleased to see this show on WTV". - Tibor Meszaros, Secretary of WTV Perth

“Just caught your first episode on TVS. Wonderful, wonderful stuff! So interesting and engaging that my totally non-horsey father stayed in the room AND glued to the TV. Thank you for putting such a fantastic show together”. - Maxilla, Viewer

Horse Talk TV is also being aired in America to 18 million viewers on their cable network HRTV and in Europe on Holland’s Horse Lifestyle Network to 3.5million viewers.

“The premiere of Horse Talk TV further exemplifies HRTV's firm commitment to provide high-quality, entertaining Equestrian programming from across the world. This relatively new, all-encompassing programming from Down Under, has a wide-range of elements that covers the world scene from many interesting angles”. - Jim Bates, HRTV USA Executive Vice President and General Manager.

Horse Talk TV is produced by Hickson Productions; Australia’s premiere Equine Media Production Company that also produces one-off specials, documentaries, promotional and advertising media for the Equine Industry.

Viewers can visit Horse Talk TV’s web site www.horsetalktv.com.au for information on screening times and how to tune in their TV to receive the show. Look forward to a TV-Web smorgasbord for horse lovers.
 

Series 1 is currently screening on Triangle STRATOS on Saturdays at 5pm.
Series 2 will screen on Triangle STRATOS - date to be announced. Check TV guide for details.

For more information contact:
Triangle STRATOS: info@tritv.co.nz W: www.stratostv.co.nz
or
Horse Talk TV: Katie Hickson – Producer W: www.horsetalktv.com.au
P: 61 2 96353278 M: 0401 459 434 F: 61 2 80796807
E: horsetalktv@y7mail.com
Antenna Awards: www.mctcltd.org.au/antennas/