AMI-audio wins five international awards for outstanding programming

Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) is pleased to announce that its AMI-audio channel was recently recognized in five categories at the 2014 International Association of Audio Information Services (IAAIS) awards, including four program of the year awards and one honourable mention.

“I am extremely proud of the team at AMI-audio and these awards are truly a testament to the talent, motivation and commitment they demonstrate every day,” says John Melville, Vice-President of Programming and Production at AMI. “We look forward to building on this success and maintaining high standards across all of our production initiatives.”

In the Magazine Digest category, The Saturday Magazine Show featuring articles from Maclean’s magazine was awarded program of the year. The episode was produced by Heather Hind, Bill Shackleton and Dawn Dickinson, and read by Matt Speirs and Neil Mathur.

In the Non-Reading Entertainment category, AMI-audio’s original program Mosaic City was honoured with a program of the year win for an episode about blind fencing produced by Paula Dineen, Elaina Falcone and Technical Producer Peter Argyropoulos.

The two-part audio special AMI Goes to Washington was awarded program of the year in the On Location category. Hosted by Judy Maddren, the special was produced by Paul Daniel, Michael Iantorno, Jason Vermes and Bill Shackleton.

In the Drama and Dramatic Reading Category, AMI’s first original audio play Thick and Thin won program of the year. The play was written by Joe Lamanna and produced and voiced by staff at the AMI Toronto office.

An honourable mention in the Consumer Information category was awarded to the Choice Words Accessible Travel episode produced by Joanne Richter and Michael Iantorno, and hosted by Jason Vermes.

The IAAIS is an organization which represents reading services in North America and around the world. For further information on programming available on AMI-audio, visit AMI.ca or check your local TV listings for the AMI-audio channel in your area.

About Accessible Media Inc.
Accessible Media Inc. (AMI) is a not-for-profit multimedia organization serving more than five million Canadians who are blind, partially sighted, deaf, hard of hearing, mobility or print restricted. Operating three broadcast services, AMI-tv and AMI-audio in English and AMI-télé in French, AMI’s mission is to make accessible media for all Canadians. To learn more visit AMI.ca and AMItele.ca.

For more information, please contact:
Janis Davidson Pressick, Communications Manager
800-567-6755 ext. 0971, janis.davidsonpressick@ami.ca

Taylor Turner, Communications Coordinator
800-567-6755 ext. 0977, taylor.turner@ami.ca