Exeter students host and win national TV awards

As well as putting on an incredible spectacle, transforming the Great Hall into a glittering ballroom with its very own red carpet, XTV also received five awards during the ceremony, making them one of the biggest winners of the night.

Now in its 40th year, the awards were part of NaSTA’s annual conference, which also provides a series of workshops run by industry experts during the lead up to the awards ceremony on the day.

Organised, hosted and streamed live by XTV, the evening’s awards provided everyone in attendance with a night to remember, and attracted a huge range of industry professionals and Exeter alumni.

Hugh Blackstaffe, Host Coordinator of NaSTA 40, said: “NasTA 40 was an unequivocal success. Both the conference and awards surpassed all our expectations and the effort of everyone involved was phenomenal. If it was not the best NaSTA Conference there has ever been, then it is certainly up there with the best.”

Lawrence Bolton, Chair of NaSTA, said: "This weekend was an absolute triumph. The University of Exeter and the Students’ Guild should be extremely proud of the hard work, dedication and excellence shown by their students this weekend. On behalf of the National Student Television Association, I would like to applaud the NaSTA 40 team, led by Hugh Blackstaffe, who worked tirelessly to ensure the event was a success and it was in every way. I would also like to congratulate every delegate who attended and the award winners. This has been an outstanding year for NaSTA and an outstanding conference and award weekend."

 Awards Won by XTV

– Best Title Sequence
(Judged by Emmy Award Winning Titles Producer Tom Bromwich)

– Highly Commended Best Animation
(Judged by founder of Aardman Peter Lord)

– Highly Commended Best On Screen Female

– Highly Commended Best Ident

– Highly Commended Tim Marshall Award for Special Recognition