NATPE ANNOUNCES IRIS AWARD WINNERS

NATPE announced th honorees for the 2021 Iris Awards. Magicians, entertainers, and scientific skeptics Penn & Teller will serve as hosts. The ceremony will take place as part of NATPE Virtual Miami on Thursday, 21 January at 1:00 PM ET.

This year’s Iris Award receipients in recognition to excellent perfoming are Kelly Clarkson, award-winning entertainer and host of The Kelly Clarkson Show, Jordan Wertlieb, President of Hearst Television set to win the  Lew Klein Award for Leadership, Kevin Frazier, host of five-time Emmy Award-winning Entertainment Tonight set to win Award for Career Achievement and an Award for Excellence in Programming: Entertainment Tonight. 

NATPE’s Iris Awards were created to recognize best-in-class executives, program producers, creators, talent, and important content that makes a significant impact on the broadcasting industry. “I am thrilled to announce that the iconic IRIS Awards are back for the 2nd year during NATPE Virtual Miami 2021,” JP Bommel, President, and CEO, NATPE, said. “In these extraordinary times, this year’s recipients represent the best in Television locally, nationally, and globally with franchises that expand around the Globe.”

The conference portion of NATPE Miami Virtual will take place 19-22 January, with the Marketplace open from 19-29 January. The NATPE brand has long been recognized as a one-stop-shop in the global content marketplace, and even during challenging times, its goal remains the same: to be the ultimate resource for producers and distributors as the one-stop-shop for the business of content.