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Asian Viewers' Television Awards (AVTA)

The final nominations for Asian Viewers' Television Awards 2014 have been announced.

The event, which is first of a kind for UK viewers, will see talent on UK Asian television being recognised.

Over the past few weeks, organisers of the event had invited viewers to put forward their favourite talent from shows and channels. From the preliminary list, which was unveiled a couple of weeks ago, three of the top nominees in each category have been finalised. Viewers will now need to vote for their favourite from each category ahead of the main event on Saturday 18th October at a prestigious hotel in London.

Here's the nominations for AVTA 2014
NEWS PRESENTER OF THE YEAR
-Barkha Dutt
-Charul Malik
-Ravish Kumar

SUPPORTING ACTOR OF THE YEAR
-Indresh Malik
-Mohit Sehgal
-Naved Aslam

MALE SOAP PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
-Ashish Sharma
-Harshad Arora
-Vivian Dsena

FEMALE SOAP PERSONALITY OF THE YEAR
-Drashti Dhami
-Preetika Rao
-Sanaya Irani

REALITY PROGRAMME OF THE YEAR
-Bigg Boss
-Jhalak Dikhhla Jaa
-Nach Baliye

TV SOAP OF THE YEAR
-Beintehaa
-Madhubala
-Rangrasiya

GENERAL ENTERTAINMENT CHANNEL OF THE YEAR
-Colors
-Star Plus
-ZEE TV

MUSIC CHANNEL OF THE YEAR
-B4U Music
-Brit Asia
-Zing

NEWS CHANNEL OF THE YEAR
-ABP News
-Aaj Tak
-NDTV 247

AVTA is the brainchild of Rajan Singh, formerly of Star TV and now heading Digi Media Global. AVTA 2014 will take place on Saturday 18th October 2014 at a prestigious London hotel.

BizAsia is the Official Online Media Partner of AVTA 2014.