:2023 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards

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| name = 2023 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards

| image = 2023 ACA & G. OTT poster.jpg

| caption = Official poster

| awarded_for = The achievements of excellent content made for TV, OTT, and online across Asia

| date = {{start date|2023|10|8}}

| venue = BIFF Theater, Busan Cinema Center, Busan, South Korea

| hosts = {{ubl|Kim Kang-woo| Nancy}}

| country = South Korea

| presenter = {{ubl|Ministry of Science and ICT| Busan Metropolitan City}}

| year = 2019

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| most_wins = 6 — Moving

| most_nominations = 6 — Moving

| website = {{URL|globalottawards.org/eng/|ACA & Global OTT Awards}}

| network = {{ubl|YouTube channel of BIFF| LG U+ u+ Mobile TV}}

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| next = 2024

| main = Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards

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The 2023 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards ({{korean||hangul= 2023 아시아콘텐츠어워즈&글로벌OTT어워즈}}), presented by Ministry of Science and ICT and Busan Metropolitan City, took place on October 8, 2023, at BIFF Theater, Busan Cinema Center, Busan, South Korea. The awards ceremony was organized by Busan International Film Festival and Korea Radio Promotion Association, as an event of the 2023 edition of the festival.{{cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/article/108/0003180973 |title=아시아콘텐츠어워즈, 후보작 발표..'더 글로리'→'무빙' 각축전|trans-title=Asia Contents Awards, nominations announced... 'The Glory' → 'Moving' Competition|author=Kim Na-yeon |work=Star News |publisher=Naver |date=September 12, 2023|access-date=September 12, 2023|language=ko}} The Awards ceremony hosted by Kim Kang-woo and Nancy was broadcast live on official YouTube channel and LG U+ u+ Mobile TV channel.

Background

Asia Contents Awards was an annual event. From 2023, it joined hands with the International OTT Festival, and co-host, the Ministry of Science and ICT and Busan Metropolitan City. Rebranding itself as "Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards (ACA & G.OTT Awards)", it has expanded its horizon from Asia to the world. It now has 17 award categories including 5 newly added awards. The Awards celebrates 10 awards in competition and 7 awards by invitation such as Lifetime Achievement Award and Rising Star of the Year and also recognising contribution of the streamers, presents awards to the OTT service providers.{{cite web |url=https://www.globalottawards.org/eng/addon/10000001/page.asp?page_num=6063 |title=Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards 2023: Overview |date=September 12, 2023 |access-date=September 12, 2023 |website= Asia Contents Awards|language=en}}

=Awards ceremony=

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The Awards ceremony was hosted by actor Kim Kang-woo and Momoland's Nancy. It included a celebratory performance by idol girl group ALICE and South Korean singer Lee Seung-yoon. Chinese actor Jin Dong and actress Bao Shangen were presenters of the awards in ceremony along with the South Korean stars. The ceremony was streamed live on the Busan International Film Festival's official YouTube channel and LG U+ u+ Mobile TV channel.{{cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/article/421/0007055871?sid=102 |title= 2023 아시아콘텐츠어워즈&글로벌OTT어워즈, 20일 티켓 오픈 |trans-title= 2023 Asia Contents Awards & Global OTT Awards, tickets open on the 20th |author= Jo Ah-seo |work= News 1 |publisher=Naver |date=September 18, 2023|access-date=September 18, 2023|language=ko}}{{cite web|url=https://n.news.naver.com/entertain/movie/article/241/0003304837 |title= [28th BIFF] ‘더 글로리’ 송혜교 ‘무빙’ 류승룡 남녀주연상 후보→최우수작품상 경쟁… OTT 승자는?|trans-title= [28th BIFF] Song Hye-kyo from ‘The Glory’ and Ryu Seung-ryong from ‘Moving’ are nominated for the Best Actor Award → Best Picture Competition… Who will win OTT? |author= Rosa Park |work= Daily Sports |date=October 8, 2023|access-date=October 8, 2023|language=ko}}

The award show was attended by stars from Asia. Moving, a South Korean series by Park In-je won six awards at the ceremony viz.: Best Creative, Best Lead Actor, Best Writer, Best Newcomer Actor and Actress, and Best Visual Effects awards. Scoop, an Indian series by Hansal Mehta won Best Asian TV Series and Best Lead Actress awards.{{Cite web |last=Park |first=Soo-jung |date=October 8, 2023 |title='무빙', '2023 아시아콘텐츠어워즈&글로벌OTT어워즈' 베스트 크리에이티브상 수상 |trans-title='Moving' won the Best Creative Award at the '2023 Asia Content Awards & Global OTT Awards' |url=http://www.celuvmedia.com/article.php?aid=1696765800463758006 |access-date=October 8, 2023 |website=Celeb Media |language=ko}}

Awards and nominations

File:180321 영화 '7년의 밤' 기자간담회 류승룡.jpg, winner of Best Lead Actor Award for Moving]]

File:Karishma Tanna at an event in Pali Hill.jpg, winner of Best Lead Actress Award for Scoop]]

{{Small|Nominees and winners (winners denoted in bold)}}:{{Cite web |author=Shackleton |first=Liz |date=September 12, 2023 |title=‘Moving’, ‘The Long Season’ Head Nominations For Busan Film Festival’s Asia Content Awards |url=https://deadline.com/2023/09/moving-the-long-season-the-glory-busan-asia-content-awards-1235544010/ |access-date=September 12, 2023 |website=Deadline Hollywood |lang=en}}{{Cite web |last=Shackleton |first=Liz |date=October 8, 2023 |title=Disney’s ‘Moving’ Sweeps Asia Contents Awards With Six Prizes Including Best Creative, Writer & Actor – Busan |url=https://deadline.com/2023/10/disney-moving-asia-contents-awards-busan-ryu-seung-ryong-1235567064/ |access-date=2023-10-09 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US}}

=Open competition=

{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Best Asian TV Series}} !{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Best Reality & Variety}}
class="wikitable" !{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Best Creative}} !{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Best OTT Original}}
valign="top" style="width:50em;" \| {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Moving – The Walt Disney Company {{flagicon\|South Korea}} The Glory – Netflix {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Little Women – Studio Dragon {{flagicon\|China}} The Long Season – Tencent Video {{flagicon\|USA}} Special Ops: Lioness – Paramount+ Korea \| valign="top" style="width:50em;" \| {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Weak Hero Class 1 – Content Wavve {{flagicon\|Thailand}} Get Rich – PCCW OTT {{flagicon\|China}} The Knockout – iQiyi & CCTV 8 {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Shadow Detective – The Walt Disney Company {{flagicon\|Taiwan}} Wave Makers – DaMou Entertainment
valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|India}} Scoop – Netflix {{flagicon\|Kazakhstan}} The Black Yard – Salem Social Media {{flagicon\|Thailand}} Delete – GDH 559 {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Not Others – KT Studio genie {{flagicon\|Taiwan}} Taiwan Crime Stories – Sixty Percent Productions, CalFilms & Imagine Entertainment \| valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Physical: 100 – Netflix *{{flagicon\|Vietnam}} Let’s Feast Vietnam* – BHD Vietnam Media Corp** {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Bloody Game 2 – Content Wavve {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Food Chronicle – TVing {{flagicon\|Philippines}} One At Heart Jessica Soho: Wounds Of Woes – GMA Network {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Our Game : LG Twins – LG Uplus & Studio X+U {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Saturday Night Live Korea Season 3 & 4 – Coupang Play
{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Best Director}} !{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Best Writer}}
valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|China}} *Xin Shuang – The Long Season, Tencent Video* {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Han Jun-hee – D.P. 2, Netflix {{flagicon\|Japan}} Yuri Kanchiku – First Love, Netflix {{flagicon\|Thailand}} Parkpoom Wongpoom – Delete, GDH 559 Company \| valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|South Korea}} *Kang Full – Moving, The Walt Disney Company* {{flagicon\|Japan}} Bakarhythm – Rebooting, Nippon TV {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Jeong Seo-kyung – Little Women, Studio Dragon {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Kim Eun-sook – The Glory, Netflix {{flagicon\|USA}} Taylor Sheridan – Special Ops: Lioness, Paramount+ Korea
{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Best Lead Actor}} !{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Best Lead Actress}}
valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|South Korea}} *Ryu Seung-ryong – Moving, The Walt Disney Company* {{flagicon\|Philippines}} Arjo Atayde – Cattleya Killer, ABS-CBN {{flagicon\|China}} Fan Wei – The Long Season, Tencent Video {{flagicon\|Thailand}} Nat Kitcharit – Delete, GDH 559 Company {{flagicon\|Japan}} Takeru Satoh – First Love, Netflix {{flagicon\|Japan}} Yuya Yagira – Gannibal, The Walt Disney Company \| valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|India}} *Karishma Tanna – Scoop, Netflix* {{flagicon\|Malaysia}} {{ill\|Emily Chan (actress)\|lt=Emily Chan\|zh\|陈子颖}} – The Patient, Astro Malaysia {{flagicon\|Singapore}} Rebecca Lim – Third Rail, Ochre Pictures {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Song Hye-kyo – The Glory, Netflix {{flagicon\|USA}} Zoe Saldaña – Special Ops: Lioness, Paramount+ Korea
{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Best Supporting Actor}} !{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Best Supporting Actress}}
valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|Taiwan}} *Hsueh Shih-ling – Taiwan Crime Stories, Sixty Percent Productions, Calfilms & Imagine Entertainment* {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Jo Woo-jin – Narco-Saints, Netflix {{flagicon\|Thailand}} Nichkhun Horvejkul – Finding The Rainbow, PCCW OTT {{flagicon\|Japan}} Shota Sometani – Sanctuary, Netflix \| valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|South Korea}} *Lim Ji-yeon – The Glory, Netflix* {{flagicon\|Taiwan}} Buffy Chen – Wave Makers, Damou Entertainment {{flagicon\|Thailand}} Charlette Wasita Hermenau – Delete, GDH 559 Company {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Kyung Soo-jin – Shadow Detective, The Walt Disney Company {{flagicon\|Japan}} Shioli Kutsuna – Sanctuary, Netflix
{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Best Newcomer Actor}} !{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Best Newcomer Actress}}
valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|South Korea}} *Lee Jung-ha – Moving, The Walt Disney Company* {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Park Ji-hoon – Weak Hero Class 1, Content Wavve {{flagicon\|Thailand}} Prudtichai Ruayfupant M – Nobody’s Happy If I’m Not, BEC World Public Co {{flagicon\|China}} Wen Junhui – Exclusive Fairy Tale, iQiyi, Ningbo Three Magpies Culture Technology & Jiangsu Qijia Film & TV Culture Media \| valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|South Korea}} *Go Youn-jung – Moving, The Walt Disney Company* {{flagicon\|Singapore}} Gini Chang – Last Madame: Sisters of the Night, Ochre Pictures {{flagicon\|China}} Li Gengxi – The Long Season, Tencent {{flagicon\|Thailand}} Phantira Pipityakorn – Get Rich, PCCW OTT {{flagicon\|Japan}} Yagi Rikako – First Love, Netflix
scope="col" colspan="2" \|{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Best Visual Effects}}
colspan="2" style="vertical-align:top" \| {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Moving, The Walt Disney Company {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Big Bet, The Walt Disney Company {{flagicon\|China}} The Long Season, Tencent {{flagicon\|China}} Three-Body, Tencent Video

=Invitation=

{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Special Contribution for OTT Industry}} !{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Special Contribution for K-Content}}
class="wikitable" !{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Rising Star of the Year}} !{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Excellence Award}}
valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|China}} *Wen Junhui (Exclusive Fairy Tale)* {{flagicon\|Taiwan}} *Buffy Chen (Wave Makers)* \| valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|Japan}} *Yuya Yagira (Gannibal)*
valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Watcha \| valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|Hong Kong}} Viu {{flagicon\|USA}} Wavve Americas
{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Creative Beyond Border}} !{{Award category\|#eedd82\|New Technology}}
valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|South Korea}} *EXchange Season 2* {{flagicon\|South Korea}} *One Day Off* \| valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|South Korea}} TVING
colspan="2" \|{{Award category\|#eedd82\|Lifetime Achievement Award}}
colspan="2" valign="top" \| {{flagicon\|South Korea}} Kim Jong-hak

References

External links

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