Prix Europa

The Prix Europa competition was founded in 1987, and it is the largest European competitive festival of media production. Today, Prix Europa has become one of the most influential European competitions focusing on media production (radio, television, digital media) with the aim of promoting good quality broadcasting. It gives creators the opportunity to gather and watch, listen, and discuss selected programmes from all over Europe. Each participant can also become a judge and has a voice in a decision as to who receives the prestigious festival award, which contributes to the community nature of the event. Due to a fully transparent evaluation of all categories, everyone can learn something new. This chapter deals with the history of the event and brings a description of its competitive aspect. The author of the book addresses also a competition Prix Futura, which merged with Prix Europa in 1997. This approach is rather unique as there are not many accessible information about Prix Futura, even though it was an important event in the history of European radio competitions. Reková compares Prix Europa with the IFC, too.