| Anak TV Seal Awards | |
|---|---|
Anak TV Seal Awards 2025 | |
| Awarded for | Filipino media setting good examples for children |
| Country | Philippines |
| Presented by | Anak TV |
| First award | 2000 |
| Website | Official website |
The Anak TV Seal Awards [a] are awards presented by the organization Anak TV. Its first ceremony was held in 2000. The awards recognize Filipino television shows and celebrities whom they deem to be "child-friendly", "child-sensitive", and "family-friendly". The ceremony is held annually at the Soka Gakkai International Building in Quezon City.
In 1996, the organization Anak TV—then known as the Southeast Asian Foundation for Children's Television—was founded. [1] The organization is described as an "advocacy organization that promotes television literacy and pushes the agenda for child-sensitive, family-friendly television in the Philippines". [2] In 2000, the first Anak TV Seal Awards were held, [3] Children's programs like Sineskwela (transl. School TV) and Epol/Apple were honored at the inaugural ceremony. [3] In an interview with The Freeman 's Januar Junior Aguja, Anak TV president (at the time of writing) Elvira Go described the awards ceremony's advocacy as empowering young viewers, stating that children are intelligent and aware of the media they consume. She added, "I want our children to feel that the world is still full of hope[...]. But we need to give them the chance to speak up, and that's what Anak TV has been doing since 2000." [4]
The choices of the awardees are made by a thousands of Filipinos known as Anak TV Seal Jurors, after a year-long assessment of television programs and personalities.
The jurors are composed of parents, educators, business and media people, government media, various non-governmental organizations and religious sector which are known as Anak TV Seal Jurors.
The winners of Anak TV Seal Awards 2008 were determined through surveys in which the respondents were all children. [5]
The Anak TV Seal Awards were held on December 8, 2010, at the Soka Gakkai International (SGI) Building in Quezon City. The winners for this year were determined by more than 3,000 judges from February to October, which included parents, teachers, government workers, non-government organizations, and Filipino youth. [1]
The Anak TV Seal Awards 2017 were held on December 8, 2017, at the SGI Building. The winners for this year were determined by 5,000 adult jurors. [2] [6] The Filipino media network ABS-CBN led the year's winners, receiving 37 seals from the ceremony. [7]
The Anak TV Seal Awards 2018 ceremony took place on December 7, 2018. Filipino media network GMA received 50 seals. [8]
GMA received 51 seals at the Anak TV Seal Awards 2019. [9] The ceremony was held again at the SGI Building. [10]
In 2023, the Anak TV Seal Awards launched a category recognizing outstanding child-friendly online content. Elvira Go explained that the COVID-19 pandemic facilitated a surge in digital media. [11]
The Anak TV Seal Awards 2025 recognized various child-friendly programs and conferred "Makabata Star" honors to celebrities who were deemed to be good role models for children. [12]