European Podcast Award

After announincing the winners of the European Podcast Award 2010 and the national rankings we now are happy to give you the European Top 20 podcasts in each of the categories (Personality, Non-Profit, Business and Professional).

I mentioned the numbers before in the European winner announcement: Over 1.500 podcasters submitted and over 400 thousand votes where cast for their favorite podcasters. But this is not a popular vote only award, our regional editors as well as the jury have sifted through the podcasts and premiered the best of what was presented.

After the national ranking, the scores where compared again and the European ranking as you can see it below was put together. We put special emphasis on the fact that podcasters from smaller countries should also be able to rank high and not just the big countries. At the bottom we have some explanation about the ranking and some learning from 2010.

And here are the results for the Podcasts from Europe:

Top 20 Ranking EUROPE 2010 – PERSONALITY

		1. PC Podcast with Pete Cogle Author: Pete Cogle UK
		2. F1Cast Author: Maurice Zondag Netherlands
		3. Kafelog Author: Fran Zaplana Spain
		4. Polskie Detroit Author: Lukasz Witkowski Poland
		5. NormCast Author: Norman Osthus Germany
		6. Geocaching Podcast DOSENFISCHER » Podcast Author: Alexander Balow Germany
		7. Scepticisme scientifique Author: Jean-Michel Abrassart France
		8. Los Danko Author: Sam Saiz Camacho Spain
		9. Pozytywne Zacisze | Mój odtwarzacz Author: Borys Kozielski Poland
		10. Celuloid Author: Celuloid 2.0 Poland
		11. Le PCC Author: Pierre Journel France
		12. Tagebuch eines Pfarrers Austria
		13. Filmnørdens Hjørne Author: Casper Christensen Denmark
		14. Medien-KuH Author: Kevin Körber Germany
		15. Rix pod Author: Rix Untidt Denmark
		16. Gassipods Author: Thomas Siems Germany
		17. Historycast Italy
		18. Dobbelt Ds Definitive DVD Podcast Author: David Bjerre Denmark
		19. Tras los límites Author: David Mulé Rebecchi Spain
		20. Finestre sull’Arte Author: Federico Giannini Italy

Top 20 Ranking EUROPE 2010 – NON PROFIT

		1. KaffeePod Author: Sandra Hofhues Germany
		2. mossegalapoma Author: Tomàs Manzanares Spain
		3. UndeRise Author: Severine / Godissart France
		4. Unica News Author: Carlo Pahler Italy
		5. kulturlabskaus.de Author: Norbert Hayduk Germany
		6. Pozytywne Zacisze | WO?P Author: Borys Kozielski Poland
		7. FrequencyCast UK Tech and TV Author: Pete Carlson UK
		8. VersSpreken Author: Joost Baars Netherlands
		9. Absolutely Intercultural Author: Dr. Elmar-Laurent Borgmann and Anne Fox Denmark
		10. vida podcast Austria
		11. Bak To The Future Author: Alessandro Baklouti Italy
		12. radio-dodo.com Author: Aswin Lutchanah France
		13. Terror y Nada Mas Author: Antonio Reverte Spain
		14. Welt der Physik – heute schon geforscht? Author: Jens Kube – DESY Germany
		15. MetzStudents.info Author: Aswin Lutchanah France
		16. Achtung Schule! Author: Achtung-Schule Germany
		17. Third Ear Author: Tim J. Hinmann Denmark
		18. La Puerta Abierta (Ciencia y Misterio) Author: Copernico Garcia Spain
		19. Randers biblioteks Podcast Author: Mads Frederiksen Denmark
		20. Ultra_FM : Transmissions of Exploratory Music Author: Niels Mark Denmark

Top 20 Ranking EUROPE 2010 – BUSINESS

		1. KlimaNYT Author: Energihjem Denmark
		2. Der Hofbräuhaus Podcast Author: Tom Klenner Germany
		3. Territorimac Author: Jaume Angulo García Spain
		4. Krimikiosk Author: Petra Weber Germany
		5. Podcasty Deloitte Author: Igor Bielobradek Poland
		6. Le Podcast InfosBar Author: Infosbar France
		7. Der Märchenpodcast Author: Stimm und Truppi Germany
		8. Actualidad Viajes Author: Carlos A. López Romero Spain
		9. The Outdoors Station – Audio UK
		10. Information Podcast Author: Christian Monggaard Denmark
		11. Podcast IDG.pl Author: IDG.pl Poland
		12. Der Management Skills Podcast Austria
		13. Der Chemie Reporter – BASF Podcast Author: Corporate Innovation Communications Germany
		14. Turispod Author: Turispod Spain
		15. Studio Saleve : Quoi de neuf Docteur Author: Studio Salève France
		16. DATEV Podcast Author: Wealth Solutions Germany
		17. You’re Hired! Author: Colin McGinness UK
		18. mentalPodcast Author: Stefan Dudas Switzerland
		19. Der Training-Podcast für Führungskräfte Austria
		20. Jurafunk Author: Henry Krasemann Germany

Top 20 Ranking EUROPE 2010 – PROFESSIONAL

		1. L ofici de viure Author: Gaspar Hernández Burgos Spain
		2. Caterpillar Italy
		3. Markos Medien-Podcast Germany
		4. C’Est Quoi Ton Job ? | chronique gratuite pour radios et webradios Author: Cedric Dumaine France
		5. SWR3: Wie war der Tag, Liebling? Mit Anke Engelke und SWR3-Moderator Kristian Thees Author: Kristian Thees, SWR3 Germany
		6. Il Disinformatico Italy
		7. ((son-art)) Source de reportages Author: Denis Richard – son-art Productions France
		8. Dragonbound – Die Prophezeiung Author: Frank M. Wagner Germany
		9. Ciao Belli Italy
		10. SüßStoff der Woche – Bayern 2 Author: Christoph Süß Germany
		11. Il Trio Medusa Italy
		12. Harddisken Author: Danmarks Radio Denmark
		13. Generació digital Author: Generació digital Spain
		14. Mennesker og medier Author: Lasse Jensen Denmark
		15. Artisteando Author: Ana Satchi-InOutRadio Spain
		16. FNP – Podcast Author: Pia Rolfs Germany
		17. BBC History Magazine Author: David Gibson UK
		18. consol.AT Videospiele Podcast Author: consol.Media Verlags GmbH Austria
		19. Die Profis – Der Benecke Author: radioeins Germany
		20. Radio Chacal Author: Morgan /Ribeck France

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For the ranked podcasters: Add your social media links!

When we announce the European winner and the European Ranking, we will also update this posting. This is your chance to add the link to your web site, twitter, facebook and itunes link which will make it easier for new listeners to discover you. Go to this form and copy the name of your podcast exactly as listed in the overview and I will add additional information to this entry.

How did the ranking happen?

There are two parts to our ranking process. First, the internet ranking: We took the number of votes + content ranking (1 up to 5) + plus form (1 up to 5) = internet ranking / max 125 points.

Then each national jury member had a maximum of 500 points to distribute per podcast and for comparison reasons on an international basis we would divide that by the number of jury members per country. This allows us to compare rankings throughout Europe, even though some countries are much smaller than others. Jury points and internet ranking gave the final ranking.

The Ranking

• Internet-voting: Number of votes + content (1 up to 5) + form (1 up to 5) = ranking / max 125 points (1. =125 Points / 2. = 124 Points / 3. = 123 Points …)
• Jury: Each nominee gets max . 500 points from each member of jury – divided by number of national members plus points of internet-voting = Final Ranking

But, like for example in football, it may be that you are ranked first in your country, but the podcasters from other countries in the same category where higher ranked that yours.

Learning for the 2011 award

Like with everything you do learn along the way how to make it better, or what does or does not work. For example up until now we forgot to write down that request you to present ‘current’ episodes and we did in fact have podcasts which where good enough to rank even if they did not have a new episode out this year. 2011 will bring the requirement, that all submitted episodes for consideration have to be from 2011. We are likely to start the voting process in March, and we do believe that you should be able to produce three episodes in three months. Also, a winning podcast from this year will have to pause one year until the podcast can win again.