Overview
- The TV and streaming honors were presented at Munich’s BMW Welt during Medientage München in a Riverside-produced gala streamed on ARD Mediathek.
- Bavarian minister-president Markus Söder gave the honorary prize to longtime Munich Tatort partners Miroslav Nemec and Udo Wachtveitl, praising them as film legends.
- Lavinia Wilson won best actress for Cassandra and used her speech to criticize Söder, saying success does not require strong men or posturing.
- Audience voting on the night named Tara-Louise Wittwer the Social Media winner and awarded the €10,000 newcomer prize to Marius Beck for the comedy series Tschappel.
- Otto Waalkes was honored for the Prime Video documentary Mein Name ist Otto with a tribute by Joko Winterscheidt, and Netflix’s Kaulitz & Kaulitz won the reality audience prize via a remote acceptance from Los Angeles.