MUMBAI: Outshining 100 channels from 27 different countries, two Alterna’TV channels bagged home the ‘winner's’ title  in the 2015 edition of the Eutelsat TV Awards, on 6 November in Rome.

While PX TV was awarded Best Sports Channel, while Trace Sport Stars took home the honors for Best Lifestyle Channel.

The winners of the 2015 Eutelsat TV Awards were selected by a jury of experts from diverse markets. The group, chaired by award-winning RAI journalist Duilio Giammaria, featured judges from Poland, France, Russia, Italy, Turkey, the United States and the United Kingdom.

“We couldn’t be more pleased to see not just one, but two of our channels recognized with Eutelsat TV Awards,” said Alterna’TV CEO Aymeric Genty.  “These prestigious honors are a testament to the hard work of the dedicated teams behind PX TV and Trace Sport Stars to create diverse lineups of quality programming.”

Px TV  is the only Hispanic channel featuring all things extreme sports, with coverage of the most relevant events, athletes, competition results and news, as well as the latest music and fashion trends comprising the extreme sports lifestyle.  TRACE Sport Stars is the first channel exclusively dedicated to sports celebrities, giving viewers an unprecedented, behind-the-scenes, intimate and in-depth understanding of the lives of the champions.

Alterna’TV is charged with handling worldwide distribution and PX TV and also distributes TRACE Sport Stars in the United States and Latin America.