2022 Bill Hutton Award

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RTDNA Canada announces Praveen Gupta as the 2022 recipient of the Bill Hutton Award of Excellence

Praveen Gupta has been an ardent supporter of RTDNA Canada and Canadian media production for more than five years starting when he managed the Canadian Broadcast Market for Dejero.com. Dejero and other battery powered cellular/satellite blending solutions have been an absolute game changer to Live News and Sports production for years. Praveen has been and continues to be a trailblazer in his field. Praveen is excited to continue to support in-person RTDNA Canada events and live streams with easylive.io. RTDNA Canada wants to thank Praveen, Dejero and now LiveU, for his unwavering and continued support for RTDNA.
– Fiona Conway, President, RTDNA Canada

About Praveen Gupta

Praveen Gupta has been a strong supporter of RTDNA Canada and Canadian media production since he managed the Canadian Broadcast Market for Dejero.com from 2010 to 2019. Dejero and other battery powered cellular/satellite blending solutions have been a game changer to live news and sports production for years.  

Praveen has been a hands-on supporter of RTDNA Canada events for years, working with organizers and students to make live streams happen. Praveen is excited to continue to support in-person RTDNA event live streams with easylive.io. Praveen has high regard for the broadcast engineers and operations teams that work behind the scenes of live news and sports. He has trained many journalists low latency live hits on their own using low powered cellular/satellite solutions coast to coast, from Tofino to Gander.  

Praveen is currently a Partner Success Manager with F2 Technologies. Praveen holds various degrees and diplomas from Carleton University, University of Bradford (UK) and MIT (USA). He is also a supporter of the savesoil.org global initiatives.

The Bill Hutton Award of Excellence is presented when deemed appropriate to an organization or a company, which has proven itself to be a friend above and beyond the call to RTDNA Canada.

Formerly known as the “Friend of RTDNA Canada Award” the award was renamed in 2009 to honour the late Bill Hutton, RTDNA Canada’s first president. The award is given to individuals or organizations which have shown a true commitment to RTDNA and the betterment of broadcast journalism in Canada.

To view past winners, click here