ANDY KAPLAN, PRESIDENT, SONY PICTURES TELEVISION NETWORKS, NAMED CHAIR FOR THE 45TH INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS GALA

NEW YORK, August 24, 2017 – Sony Pictures Television Networks president Andy Kaplan, a Director of the International Academy, will serve as Gala Chair for the 45th International Emmy® Awards, which will take place on Monday, November 20, 2017 in New York City. Kaplan oversees Sony Pictures Television Networks’ distinguished portfolio of popular branded entertainment channels reaching nearly two billion subscribers around the world.

Kaplan will preside over the Gala, during which the International Academy will recognize programming in eleven program categories and present Special Awards to Kevin Spacey and Emilio Azcárraga Jean. Spacey is a two-time Academy Award winning actor and producer and star of hit series House of Cards. Azcárraga is Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Grupo Televisa, the world’s largest Spanish-language content provider and Mexico’s largest broadcaster and pay television provider. Spacey will receive the Founders Emmy and Azcárraga will receive the Directorate Emmy.

“Andy and I have worked together on many projects over the years and I greatly admire his professionalism and knowledge of the business,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We’re proud to have him as our 2017 Gala Chair.”

“I am honored to chair this year’s gala, an unparalleled showcase for the kind of emerging global talent we celebrate on Sony’s worldwide media networks. The International Emmy Awards is a truly special event, one that takes pride in honoring extraordinary creators and visionaries whose work touches fans across the globe in a deep and meaningful way,” said Kaplan.

Based at Sony Pictures headquarters in Culver City, California, Kaplan leads the company’s global television networks and investments, with over 180 channel feeds reaching nearly two billion subscribers around the world. Under Kaplan’s leadership, Sony’s networks portfolio has rapidly grown to include some of the most popular media brands in North America, Asia, Europe, Latin America and Africa, including Crackle, the multi-platform streaming service with popular TV shows, original series and feature films available on every screen; GSN, which offers original and classic game show programming and an online digital game platform; AXN, offering international audiences the best in U.S. entertainment with an edge; ANIMAX, the premiere brand in Japanese anime; and Sony Channel, representing the best quality U.S. entertainment.

In addition to his role at the International Academy of Television, Arts & Sciences, Kaplan additionally serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of NATPE, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Zimmer Children’s Museum, and Chairman of the Board of Governors for the USC Annenberg School’s Center for the Digital Future, as well as a member of the Board of Directors for and the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.

The 2017 International Emmy® Nominees will be announced late September. This year’s sponsors, to date, include, Ernst & Young, Globo, Mipcom, Phoenix Satellite Television, Sofitel and Variety.

About The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards held in New York, The International Emmy® Kids Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances, Kids programming and Digital. For more information, go to www.iemmys.tv

About Sony Pictures Television Networks

Sony Pictures Television Networks operates branded entertainment channels reaching nearly two billion subscribers around the world. Based in Culver City, Amsterdam, Budapest, London, Madrid, Miami, Milan, Moscow, Mumbai, Munich, Singapore and Tokyo, Sony’s linear and digital networks offer high quality film and television content from Sony Pictures and third-parties, as well as original content commissioned globally and locally. Sony Pictures Television Networks is a division of Sony Pictures Television Inc., a Sony Pictures Entertainment company.

 
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Maz Jobrani to Host the 45th International Emmy® Awards

New York, August 10, 2017 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that comedian and actor Maz Jobrani, known worldwide for his stereotype bending jokes and riffs about living as an Iranian immigrant in the United States, will host the International Emmy® Awards Gala, on Monday, November 20, 2017 in New York.

Jobrani has brought his unique talents to a wide variety of programs & live performances both in the United States and around the world. He has done everything from traditional stand-up comedy to more serious TED talks, collaborating on NPR radio as a regular panelist to writing a bestselling book. A founding member of the “Axis of Evil” comedy tour, he has also performed for the king of Jordan and at the White House for Michelle Obama. Jobrani’s comedy specials have aired on Comedy Central and Showtime and his latest special, “Immigrant,” premiered on Netflix, August 1.

“Maz Jobrani has been entertaining American and international audiences by using comedy to address prejudice and stereotypes around the world,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We look forward to having his unique brand of humor headlining our awards on November 20.”

Jobrani added: “I’m super excited to host the International Emmys. Although given our new immigration laws I’m not sure how many nominees will actually make it.”

Over 1000 international media and entertainment executives convene in New York each year for the International Emmy® Awards Gala. In addition to the presentation of Emmy®Awards for programming, the Academy will present two special awards.As previously announced two-time Academy Award winning actor and producer, Kevin Spacey willreceive the 2017 International Emmy® Founders Award and Emilio Azcárraga Jean, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Grupo Televisa will receive the 2017 International Emmy® Directorate Award.

This year’s Gala partners are: Phoenix Satellite Television, Globo, Ernst & Young, Deluxe, Mipcom, Sofitel Luxury Hotels and Variety.

About The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards held in New York, The International Emmy® Kids Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances, Kids programming and Digital. For more information, go to www.iemmys.tv

Media Contacts

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Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
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2017 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS NOMINEES FOR NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS ANNOUNCED

7 First Ever Emmy Nomination for Israel’s i24NEWS and First Current Affairs Nomination for Sweden’s SVT

New York, August 7, 2017 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today announced the nominees for the 2017 News & Current Affairs categories. Winners will be announced in New York on October 5, at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The International Emmy winners will be recognized alongside their American news and documentary peers.

The 8 Nominees span 6 countries on 3 continents. The countries are: Brazil, Israel, Malaysia, the Philippines, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

Israeli network i24NEWS has garnered its first ever Emmy nomination in the News category for its French language coverage of the Republican National Convention. Swedish Public Broadcaster, SVT scored its first nomination in the Current Affairs category for an investigation into the Panama Papers. Additionally, Brazil’s TV Globo is nominated in both categories.

“In today’s political climate, a free, fearless and independent media establishment is more essential than ever to the democratic process.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We salute the 2017 nominees for raising much needed awareness of critical world issues and events with their outstanding broadcast journalism.”

The full list of nominees follows.

2017 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® Awards Nominees for News & Current Affairs

News

Inside Aleppo – Battle for Aleppo
Channel 4 News / ITN
United Kingdom
The battle for Aleppo was the most brutal in the five-year Syrian war. A C4 News journalist & filmmaker was inside the besieged city with unrivaled access to the horror, chaos, and civilian tragedy unfolding.

Jornal Nacional – The Ryan Lochte Scandal
Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A.
Brazil
A dream team of swimmers were robbed at gunpoint during the Olympics. The tale fit Rio’s violent reputation and gained worldwide attention. Jornal Nacional’s investigative journalists exposed the lie concocted by Ryan Lochte and discovered the real story. Lochte later confessed and apologized in an exclusive interview in Globo’s New York studios.

Le Journal – Paris/Jaffa – Republican National Convention, Cleveland 
i24NEWS
Israel
Le Journal covers Donald Trump’s investiture at the Republican National Convention in Cleveland with special correspondent David Benaym behind the scenes of the event.

TV Patrol – Super Typhoon Lawin’s Trail of Damage 
ABS-CBN
Philippines
TV Patrol: Typhoon Lawin’s Trail of Destruction Super Typhoon Lawin (International Name: Haima) battered northern Philippines on October 20, 2016. It made landfall in Penablanca, Cagayan before midnight, and wreaked havoc in the provinces of Cagayan, Isabela, La Union, Ilocos Sur, and nearby areas.

Current Affairs

101 East – Rodrigo Duterte: A President’s Report Card 
Al Jazeera English
Malaysia
A ruthless crackdown on drugs, allegations of thousands of extrajudicial killings, a war of words with world leaders – Philippines’ President Rodrigo Duterte is one of the most controversial leaders of our times. 101 East gets exclusive access to the man behind the headlines.

Exposure: Saudi Arabia Uncovered 
Hardcash Productions / ITV / WGBH/Frontline
United Kingdom
This film reveals the hidden reality inside one of the world’s most secretive and strict Islamic regimes. Saudi Arabia is a key ally of the West, but with unprecedented access to an underground network of young activists, this film uncovers a society where opposition is beginning to take shape.

Globo Repórter – Art as Passport 
Globo Comunicação e Participações S.A.
Brazil
In a country with so much inequality, the opportunity to learn art can transform lives. Young people in social projects in the favelas find new prospects for their families. Some have already started promising careers abroad, such as ballerina Ingrid Silva and trombonist Aline Alcantara.

Uppdrag granskning: Panamadokumenten (Mission Investigate: The Panama Papers) 
SVT / ICIJ / Syddeutsche Zeitung / Reykjavik Media / Yle / DR / NDR / RUV / Première Lignes France
Sweden
The Panama Papers has become a milestone in the international fight against tax evasion and money-laundering. 400 journalists worked with the leak, including Sven Bergman and Joachim Dyfvermark. Their interview with the Icelandic Prime Minister about his offshore business was broadcast worldwide.

About The International Academy Of Television Arts & Sciences 

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards held in New York, The International Emmy® Kids Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Short-Form Series; Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances, Kids programming and Digital.For more information, go to www.iemmys.tv

Media Contacts

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: 212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuitti
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Award-Winning Actor/Producer to be Recognized at International Emmy® Awards Gala in New York, on Monday, November 20th

New York, June 20, 2017- The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that it will present the 2017 International Emmy® Founders Award to two time Academy Award winning actor and producer, Kevin Spacey. Spacey will accept the Award which recognizes an individual who crosses cultural boundaries to touch our common humanity- at the 45th International Emmy® Awards Gala, on Monday, November 20, 2017, in New York City.

“Kevin Spacey is one of the great multi-dimensional talents in our industry,” said Academy President & CEO, Bruce L. Paisner. “From his acting in many movies and television shows to his successful stewardship of the Old Vic theatre in London and his outstanding deal making and acting prowess in “House of Cards”, he’s climbed every mountain there is. We are thrilled that he will be accepting the Founders Award.”

Award-winning producer and actor Kevin Spacey executive produces and stars as Francis Underwood in the Netflix original series “House of Cards,” currently in its fifth season. He has won Academy Awards® for his performances in “The Usual Suspects” and “American Beauty”, and will next be seen in Edgar Wright’s “Baby Driver,” and “Rebel In The Rye” for director Danny Strong. He produced the films “Captain Phillips” starring Tom Hanks, “The Social Network” and “21,” as well as “Recount” and “Bernard & Doris” for HBO, and has received 10 Emmy Award® nominations over the course of his career. Additionally, Spacey has been honored with a Golden Globe Award, Tony Award, multiple SAG Award honors, and the BAFTA Award for his work.

For over a decade, Spacey served as the Artistic Director of The Old Vic Theatre Company in London, and during his time there appeared on stage in several Old Vic productions. Inspired by Jack Lemmon, Spacey has often launched initiatives to help young people get their start in the competitive worlds of film and theatre, including: The Kevin Spacey Foundation, which offers support to young actors, writers, directors and producers (including workshops during the tour of “Richard III”); And the short film competition “Jameson First Shot,” awarded writer/directors from the US, South Africa, Russia, Canada and other countries with the opportunity to direct a short film starring a critically acclaimed actor. Most recently Kevin was awarded an Honorary Knighthood from Her Majesty the Queen for his work at the Old Vic, education and philanthropy.

About The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards held in New York, The International Emmy® Kids Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances, Kids programming and Digital. For more information, go to www.iemmys.tv

Media Contacts
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: 212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

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Matt Biscuiti
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EMILIO AZCÁRRAGA JEAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO OF MEXICO’S GRUPO TELEVISA TO RECEIVE 2017 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® DIRECTORATE AWARD

New York, April 25, 2017 – Emilio Azcárraga Jean, Chairman of the Board, President and CEO of Grupo Televisa, the world’s largest Spanish-language content provider and Mexico’s largest broadcaster and pay television provider, will receive the 2017 International Emmy® Directorate Award, on Monday, November 20, in New York City.

“Emilio Azcárraga Jean is a strategic and visionary leader- who has successfully and relentlessly navigated an increasingly competitive media landscape to grow his company’s businesses.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “This year in particular, the Academy is pleased to honor Emilio and to celebrate the major contributions of Mexico to the global television community.”

Emilio Azcárraga Jean has been at the helm of Televisa since April 1997. Under his leadership, the group has developed into a diversified and integrated media, telephone, cable and satellite pay television services company, in Mexico and across the world. Televisa distributes the content it produces through several broadcast channels in Mexico, 26 pay-tv brands in Mexico and abroad, and television networks, cable operators and over-the-top services in over 50 countries.
In January, Grupo Televisa and Univision Holdings, Inc. announced a strengthened and expanded relationship between the two companies by unifying both of their content development and production efforts. Both companies will benefit from a single, integrated focus on the Hispanic audience in the United States and the domestic Mexican audience, as well as from potential cost synergies from aligned content initiatives.

Emilio Azcárraga Jean said: “Television dissolved the borders between the US and Mexico a long time ago. Technology has allowed us to connect, to share our values and to get to know each other better as friends, partners and neighbors. Our countries are more than public policies that come and go–history brings us together and geography unites us. This recognition is proof that if we continue working to grow together, we can develop a promising shared future. On behalf of Televisa and the Spanish-speaking world that we serve, I thank the Academy for this award.”
About The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards held in New York, The International Emmy® Kids Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances, Kids programming and Digital. For more information, go to www.iemmys.tv

About Grupo Televisa
Televisa is a leading media company in the Spanish-speaking world, an important cable operator in Mexico and an operator of a leading direct-to-home satellite pay television system in Mexico. Televisa distributes the content it produces through several broadcast channels in Mexico and in over 50 countries through 26 pay-tv brands, and television networks, cable operators and over-the-top or “OTT” services. In the United States, Televisa’s audiovisual content is distributed through Univision Communications Inc. (“Univision”) the leading media company serving the Hispanic market. Univision broadcasts Televisa’s audiovisual content through multiple platforms in exchange for a royalty payment. In addition, Televisa has equity and warrants which upon their exercise would represent approximately 36% on a fully-diluted, as-converted basis of the equity capital in Univision Holdings, Inc., the controlling company of Univision. Televisa’s cable business offers integrated services, including video, high-speed data and voice services to residential and commercial customers as well as managed services to domestic and international carriers through five cable Multiple System Operators in Mexico. Televisa owns a majority interest in Sky, a leading direct-to-home satellite pay television system in Mexico, operating also in the Dominican Republic and Central America. Televisa also has interests in magazine publishing and distribution, radio production and broadcasting, professional sports and live entertainment, feature-film production and distribution, and gaming.

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WINNERS FOR INTERNATIONAL EMMY® KIDS AWARDS @MIPTV ANNOUNCED

7 Winners From 4 Countries: Australia, Denmark, The Netherlands & The United Kingdom

Cannes/MIPTV, April 4, 2017– The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced tonight the winners of the 5th International Emmy® Kids Awards at a ceremony at MIPTV, in Cannes, in partnership with Reed MIDEM.

Winning programs from Australia, Denmark, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom are: Hey Duggee (Kids: Preschool); Shaun the Sheep (Kids: Animation); Horrible Histories (Kids: Factual); Ultras Sorte Kageshow(Baking in the Dark) (Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment); Kasper en de Kerstengelen(Casper and the Christmas Angels) (Kids: Series); Doodles (Kids: Digital); Peter & Wendy: Based on the Novel Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie (Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series). Complete winners’ information follows this release.

“Nothing is more vital on television than the programming kids watch every day, and the Academy is proud that the Emmy is the preeminent awards platform for kids programming,” said International Academy President, Bruce L. Paisner. “We congratulate all the winners for their outstanding achievements and for setting the high-quality standard we all expect for our kids.”

The Emmy® statues were presented on stage by an international cast of TV and digital personalities and character mascots including: American Actress & YouTuber Jenn McAllister (jennxpenn); Quebec TV Star/Producer Marc Labrèche (Le Coeur a Ses Raisons; Le Cri du Rhinoceros); German pre-school character Die Maus from WDR’s The Program with The Mouse co-presenting with actress and YouTuber Joyce Ilg from WDR’s kid’s series Arman’s Secret, Miss Supranational 2016 Srinidhi Shetty from India and British Comedian Paul Taylor (#Franglais).

Over 250 international industry executives attended the event, held at the Martinez Hotel, in Cannes, France during MIPTV.

The International Emmy® Kids Awards presenting partners are: Shaw Rocket Fund, WDR mediagroup, TV Kids, Ernst & Young and Junior@MIPTV.

2017 NOMINEES – NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

KIDS: PRESCHOOL

Hey Duggee
Studio AKA
United Kingdom

Hey Duggee is based around ‘The Squirrel Club’; run by a big friendly dog called Duggee. It’s a place where kids take part in all kinds of activities, have adventures and earn activity badges along the way. Duggee teaches the kids about being responsible, working as a team, and taking acceptable risks.
KIDS: ANIMATION

Shaun the Sheep: The Farmer’s Llamas
Aardman Animations
United Kingdom

Shaun tricks the farmer into buying three mischievous llamas, but when things spiral out of control, Shaun is forced to take action to oust the intruders and save the farm!

KIDS: DIGITAL

Doodles
Ludo Studio / ABC3 Australia / Screen Australia / Screen Queensland
Australia

Doodles is an interactive multi-platform children’s comedy series created with its online audience. The show takes children’s drawings and ideas from all over the world and turns them into funny animated episodes. Each week, the Doodles audience interacts with the show’s creators and cast online, and together they create each episode’s all-new animated adventure. Kids and their parents snap, tag and share their doodles on the shows and the broadcaster’s website and social sites. Audiences comment on and vote for their favorite doodles helping to choose a doodle to bring to life as the lead character in its own animated adventure. That episode then premieres on ABC3, our website, doodles.com.au and all other platforms. Conceiving Doodles as digital from the outset embraces the possibilities of interactive storytelling, and gives us the opportunity to create a show that “goes where the audience is”. Doodles gives them that involvement by allowing children and their parents to participate in the making of each episode, helping them to create their very own television series.

KIDS: FACTUAL

Horrible Histories
Lion Television
United Kingdom

Horrible Histories is a British children’s sketch comedy television series. Each episode takes on a different historical period, delivering factual content through entertaining skits, TV parodies, and catchy songs.

KIDS: NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT

Ultras Sorte Kageshow (Baking in the Dark)
Danish Broadcasting Corporation
Denmark

Four children compete in baking the best tasting and best looking cake. But how will they manage when the lights suddenly gets turned off?

KIDS: SERIES

Kasper en de Kerstengelen (Casper and the Christmas Angels)
NL Film & TV / Avrotros
Netherlands

Casper wants to be an astronaut so he can travel out into deep space. But before he can do this, he has to practice and grow. After all, he is only eleven!

KIDS: TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES

Peter & Wendy: Based on the Novel Peter Pan by J.M. Barrie
Headline Pictures / Juliette Films
United Kingdom

The story of Peter Pan is retold through the imagination of a chronically ill girl at modern day Great Ormond Street Hospital, the institution to which Peter Pan author, J. M. Barrie, bequeathed the rights to the book.

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards held in New York, The International Emmy® Kids Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances, Kids programming and Digital. For more information, go to www.iemmys.tv

ABOUT MIPTV – MIPTV is the world’s biggest TV and digital content market powering the unlimited potential of extraordinary stories. In April, professionals from across the TV and digital entertainment ecosystem gather in Cannes, France, to forge partnerships, seal distribution deals, network with their international executive peers, and attend high-level conferences and keynotes. MIPTV is also a key venue for early-stage development and financing deals, content acquisitions and programme sales. And with the MIP Digital Fronts – the premier global digital content market – empowering the new digital content era and bringing together the new online video ecosystem with the TV industry, MIPTV anticipates and shapes the future of entertainment. www.miptv.com

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: 212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

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INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OPENS JCS INTERNATIONAL YOUNG CREATIVES AWARD

New York, March 29, 2017 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and JCS International today announced the opening of the recently launched JCS International Young Creatives Award, which will kick-off with Women Peacemakers as its inaugural theme.

Designed to discover, recognize, and foster young talent while creating a global conversation around peace, the new competition is open to entrants from around the world between the ages of 18 and 29. Entrants must submit a one-minute video on the theme of the year.

Three winners will be flown to New York to receive the award at the International Emmy® World Television Festival Nominee Medal Ceremony, alongside the International Emmy® Award nominees, on Saturday, November 18. They will also be invited to attend the International Emmy Awards Gala, on Monday, November 20.

“An important mission for the International Academy is finding young TV talent from around the world and shining a spotlight on their work. This new award helps us do that.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

“This award brings together two of my great passions in life-supporting young artists and promoting peace,” said Michal Grayevsky, President of JCS International and a Board member of the International Academy. “I encourage young creatives-and especially young women-from every corner of the globe to participate in this exciting new competition.”

Rules & Regulations for the JCS International Young Creatives Award are now posted on the Academy’s website www.iemmys.tv.The competition will start accepting entries in June, 2017

2016 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS WINNERS SPAN BRAZIL, GERMANY, JAPAN, SWEDEN, THE UK & THE US

Dustin Hoffman & German Actress Christiane Paul Win Best Performance Categories

NEW YORK, November 21, 2016 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the 44th International Emmy® Awards tonight at a Black-Tie Gala event attended by television professionals from around the world and hosted by Alan Cumming at the New York Hilton.

2 Special Awards and 10 Emmy statues were presented by the International Academy during the evening.

German and British programs led the night with 3 Emmys each in the Best Performance by An Actress, Documentary and Drama Series categories for German programs and Best Performance by An Actor, Comedy and TV Movie/ Mini-Series categories for British programs.

Programs from Brazil (Telenovela), Japan (Arts Programming), Sweden (Non-Scripted Entertainment) and the United States (Non-English Language US Primetime Program), each won one Emmy.

Danish actress Birgitte Hjort Sorenson, star of political drama Borgen, presented the International Emmy Directorate Award to Maria Rørbye Rønn, Chief Executive Officer & Director General of Danish Broadcasting Corporation (DR), which pioneered and drove the success of Nordic Noir drama around the world.

Actor, director, producer Tony Goldwyn, currently starring as President Fitzgerald Grant in Scandal presented the International Emmy Founders Award to Shonda Rhimes, Writer, Executive Producer and Creator behind global hit series Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, Private Practice, How to Get Away with Murder and The Catch.

The 10 International Emmy Award Winning programs and performances are: The Man Who Shot Hiroshima (Arts Programming), Dustin Hoffman (Best Performance by an Actor), Christiane Paul (Best Performance by an Actress), Hoff The Record (Comedy), War of Lies (Documentary), Deutschland 83 (Drama Series), Francisco, El Jesuita (Francis, the Jesuit) (Non-English Language US Primetime Program), The Great Swedish Adventure (Non-Scripted Entertainment), Hidden Truths (Telenovela), and Capital (TV Movie/Mini-Series). Complete winners information follows this release.

“’Great television from around the world integrates the best in crafts, acting and creative arts.” said International Academy President & CEO Bruce L. Paisner.“The Academy is proud so much of that was on display on our stage tonight,”

2016 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARD WINNERS

ARTS PROGRAMMING

The Man Who Shot Hiroshima
WOWOW INC / Kmax Co.Ltd.
Japan

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR

Dustin Hoffman in Roald Dahl’s Esio Trot
Endor Productions Ltd / Red Arrow International / The Weinstein Company
United Kingdom

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS

Christiane Paul in Under the Radar
Enigma film / Westdeutscher Rundfunk / ARD Degeto
Germany

COMEDY

Hoff The Record
Me & You Productions
United Kingdom

DOCUMENTARY

War of Lies
Zischlermann Filmproduktion
Germany

DRAMA SERIES

Deutschland 83
UFA Fiction / RTL Television
Germany

NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE US PRIMETIME PROGRAM

Francisco, El Jesuita (Francis, the Jesuit)
Anima Films / The History Channel Latin America / Telemundo / Claro Video / DirecTV
United States of America

NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT

The Great Swedish Adventure
Meter Television / SVT – Sveriges Television
Sweden

TELENOVELA

Hidden Truths
Globo TV
Brazil TV

MOVIE/MINI-SERIES

Capital
Kudos / BBC One
United Kingdom

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards held in New York, The International Emmy® Kids Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Short-Form Series, Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances, Kids programming and Digital. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv

MEDIA CONTACTS 

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuitti
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
matt@lippingroup.com

International Academy Launches JCS International Young Creatives Award

New York, November 16, 2016 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences & JCS International today announced that they are joining forces for the creation of a new initiative- The JCS International Young Creatives Award- designed to discover, recognize and foster young talent from around the world while creating a global conversation around Peace.

The new competition which is open to entrants between the ages of 18 and 30, will have a different peace-based theme every year. Entrants must submit a 1 minute video on the theme of the year. The theme for 2017 is “Women Peacemakers”.

“We thank JCS International for their commitment to help discover young talent from around the world and look forward to adding this new initiative to the International Academy’s important work.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

“I have spent much of my professional life championing the cause of peace, supporting the arts, and working to empower the next generation,” said Michal Grayesky, President of JCS International. “I am delighted that JCS International as a media group is partnering with the Academy to create this first-of-its-kind award to celebrate enterprising young artists who share our commitment to peace and I look forward to an ongoing partnership. And I am particularly proud that this year’s theme focuses on female empowerment and peace, two values I live by.”

3 Winners will receive the JCS International Young Creative Award, every year at the International Emmy® World Television Festival Nominee Medal Ceremony, in New York, alongside the International Emmy® Award Nominees.

JCS International and the International Academy will make a live announcement for the launch of this new competition at the International Emmy® World Television Festival’s Opening Cocktail, held on Friday, November 18, at the United Nations Delegates Lounge, in association with United Nations Women for Peace. The Festival’s Opening Cocktail is attended yearly by the International Emmy® Award Nominees, Academy Members, Jurors and their industry guests who fly in from over 50 countries to attend the International Emmy® Awards Gala.

Rules & Regulations for the JCS International Young Creatives Award will be posted on the Academy’s website www.iemmys.tv, in February 2017. The competition opens in June 2017.

2016 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® KIDS AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

Cannes/Mipcom, October 17, 2016 – Nominations for the International Emmy® Kids Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a press conference at Mipcom. There are 28 nominees in 7 categories. The full list of Nominees follows this release.

Nominations span 13 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Denmark, France, Germany, Japan, Singapore, South Korea, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom.

“Nothing in television is more important than what children watch everyday and the Academy is proud to be the preeminent platform for remarkable and notable kids programming,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We congratulate the 2016 Nominees.”

The International Emmy® Kids Awards at Miptv presenting partners are: Ernst & Young, Miptv, Shaw Rocket Fund, TV Kids and WDR.

Winners will receive their award in Cannes, France on Tuesday April 4, 2017.

International Academy to recognize Short-Form Series at International Emmy® Awards Gala in New York, in 2017

New York, October 17, 2016 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today announced that it will be recognizing Short-Form Series at the International Emmy Awards Gala, in New York, in November 2017. Original Fiction and Non-Fiction programs, with episodes under a half-hour will be eligible to enter in next year’s International Emmy Awards competition which opens on December 8, 2016 and closes on February 16, 2017.

Short-Form Series were previously recognized by the International Academy at the International Digital Emmy Awards at Miptv, with the Digital: Fiction and Non-Fiction categories. The genre is now going to be recognized at the International Emmy Awards Gala in November, in New York starting in 2017.

“As media changes, International Emmy categories change too and we felt we needed to give special recognition to the rapid and important growth of short form in the industry. We are doing this in the first instance by moving the category to our Gala in November.”, said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Rules & Regulations for the Short-Form Series category will be posted on the Academy’s website www.iemmys.tv, early December.

2016 International Emmy® Award Nominees Span 15 Countries

New York, September 26, 2016 – Nominations for the 2016 International Emmy®Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. There are 40 Nominees across 10 categories and 15 countries. The full list of Nominees follows this release. Winners will be announced at a black-tie Ceremony on November 21, 2016 at the Hilton New York Hotel.

Nominees come from: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Germany, Japan, Philippines, Singapore, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, United Kingdom, United Arab Emirates and the United States.

“The International Emmy competition is the pinnacle for recognizing excellence in television around the world,” said Bruce L. Paisner,President and CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. “We congratulate the 2016 Nominees and welcome them to our global stage.”

In addition to the presentation of the International Emmy® Awards for programming and performances, the Academy will present two special awards. Shonda Rhimes, the Writer, Executive Producer and Creator behind global hit series Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder and The Catch will receive the International Emmy Founders Award. Maria Rørbye Rønn, the Chief Executive Officer & Director General of Danish Broadcasting Corporation, which pioneered and drove the success of Nordic Noir drama around the world will receive the International Emmy Directorate Award.

This year’s Gala partners are: Phoenix Satellite Television, TV Globo, Dori Media Group, Ernst & Young, Deluxe, Miptv, Sofitel Hotels and Variety.

2016 Semi-Final Judging Hosts were: Aetios, Fabienne Larouche & Michel Trudeau (Mont-Tremblant, Canada), Armoza Formats, Avi Armoza (Tel Aviv, Israel), Beijing CTV Splendid, Cheng Xiong (Changzhou, China), Broadview TV, Leopold Hoesch (Cologne, Germany),Cisneros Media, Marcello Coltro (Miami, USA),Cyber Group Studios, Pierre Sissmann (Paris, France), DR TV, Piv Bernth (Copenhagen, Denmark), FFP New Media, Michael Smeaton (Berlin, Germany), Fox Networks Group Latin America, Edgar Spielmann (Mexico City, Mexico), Fuji Television, Hisashi Hieda (Tokyo, Japan), Globo TV, Carlos Henrique Schroder (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil & New York, USA), Graf Filmproduktion, Klaus Graf (Berlin, Germany), Havas Productions, Raphaël de Andreïs & Yann Le Prado (Paris, France), HBO Latin America Group, Jonathan Baker (Miami, USA), KBS, Dae-Young Ko (Seoul, South Korea), MTVA – Hungarian Public Service Media, Zsuzsanna Kálomista (Budapest, Hungary), NFVF – National Film and Video Foundation, Zama Mkosi (Johannesburg, South Africa), ORF, Beatrice Cox-Riesenfelder (Vienna, Austria), Pyramedia, Nashwa Al Ruwaini (Abu Dhabi, UAE), Quebecomm, Sylvain Parent-Bedard (Montreal, Canada), Shanghai Croton Media, Benjamin Li (Shanghai, China), Sonae FS, Andre Sampaio (Lisbon, Portugal),The Story Lab, Erik de Winter (Amsterdam, The Netherlands),TV France International, Hervé Michel (Biarritz, France), Wowow, Nobuya Wazaki (Tokyo, Japan), YLE, Liselott Forsman (Helsinki, Finland), Ziegler Films, Regina & Tanja Ziegler (Berlin, Germany).

2016 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS NOMINEESARTS PROGRAMMING

SKY NEWS AND ITN DISPATCHES WIN INTERNATIONAL EMMYS® FOR NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

New York, September 21, 2016 – The 2016 International Emmy for News was presented tonight to Sky News Migration Crisis (United Kingdom). The Emmy for current affairs was presented to Dispatches-Escape from Isis. (United Kingdom). The International Emmys were presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in conjunction with the US News Emmys during a ceremony which took place at Lincoln Center, in New York City.

Sky News Migration Crisis produced by Sky News, won the News category. This story covers the perilous journey of a group of migrants from Turkey to Greece, with exclusive insight from the Sky crew live on the Hungary-Serbia border as refugees and riot police clash.

Dispatches-Escape from Isis produced by ITN Productions/ Ronachan Films / Evan Williams Productions / Mediadante won the Current Affairs category. This special exposed the brutal treatment of the estimated 4 million women living under the rule of the Islamic State and shows the extraordinary courage of an underground network trying to save women and children held as slaves by ISIS.

“Extraordinary and disheartening events in the Middle East have set a new bar for courageous journalism and for the dedicated reporters, cameramen and crews who pour themselves into this work. We congratulate them,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

The International Academy will announce the Nominees for 10 other program categories on September 26 and its 7 Kid’s categories at Mipcom, in Cannes, France on October 17.

Winners for Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Comedy; Documentary; Drama Series; Non-English Language US Primetime Program; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela and TV Movie/Mini-Series will receive their awards at the 44th International Emmy Awards Gala, at the Hilton Hotel in New York City, on Monday, November 21.

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances, Kids programming and Digital. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv

MEDIA CONTACTS 

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
don@lippingroup.com

ALAN CUMMING TO HOST INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS GALA IN NEW YORK, ON NOVEMBER 21

NEW YORK, August 15, 2016 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that world renowned Theater, Film and Television actor Alan Cumming will host the International Emmy® Awards Gala, on Monday, November 21, 2016 in New York.

“Alan Cumming is a master artist, actor, author, and entertainer who for the last thirty years, has been continually taking his craft to new heights. We are proud to have this multi-talented performer as our host this year.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.”

Alan Cumming is beyond eclectic. He was an award-winning Hamlet, and he had his own talk show. He was a tour de force solo Macbeth and he voiced a Smurf, twice. He shot a video portrait with Robert Wilson, and recorded a duet with Liza Minnelli. He made back to back films with Stanley Kubrick and the Spice Girls. He appeared in a Jay Z video and he wrote a #1 New York Times bestselling memoir. Alan Cumming trained at the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama, now the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland. After leaving the Academy he quickly found himself celebrated in his homeland for both his television work (including the Scottish soap Take The High Road) and his stand-up comedy (the legendary Victor and Barry, which he wrote and performed with drama school pal Forbes Masson).

In 1998, Cabaret opened on Broadway and Alan was instantly embraced by New York City, and heralded for his stunning performance as the Master of Ceremonies. He won The Tony, Drama Desk, Outer Critics’ Circle, NY Press, Theater World, FANY and New York Public Advocate’s awards for his work, but for him the biggest prize was finding his new home.

“As someone who believes it is important to reach out and embrace different cultures and their stories, and who revels in the diversity and richness of working all over the world, I couldn’t be happier to join the celebration of international excellence that is the International Emmys.” said Alan Cumming.

His many television appearances include Sex and the City, Frasier, The L Word, Reefer Madness and Tin Man. He played Eli Gold in seven seasons of the CBS series The Good Wife, for which he has received multiple Golden Globe, Emmy, SAG, Critic’s Circle and Satellite Awards nominations. Alan’s activism and passion for various civil rights and sex education causes has earned him many humanitarian awards from AMFAR, Human Rights Campaign, the Matthew Shepard Foundation, GLAAD and the Trevor Project, to name but a few.

Over 1000 international media and entertainment executives convene in New York each year for the International Emmy® Awards Gala. In addition to the presentation of Emmy® Awards for programming, the Academy will present two special awards.As previously announced Shonda Rhimes, the Writer, Executive Producer and Creator behind global hit series Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, Private Practice and How to Get Away with Murder will receive the 2016 International Emmy® Founders Award and Maria Rørbye Rønn, the Chief Executive Officer & Director General of Danish Broadcasting Corporation, which pioneered and drove the success of Nordic Noir drama around the world, will receive the 2016 International Emmy® Directorate Award.

This year’s Gala partners are: Phoenix Satellite Television, Globo, Dori Media Group, Semba, Ernst & Young, Deluxe, Mipcom, Sofitel Luxury Hotels and Variety.

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards held in New York, The International Emmy® Kids Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances, Kids programming and Digital. For more information, go to www.iemmys.tv

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Cell: +1-646-334-9299
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuiti
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
matt@lippingroup.com

2016 International Emmy® Awards Nominees for News & Current Affairs Announced

8 Nominees Span 6 Countries On 3 Continents
Al Jazeera English and TV Globo Are Nominated in Both Categories

NEW YORK, August 9, 2016 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today announced the nominees for the 2016 News & Current Affairs categories. Winners will be announced in New York on September 21, at a Ceremony at Rose Hall, at Lincoln Center. The international Emmy winners will be recognized alongside their American news and documentary peers.

The 8 Nominees span 6 countries on 3 continents. The countries are: Brazil, Germany, Malaysia, Qatar, Russia and the United Kingdom.

Al Jazeera English and TV Globo are nominated in both categories this year.

“In this volatile world where anybody can comment on serious world events on social media platforms, true journalistic voices and investigations are more crucial than ever.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We salute the 2016 nominees for their outstanding broadcast journalism.”

The full list of nominees follows.

2016 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS NOMINEES

NEWS

Nepal Earthquake Coverage – Nepal Earthquake and its Aftermath
Al Jazeera English News
Qatar
Subina Shresta, AJE’s Nepal-based correspondent, witnessed the earthquake and its immediate consequences first hand. She was on the air within minutes, reporting on the devastation suffered, and the first reactions. Within hours she was joined by teams from Asia and Qatar.

Sky News – Migration Crisis
Sky News
United Kingdom
As thousands of Syrian refugees risk their lives to reach a better life in Europe, Sky News covers their perilous journey. We gain an exclusive insight, traveling with a group of migrants from Turkey to Greece, and are live on the Hungary-Serbia border as refugees and riot police clash.

RT News – UNGA: Special Coverage
RT
Russia
Every year, world leaders descend on Manhattan to talk. UNGA 2015 was special not only because it was the 70th gathering – but also because it came amid unprecedented tensions in the modern times. What happened when all world leaders were placed in the same room?

Jornal Nacional and Fantastico – Microcephaly/Zika
TV Globo
Brazil
In 2015, a rise in cases of microcephaly – associated to the Zika virus – stunned Brazil. Our reporters spoke to the first doctors to link the virus to microcephaly, and in the process, served the population by tracking the spread across the country and demanding action from authorities.

CURRENT AFFAIRS

101 East – Afghanistan: No Country for Women
Al Jazeera English
Malaysia
Afghanistan is one of the most dangerous places in the world for women like ‘Mariam,’ who was seven months pregnant when her husband almost killed her. In the majority of cases, abuse against women is committed by the people they love and trust the most – their families.

Dispatches: Escape from ISIS
ITN / Ronachan Films / Evan Williams Productions / Mediadante
United Kingdom
This Dispatches special exposed the brutal treatment of the estimated 4 million women living under the rule of the Islamic State. Escape from Isis shows the extraordinary courage of an underground network trying to save women and children held as slaves by ISIS.

Reportage im Ersten – Long Thanh Will Lachen (Long Thanh Wants to Smile)
ARD / NDR
Germany
Agent Orange was a highly-toxic defoliant used by the US military in the Vietnam War. It killed the plants that hid the enemy. 40 years later, generations of Vietnamese still suffer from Agent Orange, like 15-year old Long Thanh. However, despite the challenges he faces, he manages to live his life in an admirable way.

GloboNews Documentário – Syria on the Run
GloboNews / Globo TV
Brazil
Syria on the Run sheds light on the lives of victims and witnesses of a war that has urged 6.5 million people to abandon their homes. In Aleppo, children find shelter in an underground school, a doctor assists the battlefront’s wounded, and rebels fight the regime and ISIL.

About The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards held in New York, The International Emmy® Kids Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances, Kids programming and Digital. For more information, go to www.iemmys.tv

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Cell: +1-646-334-9299
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuiti
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
matt@lippingroup.com

ADRIANA CISNEROS CEO OF CISNEROS TO CHAIR 44th INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS GALA

NEW YORK, July 18, 2016 – Adriana Cisneros, Chief Executive Officer of Cisneros, the parent company of Cisneros Media, which includes Cisneros Studios, Cisneros Media Distribution and Venezuelan TV network Venevision, Miss Venezuela and Mobius.Lab- will serve as Gala Chair for the 44th International Emmy® Awards, which will take place on Monday, November 21, 2016 in New York City.

Ms. Cisneros will preside over the Gala, during which the International Academy will recognize programming in ten program categories and present Special Awards to Shonda Rhimes, the Writer, Executive Producer and Creator behind global hit series Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, How to Get Away with Murder and The Catch (Founders Award) and Maria Rørbye Rønn, the Chief Executive Officer & Director General of Danish Broadcasting Corporation, which pioneered and drove the success of Nordic Noir drama around the world (Directorate Award).

“Adriana is a visionary leader- with a keen handle on Cisneros’ digital strategy and all innovations in the media space,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We have been fortunate to have her counsel as an Executive Committee Member of the Academy for many years and we are delighted to have her Chair our International Emmy Awards Gala this year.”

“It’s an honor for me to be part of an organization that showcases excellence in international television from around the world and to Chair the International Emmy Awards Gala this year, said Adriana Cisneros. “For a Latin American media company like Cisneros- which is constantly at the crossroads of multiple cultures and artistic sensitivities- it’s truly wonderful to see and recognize all the outstanding programming being produced around the world”, said Adriana Cisneros.

Adriana Cisneros was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Cisneros- a third generation family owned and operated business with a global footprint and operations in Latin America and the United States- in September 2013. The company has three areas of focus: Media, Interactive and Real Estate. Adriana is also President of Fundaciòn Cisneros, the family’s educational not-for-profit organization dedicated to improving education in Latin America. She is the daughter of Gustavo Cisneros, the company’s Chairman, and granddaughter of Diego Cisneros, who founded the business in 1929.

Cisneros Media creates, produces and distributes entertainment content across platforms worldwide. With over 60 years at the forefront of the industry and 30,000 hours of programming, today the company distributes content in over 100 countries and 20 languages. The organizations’ units are: Venevision, the leading TV network in Venezuela; Cisneros Media Distribution; a group of cable channels reaching 25 million subscribers in Latin America and the Caribbean; Cisneros Studios, the largest independent producer of Spanish-language programming in the United States; Miss Venezuela organization and Mobius Lab Productions.

The 2016 International Emmy® Nominees will be announced late September.  This year’s sponsors, to date, include, Dori Media, Ernst & Young, Globo, Mipcom, Phoenix Satellite Television, Semba, Sofitel and Variety.

About The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards held in New York, The International Emmy® Kids Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances, Kids programming and Digital. For more information, go to www.iemmys.tv

MEDIA CONTACTS 

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Cell: +1-646-334-9299
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuitti
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
matt@lippingroup.com

New York, June 9, 2016 – Maria Rørbye Rønn, the Chief Executive Officer & Director General of Danish Broadcasting Corporation, which pioneered and drove the success of Nordic Noir drama around the world, will receive the 2016 International Emmy® Directorate Award, on Monday, November 21, in New York City. DR is Denmark’s public service broadcasting institution. Some of its recent hits include Borgen, The Bridge and The Killing.

“Maria Rørbye Rønn spearheads one of the world’s most groundbreaking public service television organizations,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “Now an industry standard for excellence Nordic Noir has become a genre in its own right, influencing screenwriters and inspiring audiences far beyond the Scandinavian Peninsula.”

Under Maria Rørbye Rønn’s leadership, DR has continued to assert itself and expand its position within Nordic Noir drama.

“As a small player in a reality of growing global media offerings we believe that original quality content is our main characteristics made possible due to the public service which allows us to invest in creative environments,” says Maria Rørbye Rønn . “I am immensely proud of the honor and share it with all my colleagues in DR. They are the true winners. On behalf of everyone at DR I want to thank the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for this recognition.”

DR has gone through a significant development as a public service broadcasting institution the past years. Besides creating original quality content the focus is on improving to provide public service content available across platforms. Thus DR supports the democratic debate and strengthens the cultural identity. Maria Rørbye Rønn started her career at DR in 1995 in the legal department and rose through the ranks by holding several key executive positions. She was appointed CEO/Director General in 2011.

For generations, DR’s drama series have drawn huge audiences in Scandinavia and increasingly throughout the world with global international distribution and local versions in the UK, France and the United States. DR boasts 22 International Emmy® Nominations, four International Emmy® Wins in the Drama Category for The Protectors (2009), The Eagle (2005), Nikolaj and Julie (2003), Unit One (2002) and one International Emmy® Win in the TV-Movie/Mini-Series Category for Young Anderson(2005).

WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR INTERNATIONAL EMMY® KIDS AWARDS @MIPTV

6 Winners Span 5 Countries: Australia, Japan, Norway, The Netherlands & The United Kingdom

Cannes/MIPTV, April 5, 2016 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced tonight the winners of the 4th International Emmy® Kids Awards which took place for the first time at MIPTV, in Cannes, in partnership with Reed MIDEM.

Winning programs from Australia, Japan, Norway, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom are: Nowhere Boys Series 2 (Kids: Series); Ronja, The Robber’s Daughter (Kids: Animation); Best i Mest (All-Round Champion) (Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment); Rabarber (Rhubarb) (Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series ); My Life: I Am Leo (Kids: Factual) and Bing (Kids: Pre-School). Complete winners’ information follows this release.

“Producers of children’s programming have a great responsibility towards their viewers and the broader audience and we are honored to be recognizing and showcasing the world’s best at MIPTV,” said International Academy President, Bruce L. Paisner. “We congratulate all the winners for their outstanding achievements and for setting the high-quality standard we all expect for kids.”

The Emmy® statues were presented on stage by an international cast of TV and digital personalities and character mascots including: YouTuber Cyrina Fiallo, Quebec comedian Cathleen Rouleau, Miss SupraNational Stephania Stegman, co-presenting with Majid Entertainment’s animation character Amoona, German pre-school character Die Maus from WDR’s The Program with The Mouse and actor Gil Ofarim from WDR’s kid’s series Arman’s Secret and Jeemtv soccer mascot Saham.

200 international industry executives attended the event, held at the Carlton Hotel, in Cannes, France during MIPTV.

The International Emmy® Kids Awards presenting partners are: Shaw Rocket Fund, Jeemtv, WDR mediagroup, Majid Entertainment, TV Kids, Ernst & Young and Kids@MIPTV.
4th International Emmy® Kids Awards Winners:

Kids: Preschool   
 
BingAcamar Films Production / Brown Bag Films
United Kingdom
Bing celebrates the noisy, joyful reality of life as a preschooler.

 Kids: Animation

Ronja, The Robber’s Daughter

NHK / NHK Enterprises / Dwango / Polygon Pictures
Japan
Ronja, born to a clan of forest robbers, grows up under the watchful eye of her family. One day, she is given permission to enter the forest alone. She discovers that the forest is both a beautiful and a frightening place, and learns how to live there.

Kids: Factual
 
My Life: I Am Leo
Nine Lives Media
United Kingdom
The motivation of this program is to widen the circle of understanding and compassion for transgender children, who often find their years at school very difficult. This film is about a transgender child.

 Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment   

Best i Mest (All-Round Champion)
NRK
Norway
All-Round Champion is a reality series featuring eight 14 year-old athletes from varying sports. Through eight episodes they will learn each other’s sport of choice and compete in them. We follow the contestants as they push their limits farther than they thought possible. Who will be the All-Round Champion?

Kids: Series   

Nowhere Boys Series 2
Matchbox Pictures
Australia
The Nowhere Boys have found their way home, only to discover that adventure doesn’t stop just because they’re back. As they experiment with their new and unpredictable powers over earth, wind, fire, and water, they realize that they aren’t the only ones who crossed back to this universe.

Kids: TV Movie / Mini-Series   

Rabarber (Rhubarb)
NL Film & TV / KRO-NCRV
Netherlands
Winnie and Siem get to know one another after Siem’s father and Winnie’s mother fall in love. The teenagers quickly get along, so they are concerned when the quarrels between their parents start to get worse. They decide to give them a hand.

About The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences  

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards held in New York, The International Emmy® Kids Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances, Kids programming and Digital. For more information, go to www.iemmys.tv

About MIPTV
MIPTV is the world’s biggest TV and digital content market powering the unlimited potential of extraordinary stories. In April, professionals from across the TV and digital entertainment ecosystem gather in Cannes, France, to forge partnerships, seal distribution deals, network with their international executive peers, and attend high-level conferences and keynotes. MIPTV is also a key venue for early-stage development and financing deals, content acquisitions and programme sales. And with the MIPDigital Fronts – the premier global digital content market – empowering the new digital content era and bringing together the new online video ecosystem with the TV industry, MIPTV anticipates and shapes the future of entertainment. www.miptv.com

About MIPFormats
MIPFormats is the incubator for big ideas, the next wave of must-see formats. Taking place two days before MIPTV, MIPFormats is the only specialist conference for the global formats community where the world’s leading producers, commissioners, buyers and distributors discover the very best in entertainment formats.
www.mipformats.com
MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships

Cell: +1-646-334-9299

eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group

Matt Biscuitti

Tel: +1-212-986-7080

matt@lippingroup.com

New York/Cannes-Miptv, April 4, 2016 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that it will present the 2016 International Emmy® Founders Award to Shonda Rhimes, the prolific Writer, Executive Producer and Creator behind global hit series Grey’s Anatomy, Scandal, Private Practice and How to Get Away with Murder. Rhimes will accept the Award at the 44th International Emmy® Awards Gala, on Monday, November 21, 2016, in New York City.   

2015 International Emmy® Awards Winners Announced

French Programs Lead with 3 Wins in the Arts Programming, Drama Series and TV Movie/Mini-Series Categories Followed by 2 Wins for Brazilian Programs in the Comedy and Telenovela Categories

NEW YORK, November 23, 2015 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the 43rd International Emmy® Awards tonight at a Gala event attended by over 1000 international television professionals and hosted by Egyptian Comedian Bassem Youssef at the New York Hilton.

2 Special Awards and 10 Emmy statues were presented by the International Academy during the evening.

French programs led the night with 3 Emmys in the Arts Programming, Drama Series and TV Movie/Mini-Series categories followed by Brazilian programs with 2 Emmys in the Comedy and Telenovela categories.

Performances from Norway (Best Performance by an Actress), the Netherlands (Best Performance by an Actor), and programs from South Africa (Documentary), the United Kingdom (Non-Scripted Entertainment) and the United States (Non-English US Primetime Program), each won one Emmy. Academy Award winning Actor and Producer Michael Douglas presented the International Emmy Directorate Award to Richard Plepler, Chairman & CEO of HBO.

Academy Award and Emmy nominated actress Elizabeth McGovern who currently stars as Lady Cora in Downton Abbey and the show’s Emmy and BAFTA Award winning Executive Producer Gareth Neame presented the International Emmy Founders Award to Academy Award & Emmy Award Winner Julian Fellowes, Creator, Writer and Executive Producer of Downton Abbey.

The 10 International Emmy Award Winning programs and performances are: Illustre & Inconnu: Comment Jacques Jaujard a Sauvé le Louvre (The Man Who Saved the Louvre) (Arts Programming), Maarten Heijmans (Best Performance by an Actor), Anneke von der Lippe (Best Performance by an Actress), Doce de Mae (Sweet Mother) (Comedy), Miners Shot Down (Documentary), Spiral Season 5 (Engrenages) (Drama Series), Arrepentidos – El Infierno de Montoya (Non-English Language US Primetime Program), 50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy Non-Scripted Entertainment), Império (Empire) (Telenovela), and Soldat Blanc (White Soldier) (TV Movie/Mini-Series). Complete winners information follows this release.

“Television is a universal art form that transcends cultures, languages and borders,” said International Academy President Bruce L. Paisner. “In light of recent terrible events, the International Academy is particularly proud to congratulate all of the winners- among which 3 from France- for shining a global spotlight on their cultural heritage with the Emmy.”

43rd International Emmy® Awards Winners:

Arts Programming

Illustre & Inconnu:
Comment Jacques Jaujard a Sauvé le Louvre
(The Man Who Saved the Louvre)
Ladybirds Films
France

Best Performance by an Actor

Maarten Heijmans
in Ramses
De Familie Film & TV / Avro
Netherlands

Best Performance by an Actress
 
Anneke von der Lippe
in Øyevitne (Eyewitness)
NRK / SVT / DR / YLE Fem / Nordvision Fund
Norway

Comedy

Doce de Mãe (Sweet Mother)
Globo / Casa de Cinema de Porto Alegre
Brazil

Documentary

Miners Shot Down
Uhuru Productions
South Africa

Drama Series

Engrenages Saison 5 (Spiral Season 5)
Canal + Creation Originale / Son et Lumière / BBC Four
France

Non-English U.S. Primetime Program
 
Arrepentidos – El Infierno de Montoya
Fox International Channels Latin America / National Geographic Channel / Fox Telecolombia
United States of America

Non-Scripted Entertainment

50 Ways to Kill Your Mammy
Burning Bright Productions / Brown Bread Productions / Sky 1
United Kingdom

Telenovela

Império (Empire)
Globo
Brazil

TV Movie/Mini-Series
 
Soldat Blanc (White Soldier)
Canal+ Creation Originale / Breakout Films
France

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuitti
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
matt@lippingroup.com

New York, November 11, 2015 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today its line-up of celebrity presenters for the upcoming International Emmy® Awards, on Monday, November 23 at the Hilton New York, hosted by Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef.

Academy Award winning Actor and Producer Michael Douglas will present the International Emmy Directorate Award to Richard Plepler, Chairman & CEO of HBO.

Academy Award and Emmy nominated actress Elizabeth McGovern who currently stars as Lady Cora in Downton Abbey and the show’s Emmy and BAFTA Award winning Executive Producer Gareth Neame will present the International Emmy Founders Award to Academy Award & Emmy Award Winner Julian Fellowes, Creator, Writer and Executive Producer of Downton Abbey.

Host Bassem Youssef will be joined on stage by a cast of presenters including to date: The Bold and The Beautiful’s Karla Mosley; The Blacklist’s Mozhan Marnò; The Americans’ Holly Taylor; Madam Secretary’s/The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2’s Patina Miller; The Walking Dead’sTovah Feldshuh; Filipino award winning Film and TV actor Piolo Pascual; Brazilian Actress/Producer Leandra Leal; Portuguese Actor Lourenço Ortigão and German comedian Anke Engelke.

Every year 1,000 international entertainment decision-makers from all over the world attend the International Emmy® Awards Gala in New York. For a list of nominees, visit www.iemmys.tv.

This year’s partners are: Phoenix Satellite Television, Globo, Semba, Dori Media Group, Ernst & Young, Deluxe, Miptv, Sofitel Luxury Hotels and Variety.

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances, Kids programming and Digital. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuitti
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
matt@lippingroup.com

Cannes/MIPCOM, October 5, 2015 – Nominations for the 2015 International Emmy® Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a Press Conference at Mipcom. There are 40 nominees across 10 categories and 19 countries. The full list of Nominees follows this release. Winners will be announced at a black-tie Ceremony on November 23, 2015 at the Hilton New York Hotel.

Nominees come from: Angola, Austria, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Japan, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, South Africa, South Korea, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States.

“Every year, the international television community competes to be recognized for excellence on the International Emmy’s global stage.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We congratulate the 2015 Nominees for their outstanding programs and performances.”

In addition to the presentation of the International Emmy® Awards for programming and performances, the Academy will present two special awards. Downton Abbey writer & creator, Julian Fellowes will receive the 2015 International Emmy® Founders Award. Richard Plepler, Chairman & CEO, HBO will receive the 2015 International Emmy® Directorate Award.

This year’s Gala partners are: Phoenix Satellite Television, TV Globo, Semba Communications, Dori Media Group, Ernst & Young, Deluxe, Mipcom, Sofitel Hotels and Variety.

2015 Semi-Final Judging Hosts were: Active TV, Michael McKay (Sydney, Australia); Aetios Productions, Fabienne Larouche & Michel Trudeau (Mont-Tremblant, Canada); Australian Children’s Television Foundation, Bernadette O’Mahony (Melbourne, Australia); Beijing CTV Splendid Film and TV, Xiong Cheng (Beijing, PR China); Cape Film Commission, Denis Lillie (Knysna, South Africa); Cisneros Media, Marcello Coltro (Los Angeles, USA); Dori Media, Nadav Palti (Tel Aviv, Israel); DR TV, Piv Bernth (Copenhagen, Denmark); EbonyLife TV, Mo Abudu (Lagos, Nigeria); Eurovision Americas, Bill Dunlop (Washington, DC, USA); Federation Entertainment, Steven Bawol (Paris, France); FFP New Media, Michael Smeaton (Berlin, Germany); Fuji Television, Takashi Nakamoto (Tokyo, Japan); Grupo Globo, Carlos Henrique Schroder (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil & New York, USA); HBO Latin America, Jonathan Baker (Miami, USA); Latina, Andres Badra (Lima, Peru); Light & Dark Film, Zaheer Goodman-Bhyat (Johannesburg, South Africa); MMC, Philip Borbely (Cologne, Germany); National Film & Video Foundation, Zama Mkosi (Johannesburg, South Africa); ORF-Enterprise, Beatrice Cox-Riesenfelder (Vienna, Austria); Pyramedia, Nashwa Al Ruwaini (Abu Dhabi, UAE); Quebecomm, Sylvain Parent-Bedard (Quebec, Canada); TV2 Denmark, Anette Romer & Katrine Vogelsang (Copenhagen, Denmark); TV France International, Xavier Gouyou-Beauchamps (Biarritz, France); Ziegler Films, Regina Ziegler & Tanja Ziegler (Berlin, Germany); Zodiak Kids Studios, Michael Carrington (Sheffield, UK) 

43rd International Emmy® Awards Nominees:
Awards Ceremony to be held on November 23, 2015   

Arts Programming

Buenaventura No Me Dejes Mas
(Buenaventura, Don’t Leave Me)
Caracol Televisión / Laberinto Cine y Televisión
Colombia
 
Illustre & Inconnu:
Comment Jacques Jaujard a Sauvé le Louvre
(The Man Who Saved the Louvre)
Ladybird Films
France
 
Messiah at the Foundling Hospital
Reef Television Ltd
United Kingdom
 
Trial of Chunhyang – A Girl Prosecuted by Feudalism
KBS
South Korea
 
Best Performance by an Actor

Engin Akyurek
in Kara Para Ask (Black Money Love)
Ay Yapim
Turkey
 
Emilio de Mello
in Psi (Psy)
HBO Latin America
Brazil
 
Maarten Heijmans
in Ramses
De Familie Film & TV
Netherlands
 
Rafe Spall
in Black Mirror White Christmas
House of Tomorrow / Endemol Worldwide Distribution
United Kingdom

Best Performance by an Actress
 
Anneke von der Lippe
in Øyevitne (Eyewitness)
NRK / SVT / DR / YLE Fem / Nordvision Fund.
Norway
 
Fernanda Montenegro
in Doce de Mãe
Globo TV
Brazil
 
Sheridan Smith
in Cilla
ITV Studios/GroupM Entertainment
United Kingdom
 

Comedy
 
Doce de Mae (Sweet Mother)
Globo TV
Brazil
 
Fais Pas Ci, Fais Pas Ca
(Don’t Do This, Don’t Do That)
Elephant Story / France 2 / AB Distribution
France
 
Familia en Venta
Fox International Channels / Fox Telecolombia
Colombia
 
Puppet Nation ZA
Both Worlds
South Africa
 
Sensitive Skin
Rhombus Media / Baby Cow Productions / Bell Media’s The Movie Network / Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central / Tricon Films & Television Canada / Media Fund (CMF) / Rogers Cable Network Fund
Canada

Documentary
 
Africa’s Wild West – Stallions of the Namib Desert
Interspot Film / ORF / ARTE / NDR / ORF-Enterprise
Austria
 
Antes de que Nos Olviden (Before We Are Forgotten)
HBO Latin America
Mexico
 
Growing Up Down’s
Maverick Television & Dartmouth Films
United Kingdom
 
Miners Shot Down
Uhuru Productions
South Africa
 

Drama Series
 
Engrenages (Spiral)
Son et Lumiere / Canal+ Creation originale
France
 
MOZU Season 1 – Night Cry of the MOZU
TBS Television / WOWOW / ROBOT
Japan
 
My Mad Fat Diary
Tiger Aspect Productions / Drama Republic
United Kingdom
 
Psi (Psy)
HBO Latin America
Brazil
 

Non-English U.S. Primetime Program
 
Arrepentidos U.S. – El Infierno de Montoya
National Geographic Channel / Fox Telecolombia
United States of America
 
El Mejor de los Peores
Fox International Channels / Fox Toma 1
United States of America
 
Narco Tec
Mazdoc / Zodiak Latino / Univision
United States of America
 
La Voz Kids
Talpa Media USA, Inc., Warner Horizon Television
United States of America
 

Non-Scripted Entertainment
 
50 Ways to Kill your Mammy
Burning Bright Productions / Brown Bread Productions
United Kingdom
 
Barones de la Cerveza
National Geographic Channel Latin America / Nippur Media
Argentina
 
Flying Doctors
Geronimo
Belgium
 
Master Chef South Africa
Quizzical Pictures / Lucky Bean Media
South Africa
 

Telenovela
 
Ciega a Citas (Date Blind)
Dori Media International / Rosstoc / Mediaset Espana / Big Bang Media / Cuatro
Spain
 
Império (Empire)
Globo TV
Brazil
 
Jikulumessu
Semba Comunicação
Angola
 
Mulheres (Women)
Plural Entertainment Portugal
Portugal
 

TV Movie/Mini-Series

La Celebración
Underground Producciones
Argentina
 
Common
LA Productions
United Kingdom
 
Soldat Blanc (White Soldier)
Breakout Films / Canal+ Creation originale
France
 
Storytelling of Hostages
WOWOW / Twins Japan
Japan

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
 
 
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances, Kids programming and Digital. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv

At Mipcom the International Emmy® Awards are located on stand P1-N61

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuitti
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
matt@lippingroup.com

INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES 2015 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® KIDS AWARDS NOMINEES AND NEW VENUE AT MIPTV®

Cannes/MIPCOM, October 2, 2015 – Nominations for the International Emmy® Kids Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. There are 24 nominees in 6 categories. The full list of Nominees follows this release.

The International Academy also announced that the awards ceremony is moving from New York to Cannes, and will be presented in partnership with Reed MIDEM, at MIPTV. The first awards ceremony will take place on April 5, 2016. The International Emmy® Kids Awards at MIPTV will close the Kids@MIPTV track, which includes the Miptv Future of Kids TV Summit.

“MIPTV is a terrific venue for showcasing and recognizing the remarkable amount of quality kids programming around the world, and Reed MIDEM is a great partner” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We look forward to welcoming our Nominees to this new home and to continuing to serve the global children’s television industry.”

“We are honored and delighted that the International Emmy® Kids Awards are coming to MIPTV in April 2016. Reed MIDEM has been promoting the best in children’s television since the creation of MIPTV in 1963 and MIPCOM in 1985. These events are the largest gatherings of the international kids programming community in the world. We welcome this opportunity to continue to work in partnership with the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences,” commented Paul Zilk, Chief Executive of Reed MIDEM.

The International Academy has been presenting six kids Emmys annually since 2012.

The International Emmy® Kids Awards at MIPTV presenting partners are: Ernst & Young, MIPTV, Shaw Rocket Fund, TV Kids and WDR.

Nominations span 13 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Colombia, France, Iceland, Italy, Japan, Singapore, the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom.

MIPTV takes place in Cannes, France, April 4-7.

4th International Emmy® Kids Awards Nominees:
Awards Ceremony to be held on April 5, 2016    

 
Kids: Preschool
 
Bing
Acamar Films Production / Brown Bag Films
United Kingdom
 
LazyTown
Cartoonito / Turner Broadcasting Systems Europe
Iceland
 
O Zoo da Zu
Discovery Latin America / Boutique Filmes
Brazil
 
Shimajiro’s WOW!
Benesse Corporation / TV Setouchi Broadcasting /
Dentsu / DASH / demand / The Answerstudio
Japan
 

Kids: Animation
 
Get Ace
Galaxy Pop
Australia
 
Mr. Trance
El Recreo Studio / Señal Colombia
Colombia
 
Ronja, the Robber’s Daughter
NHK / NHK Enterprises / Dwango / Polygon Pictures
Japan
 
Le Trésor du Vieux Jim
(The Great Treasure Quest)
TAT Productions / Master Films
France
 
 
Kids: Factual
 
Mentira la Verdad (Truth Lies)
Mulata Films / Canal Encuentro
Argentina
 
My Life: I am Leo
Nine Lives Media
United Kingdom
 
Kore-eda x High School Girls:
Portrait of Fukushima 3 Years After
NHK Educational Corporation / NHK / Paonetwork
Japan
 
De Zandtovernaar en de Oorlog
(The Sand Artist and the War)
The Media Brothers / Rkk /Jewish Broadcasting Organization
Netherlands
 

Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment

 
Battle for Money: Return of the Dinosaurs
Fuji Television Network
Japan
 
Best i Mest (All-Round Champion)
NRK
Norway
 
The Big Performance 3
Twenty Twenty Productions / CBBC
United Kingdom
 
Undercover High
General Purpose Entertainment
Canada
 
 
Kids: Series
 
Braccialetti Rossi
RAI Radiotelevisione Italiana / Palomar / Big Bang Media
Italy
 
Malhação Sonhos (Young Hearts)
Globo TV
Brazil
 
Nowhere Boys
Matchbox Pictures
Australia
 
Taart (Penguins and Pastry)
VPRO Television / Pupkin Films
Netherlands
 

Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series
 
Evermoor
Lime Pictures Limited / Disney Channels
United Kingdom
 
Jongens (Boys)
NTR / Pupkin Fi lm
Netherlands
 
Rabarber (Rhubarb)
NL Film & TV / KRO-NCRV
Netherlands
 
Spelling Armadillo
Oak3 Films
Singapore

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awardsat MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances, Kids programming and Digital. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv

About MIPTV
MIPTV is the world’s biggest TV and digital content market powering the unlimited potential of extraordinary stories. In April, professionals from across the TV and digital entertainment ecosystem gather in Cannes, France, to forge partnerships, seal distribution deals, network with their international executive peers, and attend high-level conferences and keynotes. MIPTV is also a key venue for early-stage development and financing deals, content acquisitions and programme sales. And with the MIP Digital Fronts- the premier global digital content market- empowering the new digital content era and bringing together the new online video ecosystem with the TV industry, MIPTV anticipates and shapes the future of entertainment.
 

At Mipcom the International Emmy® Awards are located on stand P1-N61

Organized by Reed MIDEM, MIPCOM 2015 will take place in Cannes, France from 5-8 October

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuitti
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
matt@lippingroup.com

CBC NEWS AND ITN DISPATCHES WIN INTERNATIONAL EMMYS® FOR NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS

New York, September 28, 2015 – The 2015 International Emmys for News was presented tonight to CBC News (Canada): The National – The Ebola Effect. The Emmy for current affairs was presented to Dispatches (United Kingdom): Children on the Frontline. The International Emmys were presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in conjunction with the US News Emmys during a ceremony which took place at Lincoln Center, in New York City.

The National – The Ebola Effect produced by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation,won the News category.This story covers the deadly Ebola virus which by the fall of 2014, had swept viciously through West Africa, generating a tide of fear around the globe. CBC’s crew specifically covered the story from the overwhelmed capital of Liberia.

Children on the Frontline produced by ITN won the Current Affairs category. This investigative report tells the story of five young children whose lives have been changed forever by the war in Syria.

“Reporting on war and disease is extremely challenging and risky. We congratulate the teams behind these 2 programs for their courage and for covering the hard facts while respectfully portraying the dramatic human stories unfolding in the midst of these crises.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

The International Academy will announce the Nominees for its 6 kids categories on September 30, and the Nominees for 10 other program categories at Mipcom, in Cannes, France on October 5.

Winners for Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Comedy; Documentary; Drama Series; Non-English Language US Primetime Program; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela and TV Movie/Mini-Serieswill receive their awards at the 43rd International Emmy Awards Gala, at the Hilton Hotel in New York City, on Monday, November 23.  

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awardsat MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances, Kids programming and Digital. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv 

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
don@lippingroup.com

ABS-CBN President, CEO & CCO Charo Santos-Concio to Chair 43rd International Emmy® Awards Gala

NEW YORK, August 25, 2015 – Charo Santos-Concio, President, Chief Executive Officer & Chief Content Officer of ABS-CBN Corporation, the Phillipines’ media and entertainment conglomerate will serve as Gala Chair for the 43rd International Emmy® Awards, which will take place on Monday, November 23, 2015 in New York City.
 
Ms. Santos-Concio will preside over the Gala, during which the International Academy will recognize programming in ten program categories and present Special Awards to Julian Fellowes, creator and writer of Downton Abbey (Founders Award) and Richard Plepler, Chairman & CEO of HBO (Directorate Award). As previously announced, the awards ceremony will be hosted by Egyptian satirist Bassem Youssef, former host of the popular TV show Al-Bernameg (“the Program”).
 
“Ms. Charo Santos-Concio is an internationally respected broadcast producer and executive who has spearheaded the growth of her organization to a leading position in the Philippines and the region beyond,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “We are delighted to have her Chair our 2015 International Emmy Awards Gala.”
 
Ms. Santos-Concio said, “Viewing habits of TV audiences worldwide have changed in recent years, but what has not changed is the passion of creators to produce excellent, meaningful, and transformative content in different platforms that resonates with people and what the International Emmy Awards celebrates annually. I am honored to chair this year’s Gala that brings together and recognizes the achievements of these extraordinary individuals from across the globe.”
 
Maria Rosario “Charo” Santos-Concio was appointed President and Chief Operating Officer of ABS-CBN in 2008 and Chief Executive Officer in January 2013. And in 2014, she won Gold Stevie Awards at the prestigious Stevie Awards for Women in Business and the Asia Pacific Stevie Awards. She was also named Asian Media Woman of the Year by ContentAsia, a premier information resource that covers the entertainment media industry across Asia-Pacific region.
 
Onscreen, Ms. Santos-Concio hosts ABS-CBN’s longest-running drama anthology “Maalala Mo Kaya” (Remembering). She began her career as an actress and won Best Actress in the 1977 Asian Film Festival for her performance in the film “Itim” (Black). She joined ABS-CBN as a Television Production Consultant in 1987 after working as a line producer for a number of prestigious film production companies. She also worked as a Film Production Manager for the Experimental Cinema of the Philippines, which produced some of the country’s best films. Ms. Santos-Concio is a recipient of many cinema and broadcast industry-related awards over the years. She graduated cum laude from St. Paul’s College in Manila with a Communications Arts degree. She also completed the Advanced Management Program at Harvard Business School in 2007.

The 2015 International Emmy® Nominees will be announced at a press conference in Cannes at Mipcom on Monday, October 5, 2015.  This year’s sponsors, to date, include, Deluxe, Dori Media, Ernst & Young, Globo, Mipcom, Phoenix Satellite Television, Semba, Sofitel and Variety.

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awardsat MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences recognizes excellence in television produced outside of the United States, as well as US Primetime programs produced in languages other than English, with the prestigious Emmy® Award. Currently celebrating programming across varied areas including: Arts Programming, Current Affairs, Comedy, Documentary, Drama Series, News, Non-Scripted Entertainment, Telenovela, and TV Movie/Mini-Series, it also recognizes excellence in Performances, Kids programming and Digital. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv.  

About ABS-CBN
ABS-CBN Corporation is the Philippines’ leading media and entertainment organization. The Company is primarily involved in television and radio broadcasting, as well as in the production of television and radio programming for domestic and international audiences and other related businesses. ABS-CBN produces a wide variety of engaging world-class entertainment programs in multiple genres and balanced, credible news programs that are aired on free-to-air television. The company is also one of the leading radio broadcasters, operating eighteen radio stations throughout the key cities of the Philippines. ABS-CBN provides news and entertainment programming for eight channels on cable TV and operates the country’s largest cable TV service provider. The Company also owns the leading cinema and music production and distribution outfits in the country. It brings its content to worldwide audiences via cable, satellite, online and mobile. In addition, ABS-CBN has business interests in merchandising and licensing, mobile and online multimedia services, glossy magazine publishing, video and audio post production, overseas telecommunication services, money remittance, cargo forwarding, TV shopping services, theme park development and management, property management and food and restaurant services, all of which complement and enhance the Company’s strength in content production and distribution. The Company is also the first TV network in the country to broadcast in digital. In 2015, it commercially rolled out its digital TV box, ABS-CBN TV plus, to prepare for the country’s switch to digital TV.

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
don@lippingroup.com

NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR 2015 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS

8 NOMINEES SPAN 7 COUNTRIES ON 4 CONTINENTS
FIRST TIME NOMINATIONS FOR NEWS COVERAGE FROM INDIA AND MALAYSIA

NEW YORK, August 6, 2015 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today announced the nominees for the 2015 News & Current Affairs categories. Winners will be announced in New York on September 28, at a Ceremony at David Geffen Hall at Lincoln Center. The international winners will be recognized alongside their American news and documentary peers.
 
The 8 Nominees span 7 countries on 4 continents. The countries are: Brazil, Canada, Germany, India, Malaysia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. This is the first time that India is nominated in the News category and Malaysia is nominated in the Current Affairs category.
 
“With an increasingly accelerated news cycle and competition for audiences on a global scale, the high-quality, reliable news coverage exemplified in our 2015 Nominees has never been more in demand.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
 
The full list of nominees follows.

2015 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS NEWS & CURRENT AFFAIRS NOMINEES:

NEWS

The Buck Stops Here – Srinagar Floods Coverage
New Delhi Television Limited (NDTV)
India

When floods ravaged Srinagar, Barkha Dutt anchored the scenes of unfolding tragedy. Her ground reports, interviews, and discussions highlighted the extent of devastation, the helplessness of residents, and the role of the Army – often criticized for its presence in Kashmir, now at the heart of rescue efforts.
 

CBC News: The National – The Ebola Effect (Ebola Outbreak in West Africa)
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canada

By the fall of 2014, the deadly Ebola virus had swept viciously through West Africa, generating a tide of fear around the globe. CBC dispatched a crew to the overwhelmed capital of Liberia.
 

De Dag van Nationale Rouw (The National Day of Mourning)
NOS Broadcasting Organization
Netherlands

Only 22 hours after the Dutch Government declared July 23rd as National Day of Mourning for the victims of the MH 17 crash, the NOS prepared a live broadcast.
 

Jornal Hoje and Jornal Nacional – The Death of Eduardo Campos
TV GLOBO
Brazil

One of the leading candidates in one of the closest presidential elections in Brazilian history died in a plane crash just two months before the polls opened. Jornal Nacional covered the repercussions as well as the investigation over the following days.
 
 
 
CURRENT AFFAIRS
 

Stray Bullets
101 East / Al Jazeera English
Malaysia

Liberal gun laws, a thriving black market and rampant corruption have put almost four million guns – both legal and illegal – on the streets of the Philippines. This investigation ventures deep into the crime-ridden neighborhoods of the Philippines and explores the nation’s dangerous addiction to guns.
 

Dispatches: Children on the Frontline – Children of Aleppo
ITN Productions
United Kingdom

This Dispatches documentary tells the story of five young children whose lives have been changed forever by the war in Syria. We meet young sisters Helen, Farah and Sara, and their brother Mohammed, whose father is a rebel commander in Aleppo. We also learn the story of Aboude, a singer and poster boy for the Syrian uprising.
 

ZDFzoom: Das Fussball-Imperium (ZDFzoom: The Soccer Empire – The Dealings of FIFA)
ZDF German Television
Germany

Corruption in FIFA doesn’t sound new, but ZDFzoom reporter Markus Harm reveals very disturbing facts about the world’s most significant sports organization. In his film FIFA-The Soccer Empire, he gains insight into hidden documents and confronts FIFA bosses with his findings.
 

GloboNews Documentário – Torre de David (Tower of David)
GloboNews
Brazil

4,000 people occupied an unfinished 45-story skyscraper in Caracas. They lived in the tallest vertical slum in the world for seven years. The characters’ stories illustrate the Venezuelan reality. Violence, social issues and politics are embedded in their daily reality.
 

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awardsat MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. The International Academy also recognizes US primetime programming produced 50% or more in non-English languages, with a new category added to the 2014 International Emmy® Awards competition.
 

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
don@lippingroup.com

Richard Plepler, Chairman & CEO of HBO to receive 2015 International Emmy Directorate Award

New York, May 20, 2015 – Richard Plepler, the Chairman & CEO of Home Box Office, Inc will receive the 2015 International Emmy® Directorate Award, on Monday, November 23, in New York City. Plepler presides over the world’s most successful pay TV service, providing HBO and Cinemax to over 127 million subscribers worldwide.
 
“Richard Plepler is a dynamic and visionary programmer and strategist.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “He has masterfully navigated the bridge between old and new media, and today with HBO NOW, he has made HBO one of the preeminent companies in the OTT space. “
 
As Chairman and CEO Plepler is responsible for HBO’s overall management. Under Plepler’s leadership, HBO’s original productions continue to raise the bar with such innovative and critically acclaimed programming including: Girls, Veep, True Detective, Boardwalk Empire, Last Week Tonight with John Oliver and Game of Thrones. HBO and Cinemax programming is sold into over 150 countries worldwide.
 
“This is a wonderful honor and one that is shared with all my colleagues at HBO,” said Plepler. “This is a team sport and we are blessed with one of the best teams in the industry, so, on behalf of everyone at HBO, I want to thank the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for this recognition.”

About The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy®Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy®Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy®World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. The International Academy also recognizes Non-English Language US primetime programming, with a new category added to the International Emmy® Awards competition in 2014.

About HBO
Home Box Office, Inc. is the premium television programming subsidiary of Time Warner Inc. and the world’s most successful pay TV service, providing the two television services – HBO® and Cinemax® – to approximately 122 million subscribers worldwide.  The services offer the popular subscription video-on-demand products HBO On Demand® and Cinemax On Demand®, as well as HBO GO® and MAX GO®, HD feeds and multiplex channels. Beginning in April 2015, HBO will also offer a standalone video streaming service, HBO NOW, in the U.S. Internationally, HBO branded television networks, along with the subscription video-on-demand products HBO On Demand and HBO GO, bring HBO services to over 60 countries.  HBO and Cinemax programming is sold into over 150 countries worldwide.

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuitti
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
matt@lippingroup.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

PROGRAMS FROM GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS & THE UNITED KINGDOM WIN INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EMMY® AWARDS

Brian Robbins Founder & CEO, AwesomenessTV Receives Pioneer Prize

MIPTV-Cannes, April 13, 2015 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced tonight the winners of the International Digital Emmy® Awards. The Winners came from Germany (Fiction), The Netherlands (Non-Fiction) and the United Kingdom (Children & Young People) and the Pioneer Prize was presented to Brian Robbins, Founder & CEO AwesomenessTV. The awards were attended by over 300 international executives from the television, broadband, and mobile industries, and sponsored by the Bell Fund of Canada.

“The Academy started presenting these Emmys ten years ago and the reach and relevance of digital entertainment and information has exploded across that decade,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “This year’s Emmy winners demonstrate yet again the unique power and versatility of storytelling through interactive enhancements.”

The winners are:

Dina Foxx – Tödlicher Kontakt (Dina Foxx – Deadly Contact) (ZDF / UFA / Exozet) a dramatic crime story that tackles relevant contemporary topics and turns transmedia entertainment into a fluid experience, won the Fiction category.

Reverse the Odds, (Maverick Television / Chunk / Channel 4 / Cancer Research UK), a live fundraising show packed with stars and inspirational stories to raise awareness about cancer amongst youth, won the Children & Young People category.

Last Hijack Interactive (Submarine Channel / Razor Film / ZDF / IKON) an online transmedia experience that allows you to explore the hijacking of a ship in Somalia, won the Non-Fiction category. Complete information on the winners follows this release.

THE 2015 INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EMMY® AWARDS WINNERS

DIGITAL PROGRAM: NON-FICTION

Last Hijack Interactive
Submarine Channel / Razor Film / ZDF / IKON
Netherlands

Femke Wolting, Director
Tommy Pallotta, Director
Jamal Osman, Research & Interviews
Mirka Duijn, Interactive Director

Last Hijack Interactive is an online transmedia experience that allows you to explore the hijacking of a ship in Somalia. Exploring both sides of the story, Last Hijack Interactive allows you to uncover the complex realities behind piracy in Somalia though the eyes of a pirate and a captain, an advocate and a journalist, a parent and a wife. Combining live-action video and animation, the interactive experience gives the user the opportunity to navigate the real stories of these people, building to the hijack itself and the resulting aftermath. What are the causes and consequences of piracy? And what is the impact of piracy in Somalia and in Western countries? Together with a use of data visualization, Last Hijack Interactive provides a glimpse into the murky world of hijackings in Somalia.

DIGITAL PROGRAM: CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE

Reverse the Odds
Maverick Television / Chunk / Channel 4 / Cancer Research UK
United Kingdom

Claire McArdle, Executive Producer
Alex Hryniewicz, Producer
Donnie Kerrigan, Game Lead
Colin MacDonald, Commissioning Editor

In October 2014, Channel 4 teamed up with Cancer Research UK for Stand Up 2 Cancer – a live fundraising show packed with stars and inspirational stories. We wanted younger viewers to be able to donate time instead of money, so we created a companion mobile game – “Reverse the Odds.” It features a race of fun characters – The Odds . Players help them to transform their world from a drab wasteland into a colourful wonderland. In the game, players see real images of cancer cells from patients, just like researchers analyse in the lab, and answer simple questions about what cells they see, how many there are and how bright they are glowing. This information is key for researchers who use it to reveal clues about cancer – how it behaves and ultimately achieve better treatments for patients. We partnered with youth YouTube channel DailyMix to bring the fight against cancer to an audience of younger players, working with YouTube stars – Joe Sugg and Jim Chapman – to enthuse their followers with challenges around the game. Young people became citizen scientists – helping researchers get through massive datasets.

DIGITAL PROGRAM: FICTION

Dina Foxx – Tödlicher Kontakt (Dina Foxx – Deadly Contact)
ZDF / UFA / Exozet
Germany

Max Zeitler, Director and Concept Coordinator
Kristian Costa-Zahn, Producer online
Leif Alexis, Producer TV and Webseries
Milena Bonse, Commissioning Editor

Dina Foxx – Deadly Contact is a dramatic crime story that tackles relevant contemporary topics (functional food, epigenetic) and turns transmedia entertainment into a fluid experience: On-demand, broadcast, and multi-device (Website and App). A two-part TV movie, a seven-episode webseries, a casualgame, interactive 360-degree videos and around 30 hours of engagement all enable viewers to access a different reality within the second movie. At the end of the first TV movie, main character Dina Foxx is seen running away from a mysterious persecutor and viewers receive a clear call to action: go online, to 1st : find out who’s chasing Dina (Webseries, woven into the plot of the second TV film), 2nd: help Kilian fight the epidemic (casualgame that is part of the story universe), and 3rd: join Jason in discovering the whole truth, by interactive 360-degree videos which contain vital clues. Each clue leads to a riddle that users must solve by finding fictitious websites, by scanning the movie and by employing their own deductive logic. If the viewer manages to solve all three online parts within one week, they will receive exclusive access to the movie before it is broadcast on TV.

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. The International Academy also recognizes Non-English Language US primetime programming with a new category added to the International Emmy® Awards competition in 2015.

About The Bell Fund
The Bell Fund provides grants to Canadian independent producers who develop and produce engaging, interactive cross-platform digital content for Canadian broadcasters to complement and enhance associated television programs. Since 1997, the Bell Fund has invested over $150M in over 1,500 Canadian digital media projects, television programs, development grants, co-productions and support for research and professional development. The Bell Fund also undertakes training, research, business development and promotion for the digital media industry. The Bell Fund receives annual contributions of approximately $14.5 M from Bell TV as part of its broadcast distribution undertaking (BDU) contributions to the industry. In addition, the Development Program is supported by the interest generated by a $10M endowment, and contributions from Aliant. The Bell Fund is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization, governed by an independent Board of Directors representing various sectors of the television and digital media industry.

About MIPTV
MIPTV is the world’s biggest TV and digital content market powering the unlimited potential of extraordinary stories. In April, professionals from across the TV and digital entertainment ecosystem gather in Cannes, France, to forge partnerships, seal distribution deals, network with their international executive peers, and attend high-level conferences and keynotes. MIPTV is also a key venue for early-stage development and financing deals, content acquisitions and programme sales. And with the MIP Digital Fronts- the premier global digital content market – empowering the new digital content era and bringing together the new online video ecosystem with the TV industry, MIPTV anticipates and shapes the future of entertainment. www.miptv.com

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
don@lippingroup.com
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Downton Abbey Writer and Creator Julian Fellowes to receive 2015 International Emmy® Founders Award at International Emmy® Gala in New York, on November 23

New York, March 30, 2015 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will present the 2015 International Emmy® Founders Award to Julian Fellowes, the writer and creator of Downton Abbey, one of the most acclaimed, widely watched and best reviewed television series in the history of the medium. Academy President & CEO, Bruce L. Paisner, announced today that Fellowes will accept the Award at the 43rd International Emmy® Awards Gala, on Monday, November 23, 2015, in New York City.
 
An Oscar-winning screenwriter, Julian Fellowes began his career as an actor. He grew up in England, attended Cambridge University, then drama school and worked on stage with several repertory companies. He subsequently appeared in over 40 films and TV shows, while at the same time writing screenplays for such movies as Vanity Fair, Separate Lies- and Gosford Park-for which he took home an Oscar. He is also responsible for writing international bestseller, Snobs. Fellowes turned this passion for writing into a second career.
 
“People everywhere know, follow and are passionate about Downton Abbey, and the Academy is thrilled to honor its writer and creator Julian Fellowes,” said Paisner. “Julian has brought a career’s worth of experience and ideas to this landmark television series and we look forwarding to welcoming him and members of the Downton Abbey cast at our Gala.”
 
Julian Fellowes comments: “This is an extraordinary honour, both for me and for the  Downton team and I can only say that I feel simultaneously unworthy and very, very grateful.  It is a significant high point of my career.  Thank you.”   
 
Set in an Edwardian country house in the early 20th Century, Downton Abbey portrays the lives of the Crawley family who own the house and the servants who work for them. Winner of over 40 national and international awards, Downton Abbey’s notable accolades include Best Mini-Series at the Golden Globe Awards, Best Ensemble at the Screen Actors Guild Awards and Outstanding Mini-Series at the Primetime Emmy Awards. The show has even made it in to the Guinness Book of World Records for the highest critical review ratings for a TV show. Fellowes other recent television writing credits include Titanic and The Young Victoria.
 
Julian Fellowes is also set to write a new series, The Gilded Age, a sweeping fictional epic of the millionaire titans of New York City in the 1880s for NBCUniversal. Carnival Films, a British subsidiary of NBCUniversal International Television Production produces Downton Abbey.

About The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. The International Academy also recognizes US primetime programming produced 50% or more in non-English languages, with a new category added to the 2014 International Emmy® Awards competition.
 
 
About Julian Fellowes
Julian Fellowes, actor, writer, director, producer, was educated at Ampleforth, Magdalene College, Cambridge and The Webber Douglas Academy of Dramatic Art. As an actor, he is probably best known for the BBC series, Aristocrats, and for his portrayal of the incorrigible Lord Kilwillie in the BBC’s popular Sunday night series, Monarch of the Glen. As a writer for television, he produced the scripts of Little Lord Fauntleroy (winner of an International Emmy, 1995) and The Prince and the Pauper(nominated for a Bafta, 1997) which he also produced. His first script for the cinema was Gosford Park, directed by Robert Altman, which won him several prizes, including the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Julian wrote the screenplay of The Young Victoria, released in 2009 and was a writer on The Tourist, starring Johnny Depp and Angelina Jolie. His television series, Downton Abbey, with Maggie Smith, Elizabeth McGovern and Hugh Bonneville, had a tremendously successful launch in the autumn of 2010, followed by an equally well received second, third and fourth series. In 2011, the show won six Emmys in Los Angeles, including Best Writer and Best Mini Series, as well as a Golden Globe, the Producer’s Guild Award and the prize for Best Drama at the National Television Awards. It was nominated for sixteen Emmys for the second season, and this year was nominated for twelve. Among the wins was the SAG Award for Ensemble, a timely recognition of the wonderful cast. He is working on various projects at the moment. He is already writing the sixth series of Downton Abbey, which goes out in the UK in September 2015, and a stage version of The Wind in the Willows will be produced in 2015, as well as a three part mini-series of his own book, Snobs. He has completed an adaptation of The Chaperone which will star Elizabeth McGovern and Simon Curtis will direct. Julian has also written the ‘book’ for the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical, School of Rock, which will open in New York later this year.

About Carnival Films
Carnival Films is a division of NBC Universal International TV Production and is the UK’s largest drama specialist. The company is responsible for the global TV sensation Downton Abbey, winner of three Golden Globes and eleven Primetime Emmy awards, including Best Mini-series. It is the most nominated non-US show in the history of the Emmys with a total of 51 nominations and is now in 250 territories worldwide. Among numerous national and international awards, including two Screen Actors Guild Awards and three National Television Awards, the show has even garnered a Guinness World Record for highest critical ratings for a TV show. Downton Abbey is executive produced by Carnival’s Managing Director Gareth Neame, who sold the production company to NBCU in 2008.  
 
Founded in 1978, Carnival has produced many hundreds of hours of popular drama both in the UK and US, including primetime series such as Poirot, Hotel Babylon, Whitechapel, Jeeves & Wooster, Rosemary & Thyme, As If, Dracula and The Philanthropist, as well as award-winning mini-series such as C4’s iconic Traffik, David Hare’s Worricker Trilogy (Page Eight, Turks & Caicos and Salting the Battlefield), The 7:39 by David Nicholls, William Boyd’s BAFTA award winning Best Serial Any Human Heart, The Old Curiosity Shop and Enid starring Helena Bonham-Carter. Peter Morgan’s The Lost Honour of Christopher Jefferies broadcast on ITV at the end of 2014 to critical acclaim. Carnival’s latest series The Last Kingdom is in production for BBC2 and BBC America, and the sixth season of Downton Abbey will go in to production in early 2015. Carnival co-produced Royal Television Society award winning drama The Hollow Crown, a screen version of Shakespeare’s history plays (with Neal Street productions) and the sequel The War of the Roses is currently in production, starring Benedict Cumberbatch and Judi Dench.
  
MEDIA CONTACTS
 
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv  
 
The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella
Tel: +1-212-986-7080  
don@lippingroup.com  

Brian Robbins, Founder & CEO of AwesomenessTV to Receive Pioneer Prize at International Digital Emmy® Awards @MIPTV 2015

New York, March 5, 2015 – Brian Robbins, the American TV, film and digital media producer behind AwesomenessTV, a multi-platform media company serving the global teen audience and one of the most subscribed to teen destinations on YouTube, is set to receive the 2015 Pioneer Prize at the International Digital Emmy® Awards. He will accept the prize on Monday, April 13th at MIPTV.
 
After producing numerous popular and critically acclaimed television hits aimed at teens and young audiences for WB, Nickelodeon and Disney, Robbins decided to focus on digital media with the creation of the AwesomenessTV YouTube channel. Launched in July 2012, AwesomenessTV quickly became the fastest growing teen and tween destination on YouTube, accumulating over seven billion views worldwide. AwesomenessTV was acquired by Dreamworks Animation in May 2013 and Hearst acquired a 25% interest in December 2014. Continuing to operate independently with Robbins at its helm, the fast growing company has expanded into film and television production, consumer products, music and publishing. It also produces DreamWorksTV.
 
“Brian Robbins is a force to reckon with- a multi-talented producer and entrepreneur who has harnessed his unique know-how of the teen audience to create, at record speed, a global multi-platform media company that keeps on reinventing how content is being produced, distributed and watched,” said International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences President & CEO, Bruce Paisner. “We look forward to recognizing his innovative contributions to the field of digital entertainment with our 2015 Pioneer Prize.”
 
“Awesome is the best way to describe being honored for something that I love doing. I’ve been producing content for teen and tween audiences my entire life but digital media has enabled me to connect with them in ways unimaginable a few short years ago,” said Robbins, CEO and Founder AwesomenessTV. “Not only can we deliver content when and where teens want to access it, but we are now able to reach a global audience day and date.”
 
In addition to the Pioneer Prize, the International Academy will present 3 International Digital Emmy Awards for Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction and Digital Program: Non-Fiction.  

As in previous years, the International Digital Emmy Awards, sponsored by the Bell Fund will bring together over 200 international executives across the entertainment, mobile and Internet industries at an exclusive ceremony, on the opening night of MIPTV 2015.
 
Robbins will also be part of MIPTV’s Digital Fronts with a presentation on April 15.

About Brian Robbins
Brian Robbins is one of the entertainment industry’s most prolific producers of television, film and digital media. As founder of AwesomenessTV, which launched in July 2012, he helms one of the fastest growing teen and tween destinations on YouTube. The AwesomenessTV banner includes AwesomenessTV, a channel featuring scripted and reality series and the ATV Network, a community-based MCN focused on discovering and supporting the next generation of YouTube stars, with over 90,000 channels of teen content creators who have accumulated over seven billion views. The channel has expanded off YouTube to produce and distribute the AwesomenessTV series and Terry the Tomboy movie with Nickelodeon, Richie Rich on Netflix and the feature films Expelled and Mindless Behavior: All Around The World. AwesomenessTV was acquired by DreamWorks Animation in May of 2013 and is now a majority-owned subsidiary that continues to operate independently. Hearst Corporation has a 25% interest. Robbins also oversees the DreamWorksTV YouTube channel, which offers original animated and live-action programming. As the co-founder of Tollin/Robbins Productions and the founder and president of Varsity Pictures, Robbins is best known for executive producing numerous popular and critical television hits aimed at teens and young audiences, including the long-running CW series Smallville and One Tree Hill, Disney Channel’s Sonny With a Chance and So Random, Nickelodeon’s All That and Kenan and Kel, and Spike TV’s Blue Mountain State. Robbins was also the producing force behind the popular WB series What I Like About You and HBO’s Arli$$.In features, Robbins has directed and/or produced films such as Disney’s Wild Hogs and Shaggy Dog, Paramount’s Coach Carter, Hardball and Varsity Blues, DreamWorks’ Norbit and A Thousand Words and Sony’s Radio. Prior to AwesomenessTV, Robbins financed, produced and distributed the feature film FRED: The Movie, based on teenager Lucas Cruikshank’s record-breaking series of FRED videos on YouTube, and also produced its sequels, Night of the Living FRED and Fred 3: Camp Fred, as well as the ensuing television series FRED The Show that aired on Nickelodeon. All three films, as well as FRED The Show, debuted to record audiences amongst both teens and tweens. Robbins won a Directors Guild Award, a Peabody Award, and has been nominated for the Emmy Award.
 
 
About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awardsat MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. The International Academy also recognizes Non-English Language US primetime programming, with a new category added to the International Emmy® Awards competition in 2014.
 

About The Bell Fund
The Bell Fund provides grants to Canadian independent producers who develop and produce engaging, interactive cross-platform digital content for Canadian broadcasters to complement and enhance associated television programs. Since 1997, the Bell Fund has invested over $150M in over 1,500 Canadian digital media projects, television programs, development grants, co-productions and support for research and professional development. The Bell Fund also undertakes training, research, business development and promotion for the digital media industry.

The Bell Fund receives annual contributions of approximately $14.5 M from Bell TV as part of its broadcast distribution undertaking (BDU) contributions to the industry. In addition, the Development Program is supported by the interest generated by a $10M endowment, and contributions from Aliant. The Bell Fund is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization, governed by an independent Board of Directors representing various sectors of the television and digital media industry.  

About MIPTV
MIPTV is the world’s biggest TV and digital content market powering the unlimited potential of extraordinary stories. In April, professionals from across the TV and digital entertainment ecosystem gather in Cannes, France, to forge partnerships, seal distribution deals, network with their international executive peers, and attend high-level conferences and keynotes. MIPTV is also a key venue for early-stage development and financing deals, content acquisitions and programme sales. And with the MIP Digital Fronts- the premier global digital content market – empowering the new digital content era and bringing together the new online video ecosystem with the TV industry, MIPTV anticipates and shapes the future of entertainment. www.miptv.com

Visit us at MIPTV Booth P-1N61

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella
Tel: +1-212-986-7080  
don@lippingroup.com

6 Winners Span 6 Countries: Chile, France, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands & The United Kingdom

NEW YORK, February 20, 2015 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced tonight the winners of the 3rd International Emmy® Kids Awards. Winning programs from Chile, France, Spain, Sweden, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom are: Polseres Vermelles (The Red Band Society) (Kids:Series); Wild Kids (Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment); Mike The Knight (Kids: Pre-School); Con Que Suenas? (What’s Your Dream? Season 2), (Kids: Factual); Jungle Bunch to the Rescue (Kids: Animation) and Alles Mag (Anything Goes), (Kids: TV-Movie/Mini-Series). Complete winners information follows this release.

“There is great responsibility associated with creating content for children, and tonight’s winning programs demonstrate the high standard of quality the world has every right to expect,” said International Academy President, Bruce L. Paisner.

The Emmy® statues were presented on stage by a distinguished cast including: Emma Kenney (Shameless), Evan Roe (Madam Secretary), Brennan Clost (The Next Step). Ashley Aufderheide (The Slap) co-presenting with Hasbro’s Twilight Sparkle, Swedish kids programming host Doreen Mansson, German pre-school character Die Maus from WDR’s The Show with The Mouse and actress Marie Nasemann from WDR’s new kids series Armin’s Secret.

Over 250 international industry executives attended the event, held at Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers, in New York City.

The International Emmy® Kids Awards presenting partners are: Shaw Rocket Fund, Hasbro Studios, SVT/DRTV, TV Kids, WDR mediagroup, Junior@MipTV and Ernst & Young.

3RD INTERNATIONAL EMMY® KIDS AWARD WINNERS
 

KIDS: SERIES

Polseres Vermelles (The Red Band Society)
Televisió de Catalunya / Castelao Pictures
Spain
Executive Producers: Susanna Jiménez, Conxa Orea, Sandra Fernández, Julio Fernández, Carlos Fernández, Pau Freixas, Albert Espinosa
Director: Pau Freixas
Writers: Albert Espinosa, Ivan Mercade, Pau Freixas

The Red Band Society is a story of friendship, overcoming obstacles and the will to live.

KIDS: NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT

Wild Kids
Jarowskij Enterprises / SVT – Sveriges Television
Sweden
Executive Producer: Lisa Andrae, Anna Hallberg
Producer: Magnus Larsson
Director: Magnus Larsson
Principal Cast: Rickard Olsson (Host)

Ten Swedish children travel to the deep forests of Dalecarlia to compete in ‘Wild Kids.‘ They are divided into two teams, The Bears and The Lions, and from now on, it’s a fierce battle to win the competition. At stake is a trip to Africa where a treasure awaits.

KIDS: PRESCHOOL

Mike The Knight
HIT Entertainment / Nelvana Limited
United Kingdom
Executive Producers: Marion Edwards, Colin Bohm, Irene Weibel
Producers: Denise Green, Jane Sobol, Jamie Piekarz
Director: Charles E. Bastien
Writers: Marc Seal (Head Writer), Tom Stevenson, Laura Beaumont, Paul Larson Principal Cast: Trek Buccino, Erin Pitt, Alyson Court, Martin Roach, Andrew Sabiston, Nissae Isen, Matteo Bragoli, Beth Chalmers, Teresa Gallagher, Bob Golding

For Mike and his sister Evie, growing up in the Kingdom of Glendragon is an exciting, magical experience. They encounter trolls and Vikings, use trebuchets and enchantments and discover new characters and fresh locations – creating even more challenges for them to overcome

KIDS: FACTUAL

Con Que Suenas? (What’s Your Dream?) Season 2
Mi Chica Producciones / CNTV / TVN
Chile
Executive Producer: Paula Gomez Vera
Producer: Francisca Urrutia
Director: Paula Gomez Vera
Writers: Carla Higueras, Juan Andres Condon

What’s Your Dream? is a documentary series which shows the contrasts and diversity of Chile through the lives of 7 to 13 year-old children from diverse locations in the country.

KIDS: ANIMATION

The Jungle Bunch to the Rescue

TAT Productions / Master Films France Executive
Producer: Jean-François Tosti
Producer: Jean-François Tosti
Director: David Alaux
Writers: Jean-François Tosti, Eric Tosti, David Alaux, Julien Fournet

If there’s a problem or an injustice in the jungle, no worry: pull the signal of the Jungle Bunch and they will rush to the rescue! It is impossible to get bored with these heroes, always ready for adventure. On top of that, their relationships are endless sources of comedy!

KIDS: TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES

Alles mag (Anything Goes)
BIND / VPRO
Netherlands
Producers: Joram Willink, Piet-Harm Sterk
Director: Steven Wouterlood
Writers: Maarten van Voornveld, Chiel van der Wolf, Steven Wouterlood Principal
Cast: Lars Jennissen, Indy Aponno, Patrick Stoof, Ricky Koole, Rosa Reuten, Bert Hana

After moving to Amsterdam, Tygo gives a class talk about Carnival. What starts as a general explanation of the festival, turns into a personal poignant account. Although his father always says that anything goes with Carnival, his father also shows him that even with Carnival, one can go too far.

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. The International Academy also recognizes Non-English Language US primetime programming, with a new category added to the International Emmy® Awards competition in 2014.

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella
Tel: +1-212-986-7080  
don@lippingroup.com

2015 International Digital Emmy® Awards Nominees Announced

Emmys to be Presented at 10th Edition of Awards Ceremony at MIPTV

Nominated Programs From 7 Countries to be Showcased at MIP Digital Fronts

New York, February 17, 2015 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that nominees from 7 countries will  compete for this year’s International Digital Emmy® Awards.
 
There are 12 nominees in 3 categories, Digital Program:  Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction and Digital Program: Non-Fiction. The full list of Nominees from: Brazil, Canada, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom follows this release.
 
All nominated programs will be showcased at MIP Digital Fronts, during a special session, sponsored by the Bell Fund of Canada and designed to give MIPTV participants the opportunity to see excerpts of the programs and meet the nominees.
 
“The Academy is proud to showcase and recognize the world’s best digital programs, producers, and creators for a tenth year at MipTV,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “The 2015 nominees once again embody the cutting edge of digital creativity.”
 
Winners will be presented with their Emmys at the tenth International Digital Emmy® Awards ceremony, sponsored by the Bell Fund of Canada, during MIPTV’s Opening night festivities on Monday, April 13, in Cannes, at the Grand Hyatt Martinez Hotel. Over 200 international executives across all sectors of the mobile, entertainment, and internet industries, are expected to attend.
 

2015 INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EMMY® AWARDS NOMINEES:
Awards Ceremony to be held on April 13, 2015 at MIPTV in Cannes, France

DIGITAL PROGRAM: CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
 
Oh My English!
Red Communications
Malaysia
 
Reverse the Odds
Maverick Television & Chunk for Channel 4 & Cancer Research UK
UK
 
TheSimpleClub
Mediakraft Networks GmbH
Germany
 
Incluir Brincando
(Include by Playing)
TV Cultura (Fundação Padre Anchieta); Sesame Workshop
Brazil
  
 
DIGITAL PROGRAM: NON-FICTION
 
Last Hijack Interactive
Submarine Channel / Razor Film / ZDF / IKON
Netherlands
 
Werewolf: Who’s the Liar? Village 05
Fuji Television Network, Inc.
Japan
 
Neymar Jr’s Life Outside the Fields
Losbragas Productions / NRSports
Brazil
 
Don’t Stop the Music
Fresh One / Rckt / Channel 4 / Oxfam
United Kingdom
 
 
DIGITAL PROGRAM: FICTION
 
Geração Brasil: Filma-E
(Now Generation)
Globo TV
Brazil
 
Dina Foxx – Tödlicher Kontakt
(Dina Foxx – Deadly Contact)
ZDF / UFA / Exozet
Germany
 
Are you on the Blacklist?
Secret Location / Sony Pictures Television / NBC Entertainment Digital
Canada
 
Hanbun no Sekai
(Half & Half)
Avex Digital
Japan

About The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awardsat MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. The International Academy also recognizes US primetime programming produced 50% or more in non-English languages, with a new category added to the International Emmy® Awards competition in 2014.
        
 
About The Bell Fund 
The Bell Fund provides grants to Canadian independent producers who develop and produce engaging, interactive cross-platform digital content for Canadian broadcasters to complement and enhance associated television programs. Since 1997, the Bell Fund has invested over $150M in over 1,500 Canadian digital media projects, television programs, development grants, co-productions and support for research and professional development. The Bell Fund also undertakes training, research, business development and promotion for the digital media industry.
 
The Bell Fund receives annual contributions of approximately $14.5 M from Bell TV as part of its broadcast distribution undertaking (BDU) contributions to the industry. In addition, the Development Program is supported by the interest generated by a $10M endowment, and contributions from Aliant. The Bell Fund is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization, governed by an independent Board of Directors representing various sectors of the television and digital media industry.  
 

About MIPTV 
MIPTV is the world’s biggest TV and digital content market powering the unlimited potential of extraordinary stories. In April, professionals from across the TV and digital entertainment ecosystem gather in Cannes, France, to forge partnerships, seal distribution deals, network with their international executive peers, and attend high-level conferences and keynotes. MIPTV is also a key venue for early-stage development and financing deals, content acquisitions and programme sales. And with the MIP Digital Fronts- the premier global digital content market – empowering the new digital content era and bringing together the new online video ecosystem with the TV industry, MIPTV anticipates and shapes the future of entertainment. www.miptv.com
 

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv 
 
The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella
Tel: +1-212-986-7080 
don@lippingroup.com  

NEW YORK, November 24 2014 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the 42nd International Emmy® Awards tonight at a Gala event attended by over 1000 international television professionals and hosted by British Comedian and writer Matt Lucas at the New York Hilton.

2 Special Awards and 10 Emmy statues were presented by the International Academy during the evening. Winners span 8 countries: Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Germany, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom. For the first time a US primetime program produced 50% or more in a language other than English, won an Emmy. This will be a permanent category moving forward.

Mad Men stars Christina Hendricks and John Slattery presented the International Emmy Founders Award to Mad Men creator, Matthew Weiner.

Rupert Murdoch, Chairman and CEO of 21st Century Fox and News Corporation presented the International Emmy Directorate Award to Roberto Irineu Marinho Chairman & CEO, Grupo Globo. They were joined on the stage by Brazilian actors Milton Gonçalvez and Gloria Pires.

The 10 International Emmy Award Winning programs and performances are:The Exhibition (Arts Programming), Stephen Dillane (Best Performance by an Actor), Bianca Krijgsman (Best Performance by an Actress), What If? 2 (Comedy), Frihet bakom galler (No Burqas Behind Bars) (Documentary), Utopia (Drama Series), El Señor de los Cielos (Non-English Language US Primetime Program), Educating Yorkshire (Non-Scripted Entertainment), Precious Pearl (Telenovela), and Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter (Generation War) (TV Movie/Mini-Series). Complete winners information follows this release.

“In the turbulent world we live in today, television’s unique power to show the beauty and drama of the human story is even more important and impactful,” said International Academy President Bruce L. Paisner. “These outstanding programs and performances are an inspiration to audiences worldwide.”

2014 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARD WINNERS

ARTS PROGRAMMING
The Exhibition
Jove Pictures
Canada
An artist faces public outrage as she struggles to mount a large-scale exhibition of paintings based on a police poster of missing women-26 of whom are found murdered on a serial killer’s farm

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Stephen Dillane as Karl Roebuck
The Tunnel
United Kingdom
When the body of a French politician is found on the border of the UK and France, Detective Karl Roebuck is sent to investigate on behalf of the British police. A warm family man, Karl could not be more different from his French counterpart, Elise Wasserman. As they are drawn into the case of the serial killer, Karl and Elise learn to respect each other’s differences and work together.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Bianca Krijgsman as Mirte
De Nieuwe Wereld (The New World)
Netherlands
Mirte is the grumpiest cleaner in the airport immigration center, a single mother who cannot take care of her son, just managing to keep a grip on her life. This is until Luke arrives, a West African refugee, not put off by her aggression. During the 10 days of his asylum procedure, their encounters lead to an unexpected relationship.

COMEDY
What If? 2
Shelter / TV Bastards
Belgium
What If? is a comedy sketch show.Every sketch begins with the question what if? What if Jesus was a stand-up comedian? What if all the cops were gay? What If? transports viewers into a completely new and different world!

DOCUMENTARY
Frihet bakom galler (No Burqas Behind Bars)
Nima Film / SVT / NHK / DR / NRK / IKON / The Swedish Film Institute / The Swedish Arts Grants Committee / Nordisk Film & TV Fond / APSA Academy Film Fund
Sweden
Meet Sara, Nadjibeh, Sima, and their fellow inmates in a close portrait of life behind bars in an Afghan women’s prison. Most of the women are convicted of running away from their husbands. But the question arises: where are they most free, in prison or in the outside society?

DRAMA SERIES
Utopia
Kudos Film & TV / Channel 4
United Kingdom
What if the conspiracy nuts are right? What if there really are people trying to control our lives?

NON-ENGLISH LANGUAGE US PRIMETIME PROGRAM
El Señor de los Cielos (The Lord of the Skies)
Telemundo Studios / Caracol TV
United States of America
Follow Aurelio Casillas’ journey in becoming the leading, and only, drug dealer in Mexico in the ’90s, taking Pablo Escobar’s place in the region. Police officer Marco Mejia is in his way. After Casillas’ picture is published, ‘The Lord of the Skies’ must disappear without a trace.

NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT
Educating Yorkshire
Twofour
United Kingdom
Educating Yorkshire is located at the heart of a diverse northern community, offering the audience a fascinating insight into modern school life in the U.K.

TELENOVELA
Precious Pearl
Globo
Brazil
Franz is the son of a millionaire factory owner. In the Himalayas, he has an accident and meets Ananda, a spiritual leader. When he is back, he falls for Amelia, a factory worker. Together they have a baby girl, who happens to “come” from afar with a mission.

TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
Unsere Mütter, Unsere Väter (Generation War)
teamWorx Television & Film / ZDF / Beta Film / ZDF Enterprises
Germany
Five adolescents, whose friendship was supposed to last a lifetime, are forced to realize that war changes everything.

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awardsat MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. The International Academy also recognizes US primetime programming produced 50% or more in non-English languages, with a new category added to the 2014 International Emmy® Awards competition.

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuitti
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
matt@lippingroup.com

CHRISTINA HENDRICKS & JOHN SLATTERY TO PRESENT INTERNATIONAL EMMY® FOUNDERS AWARD TO MAD MEN CREATOR MATTHEW WEINER

Celebrity Presenter Line-up for International Emmy® Awards Also Includes Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson (Power, Dream School), Darby Stanchfield (Scandal), Laverne Cox (Orange is the New Black) & Carrie Preston (True Blood)

New York, November 10, 2014 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today its line-up of celebrity presenters for the upcoming International Emmy® Awards, on Monday, November 24 at the Hilton New York, hosted by British comedian and writer Matt Lucas.

Mad Men stars Christina Hendricks and John Slattery will present the International Emmy Founders Award to Matthew Weiner.

Host Matt Lucas will be joined on stage by a cast of presenters including to date: Power & Dream School’s Executive Producer Curtis “50 Cent” Jackson; Scandal’s Darby Stanchfield; Orange is the New Black’sLaverne Cox; Diego Klattenhoff from NBC’s The Blacklist and Showtime’s Homeland; Royal Pains’Reshma Shetty and Ben Shenkman; Emmy® Winner Carrie Preston from CBS’ The Good Wife and HBO’s True Blood; Gotham’sErin Richards, Blacklist’s Amir Arison and The Americans’Annet Mahendru.

Every year 1,000 international entertainment decision-makers from all over the world attend the International Emmy® Awards Gala in New York. For a list of nominees, visit www.iemmys.tv.

This year’s partners are: Phoenix Satellite Television, Globo, Microsoft, Dori Media Group, Ernst & Young, Deluxe, Miptv, Sofitel Luxury Hotels and Variety.

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards Ceremony held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Documentary; Drama Series; News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series. The International Academy also recognizes Non-English Language US Primetime Programs, with a new Emmy category added to the 2014 International Emmy® Awards competition. 2015 Rules & Regulations will be posted in December, 2014 at www.iemmys.tv.

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
don@lippingroup.com

MATT LUCAS TO HOST INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS GALA IN NEW YORK, ON NOVEMBER 24

British Comedian & Writer’s Credits Include Hit TV Comedy Series Come Fly With Me and Little Britain & Blockbuster Films Alice In Wonderland and Bridesmaids
    

NEW YORK, October 23, 2014 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that Matt Lucas, who has been entertaining audiences worldwide both as an actor and writer on television (Come Fly with Me, Little Britain) and film (Alice in Wonderland, Bridesmaids) will host the International Emmy® Awards Gala, on November 24, 2014 at the Hilton New York Hotel.
 
“Matt Lucas is one of the most talented comedic performers and writers of his generation and we’re delighted to have him headlining the International Emmy® Awards this year as our host.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
 
Matt Lucas reaped massive success in Shooting Stars, Come Fly With Me and, of course, the smash hit series Little Britain. He went on to play Tweedledum and Tweedledee in Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland (and the forthcoming Alice Through The Looking Glass) and Kristen Wiig’s flatmate in the award-winning film Bridesmaids. He also played the lead role of Franklyn in Jonas Åkerlund’s Small Apartments. In 2011 he fulfilled a lifetime ambition to appear in Les Miserables at London’s Queens Theatre. The same year he set up John Stanley Productions to make shows including The Matt Lucas Awards and his brand new 6-part visual comedy series Pompidou.
 
Over 1,000 international media and entertainment executives convene in New York each year for the International Emmy® Awards Gala. In addition to the presentation of Emmy® Awards for programming, the Academy will present two special awards. Mad Men Creator and Writer Matthew Weiner will receive the 2014 International Emmy® Founders Award. Roberto Irineu Marinho, CEO & President, Globo Organization will receive the 2014 International Emmy® Directorate Award.
 
This year’s Gala partners are: Phoenix Satellite Television, Globo, Microsoft, Ernst & Young, Deluxe, Mipcom, Sofitel Luxury Hotels and Variety.

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awardsat MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. The International Academy also recognizes Non-English Language US primetime programming, with a new category added to the 2014 International Emmy® Awards competition.

At Mipcom the International Emmy® Awards are located on stand P1-N61

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuitti
Tel: +1-212-986-7080  
matt@lippingroup.com  

2014 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS NOMINEES SPAN 19 COUNTRIES INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES FOR THE FIRST TIME

Cannes/MIPCOM, October 13, 2014: Nominations for the 2014 International Emmy® Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a Press Conference at Mipcom. There are 40 nominees across 10 categories, and for the first time, the International Academy is recognizing programs from the United States. The full list of Nominees follows this release. Winners will be announced at a black-tie Ceremony on November 24, 2014 at the Hilton New York Hotel.

Nominations span 19 countries: Australia, Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, the Philippines, Portugal, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, Turkey, the United Kingdom and the United States.

“In these troubled times in many places around the world, it is gratifying to see so many countries and organizations still striving and competing for excellence in television programming.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. That is part of the magic of television and of the Emmy.”

In addition to the presentation of the International Emmy® Awards for programming and performances, the Academy will present two special awards. Mad Men creator, Matthew Weiner will receive the 2014 International Emmy® Founders Award. Roberto Irineu Marinho, CEO & President, Globo Organization will receive the 2014 International Emmy® Directorate Award.

This year’s Gala partners are: Phoenix Satellite Television, TV Globo, Microsoft, Ernst & Young, Deluxe, Mipcom, Sofitel Luxury Hotels and Variety.

2014 Semi-Final Judging Hosts were: Nashwa Al Ruwaini, Pyramedia (Abu Dhabi, UAE),Steven Bawol, Helion Pictures (Paris, France),Piv Bernth, Danish Broadcasting Corporation (Copenhagen, Denmark),Nicolas Bonard, Discovery International (Paris, France), Dr. Jürgen Brautmeier, LFM (Cologne, Germany), Pascal Breton, Federation Entertainment (Paris, France), George Chien, Sony Pictures Television (Singapore, Singapore), Beatrice Cox-Riesenfelder, ORF (Vienna, Austria), Pablo Culell, Underground Producciones (Buenos Aires, Argentina), Raphael De Andreis, Havas Media Group (Paris, France), Cesar Diaz, Venevision (Miami, USA),Zaheer Goodman-Bhyat, Light & Dark Films (Johannesburg, South Africa),Xavier Gouyou-Beauchamps, TV France International (Biarritz, France),Klaus Graf, Graf Films (Vienna, Austria),Leopold Hoesch, BROADVIEW TV GmbH (Cologne, Germany),Charles Lei, Yingzhanwang (Beijing, China),Denis Lillie, Cape Film Commission (Cape Town, South Africa), Michael McKay, Active TV (Singapore, Singapore), Zama Mkosi, National Film and Video Foundation (Johannesburg, South Africa),Takashi Nakamoto, Fuji TV (Tokyo, Japan), Sylvain Parent-Bedard, Quebecomm (Quebec City, Canada), Franz Patay, IMZ – International Music & Media Centre (Berlin, Germany),Luis Peraza, HBO Latin America Group (Miami, USA),Stefan Piech, YFE (Cologne, Germany),Pierre Sissmann, Cybergroup (Paris, France), Carlos Schroder, TV Globo (New York, USA & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil), Maria Stepanovitch, France 24 (Paris, France), Bruce Tuchman, AMC Networks (Miami, USA),Olivier-René Veillon, Ile de France Film Commission (Annecy, France), Leon Xiao, CBI Media (Changzhou, China).

New York, October 8, 2014 – Nominations for the International Emmy® Kids Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. There are 23 nominees in 6 categories. The full list of Nominees follows this release. Winners will receive their Emmys at the third International Emmy® Kids Awards, on February 20, 2015 in New York City. 
 
Nominations span 17 countries: Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada, Chile, Colombia, France, Germany, Japan, Spain, Sweden, South Korea, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Pakistan and the United Kingdom.
 
“The geographic spread and the wealth of topics addressed in this year’s nominated programs attests to the vibrancy and quality of children’s television throughout the world.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “The International Academy is proud to be the global platform for such a unique selection of international programming and we are looking forward to the third edition of these awards, in New York, on February 20, 2015.”
 
The International Emmy® Kids Awards presenting partners are: Ernst & Young, Hasbro Studios, MIPTV/MIPJr, Shaw Rocket Fund, SVT/DRTV, TV Kids and WDR. The ceremony will take place at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers.
  

THIRD INTERNATIONAL EMMY® KIDS AWARDS NOMINEES:
Awards Ceremony to be held on February 20, 2015

KIDS: PRESCHOOL
 
Mike the Knight
Nelvana / HIT Entertainment
UK
 
MK-X
NRK
Norway
 
Plaza Sésamo: Monstruos en Red
2&2 Producciones / Sesame Workshop / MinTIC / Canal 13
Colombia
 
TV Playhouse Tappity Tap
KBS
Korea
 
 
KIDS: ANIMATION
 
Les As De La Jungle A La Rescousse
(The Jungle Bunch to the Rescue)
TAT productions / Master Films
France
 
La Asombrosa Excursión de Zamba
(The Amazing Journey of Zamba)
Ministerio de Educación de la Nación Argentina / Paka Paka Channel /Tv Pública / El Perro en la Luna
Argentina
 
Burka Avenger
Unicorn Black
Pakistan
 
Strange Hill High
FremantleMedia Kids & Family Entertainment / CBBC / Factory Transmedia
UK

 
KIDS: FACTUAL
 
Con Que Suenas?
(What’s your Dream?)
Mi Chica Producciones / CNTV / TVN
Chile
 
Heart & Soul
1440 Productions
Australia
 
Snoffe, Döden Och Jag
(My Pet, Death & I)
Dokumentärministeriet for SVT
Sweden
 
Think like a Crow! – The Scientific method
NHK
Japan
 
 
KIDS: NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT
 
Dienstags ein Held sein
(A Hero on Tuesdays)
Gigaherz / SWR
Germany
 
Let’s get inventin’
Luke Nola & Friends
New Zealand
 
Where are we going, Dad?
MBC
South Korea
 
Wild Kids
Jarowskij for SVT
Sweden
 
 
KIDS: SERIES
 
Dance Academy Series 3
Werner Film Productions / ABC / ZDF / ZDFE / ACTF
Australia
 
Gaby Estrella
Globosat / Gloob / Panoramica Comunicação / Chatrone
Brazil
 
Nowhere Boys
Matchbox Pictures
Australia
 
Polseres Vermelles
(The Red Band Society)
TV3 – Televisió de Catalunya / Castelao Pictures / Filmax
Spain
 
KIDS: TV MOVIE / MINI-SERIES
 
Against the Wild
Against The Wild Films
Canada
 
Alles mag
(Anything Goes)
BIND / VPRO
Netherlands
 
Der Teufel mit den drei goldenen Haaren
(The Devil with the three Golden Hairs)
Bavaria Filmverleih- und Produktions / ARD / SWR
Germany
 

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awardsat MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. The International Academy also recognizes Non-English Language US primetime programming, with a new category added to the 2014 International Emmy® Awards competition.

At Mipcom the International Emmy® Awards are located on stand P1-N61

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
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INTERNATIONAL EMMY® KIDS AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

 
WINNERS TO RECEIVE AWARDS ON FEBRUARY 10, 2014 IN NEW YORK CITY 

 
 – Nominations for the International Emmy® Kids Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. There are 24 nominees in 6 categories. The full list of Nominees follows this release. Winners will receive their Emmys at the second International Emmy® Kids Awards, on February 10, 2014 in New York City.

 
Nominations span 14 countries: Argentina, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Denmark, France, Germany, Ireland, Japan, Sweden, South Korea, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom. The International Emmy® Kids’ competition has three rounds of judging over a period of 6 months.
 
“Our first International Emmy® Kids Awards was a great success last year, with over 300 children’s television industry professionals in attendance.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “The International Academy is pleased to have created these new awards for kids programming, which, like the other Emmy® ceremonies, are the premiere global platform for recognizing and promoting excellence in television.”
 
The International Emmy® Kids Awards presenting partners are: Ernst & Young, Hasbro Studios, Shaw Rocket Fund, SVT/DRTV, TV Kids and WDR. The ceremony will take place at Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers.
 

 
SECOND INTERNATIONAL EMMY® KIDS AWARDS NOMINEES:
 
Awards Ceremony to be held on February 10, 2014 
 

KIDS: PRESCHOOL
 
Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom
Entertainment One, Astley Baker Davies
UK
 
Box Head
DR TV
Denmark
 
Pororo the Little Penguin
Iconix Entertainment/Ocon/EBS/SK Broadband
South Korea
 
Zou
Cybergroup Studios/Scrawl Studios
France
 
 
KIDS: ANIMATION
 
Angelo Rules
TeamTO/CAKE Entertainment/France Télévisions/Télétoon
France
 
Larva
KBS/Tuba Entertainment/SK Broadband
South Korea
 
Room on a Broom
Magic Light Pictures
UK
 
Spike 2
TAT productions/Master Films
France
 
 
KIDS: FACTUAL
 
The Kamaishi Miracle
NHK
Japan
 
My Father
NPO/IDEA Productions
The Netherlands
 
Same But Different
Libra Television/Two Sugars
UK
 
Truth Lies
Mulata Films for Canal Encuentro
Argentina
 
 
KIDS: NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT
 
Battle for Money: The Initial Battle
Fuji Television Network, Inc.
Japan
 
Labyrinth
SVT – Sveriges Television
Sweden
 
Pet School
Cineflix (Pet School) Ltd.
UK
 
That’s My Art!
deMENSEN
Belgium
 
 
KIDS: SERIES
 
Beat Girl
beActive International/beActive Portugal
Ireland
 
Junior High School Diaries
NHK
Japan
 
Limbo
DR TV
Denmark
 
Pedro & Bianca
TV Cultura
Brazil
 
 
KIDS: TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
 
Baron Muenchhausen
Südwestrundfunk/Das Erste (BR, HR)/ARD Degeto/teamWorx
Germany
 
A Grandson from America
China Movie Channel
PR China
 
Mimoun
NPO/STETZ FILM
The Netherlands
 
The Phantoms
Dream Street Pictures Inc.
Canada

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES 
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv.       

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships  
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv   

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ITN FOR CHANNEL 4 NEWS’ (UK) SYRIA’S DESCENT WINS INTERNATIONAL EMMY® FOR NEWS. CBC’s (CANADA)THE FIFTH ESTATE: MADE IN BANGLADESH WINS INTERNATIONAL EMMY® FOR CURRENT AFFAIRS

New York, September 30, 2014 – The 2014 International Emmys for News & Current Affairs were presented tonight to Syria’s Descent and the fifth estate: Made In Bangladesh. The International Emmys were presented by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in conjunction with the US News Emmys during a ceremony which took place at Lincoln Center, in New York City.

Syria’s Descent produced by ITN for Channel 4 News, won the News category. This story charts Syria’s descent into hopelessness with searing coverage from Aleppo, Damascus, Ras-al-Ayn and Zaatari refugee camps, as the brutal civil war entered its third year.

The fifth estate: Made In Bangladesh produced by Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) won the Current Affairs category. This report investigates the collapse of the Rana Plaza factory in Dhaka, during which 1,000 garment workers died, and exposes the inhumane work conditions imposed by local contractors hired by major North American clothing brands.

“In these dangerous and unsettled times, the need for high quality news has never been so great.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “These two programs capture two strands of critical news reporting today: news of war, and news of people who suffer, even absent war.”

The International Academy will announce the Nominees for its 6 kids categories, on October 8 and the Nominees for 10 other program categories, at Mipcom, in Cannes, France on October 13.

Winners for Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Comedy; Documentary; Drama Series; Non-English Language US Primetime Program; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela and TV Movie/Mini-Series will receive their awards at the 42nd International Emmy Awards Gala, at the Hilton Hotel in New York City, on Monday, November 25.

Winners for the 6 kids categories: Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; and Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series will receive their awards at the 3rd International Emmy® Kids Awards, February, 2015, in New York City.

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awardsat MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. The International Academy also recognizes Non-English Language US primetime programming, with a new category added to the 2014 International Emmy® Awards competition.

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

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2014 International Emmy® Awards Current Affairs & News Nominees Announced

8 NOMINEES SPAN 8 COUNTRIES ON 4 CONTINENTS: ARGENTINA, BRAZIL, CANADA, CHINA, ROMANIA, RUSSIA, THE PHILIPPINES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.

New York, August 12, 2014 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today announced the nominees for the 2014 Current Affairs and News categories. Winners will be announced in New York on September 30, at a Ceremony at Jazz at Lincoln Center. The international winners will be recognized alongside their American news and documentary peers.

The 8 Nominees span 8 countries on 4 continents. The countries are: Argentina, Brazil, Canada, China, Romania, Russia, The Philippines and The United Kingdom.

“Even a casual observer will now recognize that this is an unsettled and dangerous time around the world.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “The need for reliable, high quality news reporting and presentation, exemplified in all of our nominees, has never been so great”.

The full list of nominees follows.

THE 2014 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS CURRENT AFFAIRS & NEWS NOMINEES:

CURRENT AFFAIRS

The Fifth Estate: Made in Bangladesh
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
Canada
In North America, viewers sometimes turn away from stories about overseas disasters. When pictures of the Rana Plaza collapse first came out, many had that reaction. Dhaka seemed like a million miles away. ‘Made in Bangladesh’ is a personal story that makes the “foreign” suddenly seem universal.

The Long Journey Home
Antena 3
Romania
A boy saved from the abominable orphanage in Siret and now living in the US gathers the courage to return to Romania to meet the man who saved his life in the orphanage and the mother who abandoned him and thought he was gone.

Journalism for All – The Route of the K-Money
Canal 13 Artear
Argentina
“The Route of the K-Money” uncovers a money-laundering network that involves associates of the current President Cristina Kirchner and the late former President Néstor Kirchner. This chapter belongs to the last show of the year, in which a summary of the investigation is presented.

Sunday Report – One Child Policy
Television Broadcasts Limited
Hong Kong, China
China’s One-child policy, conceived over 30 years ago, is said to be effective in controlling the increasing population. But over the years, countless women have suffered induced abortions, forced tube-tying and infanticide, ruining entire families. How is family planning enforced and at what cost?

NEWS

Fantástico e Jornal Nacional – Fire in a Nightclub
TV Globo
Brazil
On January 27th, the third deadliest nightclub fire in the world killed 242 people in an overcrowded night spot. Two airplanes were sent to Southern Brazil; a team of over 20 professionals covered the story. We interviewed the club owner and built a replica to explain the tragedy.

News – Guantanamo Hunger Strike Coverage
RT News Channel
Russia
RT’s Guantanamo coverage penetrates the global source of controversy and shame. Detention without trial, and a spiral into a mass hunger strike that ran over six months and brought force-feeding into the global news cycle were at the core of our coverage that featured activists, experts, and ex-inmates alike.

Syria’s Descent
ITN for Channel 4 News
United Kingdom
We chart Syria’s descent into hopelessness, as the brutal civil war entered its third year. With searing reports from Aleppo, Damascus, Ras-al-Ayn and Zaatari refugee camps, we showed the destruction of a country and the brutalization of its people.

TV Patrol Weekend – Most Powerful Storm
ABS-CBN
Philippines
Unnerving images of the massive destruction caused by Typhoon Haiyan (Local Name: Yolanda) aired first on TV Patrol Weekend. ABS-CBN rescued their news team trapped in Tacloban City to report on the devastation. Nothing was spared in the city and other parts of Leyte.

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. The International Academy also recognizes US primetime programming produced 50% or more in non-English languages, with a new category added to the 2014 International Emmy® Awards competition.

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
don@lippingroup.com

Roberto Irineu Marinho to Receive 2014 International Emmy® Directorate Award

ROBERTO IRINEU MARINHO, CHAIRMAN & CEO OF BRAZIL’S GLOBO GROUP OF COMPANIES TO RECEIVE 2014 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® DIRECTORATE AWARD

MARINHO RECOGNIZED FOR HIS LEADERSHIP AS TV GLOBO APPROACHES ITS 50TH ANNIVERSARY

New York, July 30th, 2014 – Roberto Irineu Marinho, the Chairman & CEO of Globo Group of Companies­­­­­­-Brazil’s leading media and entertainment conglomerate-will receive the 2014 International Emmy® Directorate Award. Marinho will accept the Emmy, in New York, on November 24th-as TV Globo kicks off its 50th anniversary celebrations at the International Emmy Awards Gala.
 
“Roberto Irinheu Marinho is a pillar of Globo’s success. He has spearheaded the group’s national and global footprint while pursuing his family’s strong commitment to quality journalism and social responsibility for many years, the last ten as Chairman and CEO,” said Bruce Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “The Academy looks forward to recognizing his outstanding leadership with our 2014 International Emmy Directorate Award, the same award we presented to his father over thirty years ago.”
 
“I take this Special Award as a recognition of the work of each and every person who transformed television into a national passion in Brazil, and also as a great source of pride, as it takes our culture beyond our borders. It was an endeavor started by my father, who received such homage in 1983, and I feel overjoyed that I have been able to continue his vision and determination alongside my brothers, and to empower the bravery of those who bring Brazilian talent to the screen,” said Roberto Irineu Marinho.    

As previously announced the Academy will also present its International Emmy Founders Award to Matthew Weiner, the creator of Mad Men.
 
The Globo Media Group, owned by the Marinho family, began its story in 1925 when Irineu Marinho founded the daily newspaper O Globo. The group expansion was headed by Roberto Marinho, who founded Globo TV in 1965. Roberto Irineu Marinho began his career at O Globo in 1983, where he served in a variety of assignments. Over this period, the group has also expanded its activities to pay television network stations, newspapers, magazines, record label, radio stations and a prominent presence on the internet.  He was appointed as chairman and CEO of the conglomerate in August 2003, counting on the performance of brothers João Roberto and Jose Roberto, vice-presidents of the organization.

In Brazil, Globo TV presently reaches 99.5% of potential viewers, practically the entire Brazilian population, with 122 broadcasting stations – 117 of which affiliates – that deliver programming to 98.44% of its municipalities and over 183 million Brazilians. The network produces  telenovelas, miniseries, sitcoms, shows, broadcasts sport events and journalism, counting with Projac – the largest complex of studios in Latin America ­- to produce 90% of what is broadcast during prime time. Globo TV is responsible for the 20 most-watched TV programs of Brazilian television. For over 30 years, the company has distributed programs to more than 130 countries. Its catalog is licensed to over 50 countries and translated into 24 different languages, reaching an average audience of 100 million viewers worldwide every day. Globo has won 10 Emmy International Awards for its journalism, telenovelas and TV series.

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. The International Academy also recognizes US primetime programming produced 50% or more in non-English languages, with a new category added to the 2014 International Emmy® Awards competition.

About Globo Group of Companies 
The Globo Media Group is a 100% Brazilian media conglomerate that has the mission to inform, educate and entertain, distributing quality content that betters the lives of individuals and communities. On free-to-air TV, Globo operates with a programming that reaches 99% of the national territory and 99.5% of Brazilian population. Abroad, Globo TV international channel is broadcast for 116 countries via satellite, cable and IPTV The group is also present in the segment of pay television via the programmer Globosat, which has among its channels the sport channel SporTV, the national and international news channel Globo News, the entertainment channels GNT and Multishow, the kids channel Gloob and the variety channel Viva, which brings telenovelas, sitcoms, comedy and variety shows previously broadcast on television. As parts of the organization are the Editora Globo, which publishes 17 magazines, besides Globo Livros, and the Infoglobo, which gathers the daily newspapers O Globo, one of the most read and respected of the country, Extra and Expresso. Moreover, the organization participates in the company Valor Econômico S.A, the editor of Valor Econômico newspaper. The record label Som Livre is also part of the group, as well as Sistema Globo de Rádio, which combines CBN and Rádio Globo, among others. On the internet market, Globo.com is a portal of information, entertainment and sports. Still on the web, the Globo Organization has ZAP: a portal of classified ads of real estate, products, services and professional hiring.

 
MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
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Matthew Weiner to Receive 2014 International Emmy® Founders Award

MATTHEW WEINER TO RECEIVE 2014 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® FOUNDERS AWARD AT INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS IN NEW YORK, ON NOVEMBER 24TH

New York, June 2, 2014 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will present the 2014 International Emmy® Founders Award to Matthew Weiner, the creator, Executive Producer, writer and director of the acclaimed drama series Mad Men. Academy President & CEO, Bruce L. Paisner, announced today that Weiner will accept the Award at the 42nd International Emmy® Awards Gala, on Monday, November 24, 2014, in New York City.

“With Mad Men, Matthew Weiner redefined period television and created a global cultural phenomenon that has dramatically changed the television landscape,” said Paisner. “We look forward to honoring his creative talent with our Founders Award, a few weeks before the final episodes of this great series.”

Weiner has been nominated for a total of 11 Emmys for Outstanding Writing for a Drama Series.  He won the award for the series pilot, as well as for the Second Season episode, Meditations in an Emergency, with Kater Gordon, and for the Third Season episode, Shut the Door. Have a Seat. with Erin Levy. Most recently, Weiner won the WGA award for Best Episodic for the Season Five episode, The Other Woman, with Semi Chellas. He also received Directors Guild nominations for his efforts behind the camera on Meditations in an Emergency in Season Two and the Season Three finale, Shut the Door. Have a Seat.

Weiner’s additional credits include serving as an Executive Producer and writer on The Sopranos, and writer on various television comedy series including The Naked Truth, Becker, and Andy Richter Controls the Universe.

In addition to his television credits, Weiner has written and directed the feature film, Are You Here, which will be open in theaters later this summer. Starring Owen Wilson, Zack Galifianakis and Amy Poehler, the film is an unexpected story about friendship and the people who keep us afloat while facing the compromises of life.

Produced and distributed by Lionsgate Television, Mad Men airs in over 230 countries worldwide and is broadcast on AMC in the United States. Since the series premiere in 2007, it has become one of television’s most honored shows joining an elite group in 2011 when it became only the fourth drama to be awarded four consecutive Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Drama Series. Additional honors for the series include: three Golden Globe® Awards for Best Television Drama Series; a Peabody Award; three Producers Guild Awards; four Writers Guild Awards; two BAFTA Awards; five Television Critics Association Awards, including Program of the Year; and being named six years running to AFI’s Top 10 Outstanding Television Programs. 

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 60 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. The International Academy also recognizes US primetime programming produced 50% or more in non-English languages, with a new category added to the 2014 International Emmy® Awards competition.

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuitti

PROGRAMS FROM KENYA, AUSTRALIA & THE UNITED KINGDOM WIN INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EMMY® AWARDS

YOUTUBE RECEIVES PIONEER PRIZE, ACCEPTED BY ALEX CARLOSS

MIPTV-Cannes, April 7, 2014 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced tonight the winners of the International Digital Emmy® Awards at a ceremony attended by over 300 international executives from the television, broadband, and mobile industries, organized in partnership with Reed Midem and sponsored by the Bell Fund of Canada. Winners came from Kenya (Children & Young People), Australia (Fiction) and the United Kingdom (Non-Fiction). The Pioneer Prize was presented to YouTube, with Alex Carloss, Head of Entertainment accepting.

Shujaaz.FM Reloaded (Well Told Story) a multi-media communications platform that inspires young people to become entrepreneurs and raise awareness about challenges they encounter in their daily lives, won the Children & Young People category for the second time. Shujaaz.FM, the first installment of the show, won in 2012.

#7DaysLater (Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) / Ludo Studio P/L) a digital crowd-sourced comedy series that challenges Australia’s most popular YouTube creators, won the Fiction category.

D-Day: As It Happens (Windfall Films and Digit London for Channel 4) a 24 hour event, in which viewers could follow the lives of seven real people in 1944, across TV, the web, and Twitter, in real time, won the Non-Fiction category.

Complete information on the winners follows this release.

“This year’s Emmy® winners masterfully demonstrate the perfect use of social media to leverage a great story- be it for social change, revisiting history or just pure entertainment.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.  

2014 INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EMMY® AWARDS WINNERS:

 
DIGITAL PROGRAM: CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE
 
Shujaaz.FM Reloaded
Well Told Story
Kenya
 
Rob Burnet, Executive Producer
Esphan Kamau, Art Director
Paul Ekuru, Producer
Peter Paul Kades, Radio Actor

‘Shujaaz.FM Reloaded’ is a multi-media communications platform. The star of ‘Shujaaz.FM Reloaded’ is Boyie who has built a pirate radio station in his bedroom where he broadcasts his daily show as the mysterious DJB. The other characters call-in, text, and Facebook with stories and ideas for him to share about making money, growing up, entrepreneurship, democracy, etc. Real life fans join in, sending their own ideas and melding fact with fiction across all the media. Since May 2013, fans can also communicate through SMS to share ideas. The best of which are featured in the comic and radio show.

http://shujaaz.fm/

DIGITAL PROGRAM: FICTION
 
#7DaysLater
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) / Ludo Studio P/L
Australia

Jennifer Collins, Head of Entertainment, ABC Television
Richard Huddleston, Executive Producer, ABC Television
Daley Pearson, Director and Creator, Ludo Studio P/L
Nick Boshier, Co-creator, Ludo Studio P/L

‘#7DaysLater’ is a digital crowd-sourced comedy series that challenges Australia’s most popular YouTube creators. They come together as an ensemble ‘cast’ and invite their social media followers to collaborate in creating, shooting, editing, and getting online and on television a comedy program in just 7 Days! Public contributions towards making each episode are submitted 24/7 via digital platforms like Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Google Hangouts. Ideas include script lines, character development, themes, locations, props, effects, a musical score, and extras. ‘#7DaysLater’ is a multi- layered user experience that is integrated across a wide range of digital platforms.

http://www.abc.net.au/tv/programs/7dayslater/

 
DIGITAL PROGRAM: NON-FICTION
 
D-Day As It Happens
Windfal Films Ltd. and Digit London Ltd. for Channel 4
United Kingdom
 
Ian Duncan, Executive Producer, Windfall Films
Joe Myerscough, TV Producer / Director, Windfall Films
Kim Plowright, Online Producer, Windfall Films
Adam Lawrenson, Creative Director, Digit London

On the anniversary of D-Day, two hour-long TV programs bookended a 24 hour event, in which viewers could follow the lives of seven real people in 1944, across TV, the web, and Twitter, in real time. New research involving thousands of hours of analysis, made it possible to put names to anonymous faces and follow them throughout the day. Footage was played at the precise moment it was filmed, on TV and online. One thousand rich media updates including archive footage, stills, documents and testimonies, were posted to a specially developed, mobile-accessible, website. Every archive film was geo-tagged and the route taken by each of the characters meticulously plotted. 

http://dday7.channel4.com/

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. The International Academy also recognizes Non-English Language US primetime programming with a new category added to the 2014 International Emmy® Awards competition.

About The Bell Fund
The Bell Fund provides grants to Canadian independent producers who develop and produce excellent cross-platform digital content designed to complement and enhance associated television programs. It has invested $135 M in the production of 1300 cross-platform projects since 1997. The Bell Fund also undertakes training, research, business development and promotion for the digital media industry. The Bell Fund receives annual contributions of approximately $14 M from Canada’s Bell TV as part of its broadcast distribution undertaking (BDU) contributions to the industry. In addition, the Bell Fund receives interest generated by a $10M endowment and contributions from Aliant. The Bell Fund is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization, governed by an independent Board of Directors representing various sectors of the television and new media industry.

About MIPTV
MIPTV – now in its 51st year – is the world’s most powerful and prestigious market and creative incubator for content on every screen. In early April, professionals from across the TV and digital entertainment spectrum gather in Cannes, France for four days of intensive networking, trading, screenings, and high-level conferences and keynotes. MIPTV is also a key venue for early-stage development and financing deals, content acquisitions and program sales. Meanwhile, the MIPCube forum – an integral part of the MIPTV week – explores the ways in which technology and creativity are working together to enrich and reinvent the viewing experience. The weekend prior to MIPTV sees the MIPDoc and MIPFormats showcases, now recognized as among the world’s most influential events for the non-fiction and unscripted programming industries.

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
don@lippingroup.com

2014 International Digital Emmy® Awards Nominees Announced

YOUTUBE TO RECEIVE PIONEER PRIZE

NEW YORK, February 24, 2014 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today the 2014 International Digital Emmy® Awards Nominees, and Pioneer Prize recipient. The Emmys and the Pioneer Prize will be presented on Monday, April 7 at MIPTV in Cannes.
 
There are 12 nominees in 3 categories, Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction and Digital Program: Non-Fiction. The full list of Nominees from: Australia, Brazil, Canada, Israel, Japan, Kenya, Portugal, Singapore, the Netherlands and the United Kingdom, follows this release.
 
The International Academy will present the 2014 Pioneer Prize to YouTube for its innovative contributions to the field of digital entertainment. Alex Carloss, Head of Entertainment, will accept on behalf of his company. With one billion monthly users, YouTube is currently localized in 61 countries across 61 languages. 80% of its traffic comes from outside the US.

The Emmys and Pioneer Prize will be presented at the International Digital Emmy Awards ceremony, sponsored by the Bell Fund of Canada for the second year in a row, during MIPTV’s Opening night festivities at the Martinez Hotel. Over 200 international executives across all sectors of the mobile, entertainment, and internet industries, are expected to attend.

“This year’s nominated programs represent every inhabited continent on earth,” said International Academy President & CEO, Bruce L. Paisner. “How fitting that we are presenting our 2014 Pioneer Prize to YouTube, a major agent of growth and distribution of digital content throughout the world since its creation in 2005.

All nominated programs will be showcased at MIPCube, during a special session, sponsored by the Bell Fund of Canada and designed to give MIPTV participants the opportunity to see excerpts of the programs and meet the nominees. 

2014 INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EMMY® AWARDS NOMINEES:

 
DIGITAL PROGRAM: CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE

Malhação (Young Hearts)
Interactive – Season 21
TV Globo
Brazil
 
Shujaaz.FM Reloaded
Well Told Story
Kenya
 
Max & Billy’s Drill Machine Girl
NewBeTV / EYE / MovieZone / SNS REAAL Fonds / Veronica / Just
The Netherlands
 
Time Tremors
Xenophile Media / The People’s Republic of Animation / CBC / Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC)
Canada
 
DIGITAL PROGRAM: FICTION
 
Real Escape Game TV
Tokyo Broadcasting System Television, Inc.
Japan
 
Collider
Beactive Entertainment, S.A. / FICA – Fundo de Investimento para o Cinema e Audiovisual
Portugal
 
#7DaysLater
Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) / Ludo Studio P/L
Australia
 
Latitudes
Losbragas / House Entertainment
Brazil
 
 
DIGITAL PROGRAM: NON-FICTION
 
Rising Star
Tedy Productions for Keshet Broadcasting LTD
Israel
 
Perfect Storms Interactive
Secret Location / Shaw Media / Entertainment One
Canada
 
D-Day As It Happens
Windfal Films Ltd. and Digit London Ltd. for Channel 4
United Kingdom
 
WomenTalk TV
WomentalkTV Pte Ltd / House of Ou Studios Pte Ltd.
Singapore

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. The International Academy also recognizes Non-English Language US primetime programming with a new category added to the 2014 International Emmy® Awards competition.

About The Bell Fund
The Bell Fund provides grants to Canadian independent producers who develop and produce excellent cross-platform digital content designed to complement and enhance associated television programs. It has invested $135 M in the production of 1300 cross-platform projects since 1997. The Bell Fund also undertakes training, research, business development and promotion for the digital media industry. The Bell Fund receives annual contributions of approximately $14 M from Canada’s Bell TV as part of its broadcast distribution undertaking (BDU) contributions to the industry. In addition, the Bell Fund receives interest generated by a $10M endowment and contributions from Aliant. The Bell Fund is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization, governed by an independent Board of Directors representing various sectors of the television and new media industry.

About MIPTV
MIPTV – now in its 51st year – is the world’s most powerful and prestigious market and creative incubator for content on every screen. In early April, professionals from across the TV and digital entertainment spectrum gather in Cannes, France for four days of intensive networking, trading, screenings, and high-level conferences and keynotes. MIPTV is also a key venue for early-stage development and financing deals, content acquisitions and program sales. Meanwhile, the MIPCube forum – an integral part of the MIPTV week – explores the ways in which technology and creativity are working together to enrich and reinvent the viewing experience. The weekend prior to MIPTV sees the MIPDoc and MIPFormats showcases, now recognized as among the world’s most influential events for the non-fiction and unscripted programming industries.

 
MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
don@lippingroup.com

Second International Emmy® Kids Award Winners Announced WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR INTERNATIONAL EMMY® KIDS AWARDS

OVER 300 INDUSTRY EXECUTIVES CONVENE IN NEW YORK TO CELEBRATE EXCELLENCE IN INTERNATIONAL CHILDREN’S PROGRAMMING AND HONOR WINNERS FROM BRAZIL, CANADA AND THE UNITED KINGDOM

NEW YORK, February 10, 2014 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced tonight the winners of the 2nd International Emmy® Kids Awards. Winning programs from Brazil, Canada, and the United Kingdom are: Pedro & Bianca(Kids: Series); Pet School, (Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment); Ben and Holly’s Little Kingdom (Kids: Pre-School); Same But Different (Kids: Factual); Room on the Broom (Kids: Animation) and The Phantoms (Kids: TV-Movie/Mini-Series). Complete winners information follows this release.

“We all know what a great challenge and responsibility it is to produce for children,” said International Academy President, Bruce L. Paisner. “Tonight’s winning programs demonstrate the high standard of quality programming we expect for kids television, and we are proud to recognize them with the Emmy.” 
 
The Emmy® statues were presented on stage by a distinguished cast including: Canadian actor Demetrius Joyette, Swedish and Danish kids programming hosts Malin Olsson and Christian Volfing, German pre-school character Die Maus from The Show with The Mouse with co-creator Arwin Maiwald, Sesame Street’s Allison Bartlett and Broadway actress and singer Lesli Margherita currently starring as Mrs. Wormwood in Matilda.
 
Over 300 international industry executives attended the event, held at Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers, in New York City.
 
The International Emmy® Kids Awards presenting partners are: Shaw Rocket Fund, Hasbro Studios, SVT/DRTV, TV Kids, WDR mediagroup and Ernst & Young.

SECOND INTERNATIONAL EMMY® KIDS AWARDS NOMINEES:

Israeli President at International Academy Day

ISRAELI PRESIDENT SHIMON PERES & JERUSALEM MAYOR NIR BARKAT TO PARTICIPATE IN INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY DAY IN JERUSALEM HOSTED BY DORI MEDIA GROUP

Event Designed for International Academy Members & Their Guests To Take Place June 11-14th, 2014

NEW YORK, January 21, 2014 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that International Academy Day in Jerusalem will feature a line-up of high-level industry and political figures, including President Shimon Peres and Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat. The event will take place June 11-14 and is hosted by Dori Media Group. Other key participants will be announced shortly.

“International Academy Day is a one of a kind event which presents the media industry of a specific region to our Members”, said International Academy President & CEO Bruce L. Paisner. “Beyond that, we also try to give our Members access to key political leaders and major cultural events and we will certainly be doing that in Jerusalem this coming June.”

International Academy Day in Jerusalem will kick off with an Opening Dinner on June 11 with President Shimon Peres and a dinner hosted by Jerusalem Mayor Nir Barkat on June 12.

Industry session highlights include a panel on the impact of the media on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict at the Peres Center for Peace, featuring key political figures from both the Palestinian and Israeli sides; and insights by leaders from high-tech startups on the latest innovations combining media and technology.

Members will also be invited to an open-air performance of La Traviata by the Israeli Opera at the foot of Masada mountain and an evening with leading scientists in the fields of brain research and genetics from the Weizmann Institute.

About The International Academy of Television Arts & Science
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. Starting in 2014, the International Academy will also recognize US primetime programming produced 50% or more in non-English languages, with a new category added to the 2014 International Emmy® Awards competition.

About Dori Media Group
Dori Media Group is an international group of media companies, located in Israel, Switzerland, Argentina and the US. The group produces and distributes TV and New Media content, broadcasts various TV channels and operates video-content internet sites. The group owns approximately 6,000 TV hours, more than 5,000 3 minute clips, 120 – 9 minute webisodes and around 556 1-5 minute cellular episodes of Telenovelas and daily series that it sells to a wide variety of audiences in more than 100 countries. Dori Media owns and operates two telenovela channels, Viva and Viva Plus broadcasted on all Israeli multi-channel platforms and via the co-branded internet site offering telenovelas to Israeli surfers through Walla.com. Dori Media Paran and Dori Media Darset produce top-end series as well as daily dramas for the Israeli and international markets. Dori Media Contenidos produces in Argentina. Dori New Media develops and produces formats specially tailored for the internet and cellular platforms, and realizes new opportunities enabled by the new technologies. Dori Media Spike packages, produces and operates the main movie channels on the Israeli cable TV platform and general entertainment channels on all Israeli TV multi-channel platforms. In Indonesia, the company operates together with Sony the Vision 2 channel that is devoted to telenovelas and Baby TV Vision 3 for toddlers. For more information on Dori Media, visit our corporate website at http://www.dorimedia.com

MEDIA CONTACTS:

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuitti
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
matt@lippingroup.com

NEW YORK, November 25, 2013 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that the Board of Directors re-elected its President & CEO, Bruce Paisner, for a two year term. Paisner has been at the helm of The International Academy since January 2004. His new term starts January 1, 2014.

The election was held today, a few hours before the 41st International Emmy® Awards Gala during which film and television Creator/Writer/Director J.J. Abrams will receive the International Emmy® Founders Award and Anke Schäferkordt, Co-CEO of RTL Group will receive the International Emmy® Directorate Award.

“I am extremely proud of the great strides this organization has made over the last ten years, thanks to its dedicated staff and high powered Executive Committee,” said Paisner. “I am honored to be asked by my colleagues to serve again.  The International Academy has become a significant player on the global media stage, and I look forward to many new initiatives and activities.”
 
After the election, Paisner announced that he will re-appoint the current officers: Chairman Fred Cohen, Secretary Simon Sutton (President, HBO International & Content Distribution) and Treasurer Blair Westlake (Corp. VP, Media & Entertainment Group, Microsoft Corporation). He will also re-appoint the heads of the standing committees: Larry Gershman, Vice-Chairman & Chairman Emmy Committee (CEO, World International Network); Rainer Siek, Nominating Committee Chairman (President, M.T.NY); Kevin Beggs Co-Chairman of the Special Awards Committee (Chairman, Lionsgate Television Group) and Jim Rosenfield Co-Chairman Special Awards Committee, and the following other members of the Executive Committee: Ralph Baruch, Adriana Cisneros, CEO, Cisneros and Camille Bidermann Roizen Executive Director, the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

Paisner is a long-term executive at Hearst Corporation. He now serves as Senior Advisor, Hearst Entertainment & Syndication.

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards Ceremony held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents International Emmy® Awardsin the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Documentary; Drama Series; News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series. The International Academy also recognizes Non-English Language US Primetime Programs, with a new Emmy category to be added to the 2014 International Emmy® Awards competition. 2014 Rules & Regulations will be posted on December 12, 2013 at www.iemmys.tv.
 

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuitti
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
matt@lippingroup.com

J.J. ABRAMS & ANKE SCHÄFERKORDT HONORED AT 41st INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS

Winners span 6 countries: Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, South Korea and The United Kingdom

Brazilian Actress Fernanda Montenegro Wins Best Performance by an Actress for Her Role in Sweet Mother British Actor Sean Bean Wins Best Performance by an Actor for His Role in Accused

NEW YORK, November 25, 2013 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the 41st International Emmy® Awards tonight at a Gala event attended by over 1000 international television professionals and hosted by John Oliver at the New York Hilton.

2 Special Awards and 10 Emmy statues were presented by the International Academy during the evening. Winners span 6 countries: Australia, Brazil, France, Germany, South Korea and the United Kingdom. Brazil film and television legend Fernanda Montenegro won the Best Performance by an Actress category for her role in Sweet Mother. British lead Sean Bean won the Best Performance by an Actor category for his role in Accused. There was a tie in the Arts Programming category with 2 winning programs.

Zachary Quinto presented the International Emmy Founders Award to film & television Writer/Director J.J. Abrams. The International Emmy Directorate Award was presented to RTL Group Co-CEO Anke Schäferkordt by world heavyweight boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko.

The 10 International Emmy Award Winning programs and performances are: Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender and Hello?! Orchestra (TIE in Arts Programming), Sean Bean (Best Performance by an Actor), Fernanda Montenegro (Best Performance by an Actress), Moone Boy (Comedy), 5 Broken Cameras (Documentary), Les Revenants (The Returned) (Drama Series), Go Back to Where You Came From (Non-Scripted Entertainment), Side by Side (Telenovela), and A Day for a Miracle (TV Movie/Mini-Series). Complete winners information follows this release.

“The International Emmy Awards is the premiere global platform for the world’s best television programming and performances,” said Academy President Bruce L. Paisner. “We congratulate tonight’s winners for their outstanding achievements and for inspiring audiences worldwide with their great work.”  

2013 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARD WINNERS:
 

ARTS PROGRAMMING-TIE
Freddie Mercury: The Great Pretender
EMP / Mercury Songs for Eagle Rock Entertainment
United Kingdom
Freddie Mercury was one of the most charismatic, complex, and fascinating characters in British rock music. The story of Queen is much told, but this documentary focuses on Freddie and the solo projects he worked on outside of the band. Using extensive archive footage of interviews with Freddie as well as concerts, video shoots, and personal material, a portrait of Freddie Mercury emerges which is very different from his flamboyant stage persona. 

Hello?! Orchestra
Munhwa Broadcasting Corporation(MBC) / CEN MEDIA
South Korea
Violist Richard Yongjae O’Neill conducts an orchestra of 24 children from multicultural families. Raised in a multicultural family himself, Richard understands the discrimination these children face, and he attempts to unite and heal them through music.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR
Sean Bean
In Accused
RSJ Films
United Kingdom
Simon is a shy, lonely, English literature teacher with a secret. He has a transvestite alter-ego, Tracie. Tracie goes out to clubs at night. She is flamboyant, funny, and loud, and in search of love.

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS
Fernanda Montenegro
In Sweet Mother
TV Globo / Casa de Cinema do Porto Alegre
Brazil
Dona Picucha is 85 and wishes to live independently in spite of her age and the concern of her children. She feels ready to try new experiences, like dancing.

COMEDY
Moone Boy
Baby Cow Productions Ltd / Hot Cod Productions / Grand Pictures / Sprout Pictures
United Kingdom
Set in a small Irish town in 1989, ‘Moone Boy’ follows the adventures of the youngest member of the Moone family, 11-year-old Martin. In order to survive life with his chaotic family Martin relies on his friend, Sean Murphy for company. Sean is no ordinary pal, he’s imaginary: a grown man with a beard, whose middle name, Caution, gives him something of an edge. Together, Martin and Sean negotiate various obstacles, from his sisters’ pranks to the pressures of being an altar boy.

DOCUMENTARY
5 Broken Cameras
Alegria Productions / Burnat Films Palestine / Guy DVD Films / France Télévisions
France
5 Broken Cameras is a personal, firsthand account of life and nonviolent resistance in Bil’in, a West Bank village surrounded by Israeli settlements. The film was shot by Palestinian farmer Emad Burnat, who bought his first camera in 2005 to record the birth of his youngest son, Gibreel. The film is structured in chapters around the destruction of each one of Burnat’s cameras, and follows the Burnat family’s evolution over five years of village upheaval.

DRAMA SERIES
Les Revenants (The Returned)
Haut et Court TV / Canal+
France
A small mountain community is rocked to its core when several local people who are presumed dead suddenly reappear at their homes. Despite having passed away some years earlier, these ghostly characters appear in human form, they have not aged, and they are completely u naware of their own fatality. Determined to reclaim their lives and start over, they slowly come to realize that they are not the only ones to have been brought back from the dead.

NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT
Go Back To Where You Came From – Series 2
SBS / Cordell Jigsaw Productions
Australia
With the asylum-seeker issue still dominating national debate in Australia, the series ‘Go Back To Where You Came From’ returns for the next stage of its social experiment: to challenge the strongly held beliefs of six Australians on a journey to see the world through the eyes of refugees. This time, the stakes have been raised. The participants are going to the most desperate and dangerous corners of the world, and they are all high-profile Australians who represent different – often opposing – sides of the asylum-seeker debate.

TELENOVELA
Side by Side
TV Globo
Brazil
Laura and Isabel are two women from different social classes. One’s parents are former aristocrats, while the other’s are former slaves. The two families developed a solid friendship. Laura and Isabel fall in love with two young idealists, Edgar and Zé Maria. Amid the early Republic comes the emergence of samba, the arrival of soccer in Brazil, the end of the tenements, and the beginning of the slums (favelas) in Rio.

TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES
A Day for a Miracle (Das Wunder von Kärnten)
Rowboat Film and TV Production GmbH / ZDF / Graf Filmproduction GmbH / ORF
Germany
In 1998, a young cardiovascular surgeon and ultra marathon runner from Vienna named Markus Höchstmann started his first job in rural Austria. Over two long days that same year he saved a life no one thought could be saved. With his superiors away, a drowned four-year-old girl was brought into the emergency room. Cold and lifeless after having spent 30 minutes under water, she was considered clinically dead. Even though a similar resuscitation had never been accomplished, Markus risked everything to save the girl’s life and made medical history.

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards and International Emmy® Kids Awards Ceremonies held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv. Starting in 2014, the International Academy will also recognize US primetime programming produced 50% or more in non-English languages, with a new category to be added to the 2014 International Emmy® Awards competition, early December 2013.
  
MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuitti
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
matt@lippingroup.com

JOHN OLIVER TO HOST

New York, November 19, 2013 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today its line-up of celebrity presenters for the upcoming International Emmy® Awards, on Monday, November 25 at the Hilton New York. Host John Oliver will be joined on stage by a cast of presenters including to date: Jeffrey Tambor (Arrested Development); Michael K. Williams (Boardwalk Empire); Betsy Brandt (The Michael J. Fox Show, Breaking Bad); Giancarlo Esposito(Breaking Bad, Revolution); Sarita Choudhury (Homeland); Amanda Righetti(The Mentalist); Steve Guttenberg; Canadian Actor/Comedian Anthony Kavanagh (True Love) & Canadian Actress/Comedian Cathleen Rouleau (True Love) and Brazilian actor Caua Reymond (Brazil Avenue).

As previously announced Zachary Quinto will present the International Emmy Founders Award to J.J. Abrams and heavyweight world boxing champion Wladimir Klitschko will present the International Emmy Founders Award to RTL group Co-CEO, Anke Schäferkordt.

Every year 1,000 international entertainment decision-makers from all over the world attend the International Emmy® Awards Gala in New York. For a list of nominees, visit www.iemmys.tv.

This year’s partners are: Phoenix Satellite Television, Globo, Microsoft, Dori Media Group, Ernst & Young, Deluxe, Miptv, Sofitel Luxury Hotels and Variety.  

About the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards Ceremony held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents International Emmy® Awardsin the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Documentary; Drama Series; News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series. The International Academy also recognizes Non-English Language US Primetime Programs, with a new Emmy category to be added to the 2014 International Emmy® Awards competition. 2014 Rules & Regulations will be posted on December 12, 2013 at www.iemmys.tv.
 

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
don@lippingroup.com

41st International Emmy® Awards Nominees Announced

NOMINATIONS SPAN 19 COUNTRIES INCLUDING FIRST NOMINATIONS FOR PROGRAMS FROM ANGOLA AND URUGUAY

Cannes/MIPCOM, October 7, 2013 – Nominations for the 41st International Emmy® Awards were announced today by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a Press Conference at Mipcom. There are 36 nominees in 9 categories. The full list of Nominees follows this release. Winners will be announced at a Black-Tie Ceremony on November 25, 2013 at the Hilton New York Hotel.

Nominations span 19 countries: Angola, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Israel, Japan, Mexico, South Africa, South Korea, Sweden, New Zealand, the Philippines, the United Kingdom and Uruguay.

This is the first time that programs from Angola and Uruguay are nominated.

“Every year, the global television community competes for an Emmy®, the most prestigious of all media awards, and we congratulate the 2013 Nominees for their outstanding programs and performances.” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.

In addition to the presentation of the International Emmy® Awards for programming and performances, The Academy will present two special awards. Film and television Creator/Writer/Director J.J. Abrams who is currently in London, directing the new Star Wars movie will come to New York to receive the 2013 International Emmy® Founders Award. Anke Schäferkordt, Co-CEO of RTL Group and CEO, RTL Germany, will receive the 2013 International Emmy® Directorate Award.

This year’s Gala partners are: Phoenix Satellite Television, Globo, Microsoft, Dori Media Group, Ernst & Young, Deluxe, Mipcom, Sofitel Luxury Hotels and Variety.

2013 Semi-Final Judging Hosts were: Nashwa Al Ruwaini, Pyramedia (Abu Dhabi, UAE); Avi Armoza; Armoza Formats (Tel Aviv, Israel); Steven Bawol, Helion Pictures (Paris, France); Piv Bernth, Danish Broadcasting Corporation (Copenhagen, Denmark); Nicolas Bonard, Discovery International (Paris, France); Pascal Breton, Pascal Breton Productions (Paris, France); Astrid Bscher, Filmfritz GmbH (Cologne, Germany); Marcello Coltro, Chello Latin America (Santiago, Chile); Beatrice Cox-Riesenfelder, ORF (Vienna, Austria); Bill Dunlop, Eurovision Americas (Washington DC, USA); Zaheer Goodman-Bhyat, Light & Dark Films (Johannesburg, South Africa); Xavier Gouyou-Beauchamps, TV France International (Biarritz, France); Leopold Hoesch, BROADVIEW TV GmbH (Cologne, Germany); Verena Kulenkampff, WDR (Cologne, Germany); Charles Lei, Yingzhanwang (Beijing, China); Denis Lillie, Cape Film Commission (Cape Town, South Africa); Paul Macionis, Foxtel (Sydney, Australia); Michael McKay, Active TV (Sydney Australia); Alexander Marin, Sony Pictures Television Latin America (Bogota, Colombia); Miguel Oliva, HBO Latin America Group (Fort Lauderdale, USA); Sylvain Parent-Bedard; Quebecomm (Quebec City, Canada); Franz Patay, IMZ – International Music & Media Centre (Vienna, Austria); Stefan Piech, YFE (Vienna, Austria); Alberto Santini Lara, TV Azteca (Mexico City, Mexico); Pierre Sissmann, Cyber Group Studios (Paris, France); Carlos Schroder, TV Globo (New York, USA & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Michael Smeaton, FFP New Media (Berlin, Germany); Takashi Nakamoto, Fuji TV (Tokyo, Japan); Anil Wanvari, Indian Television Dot Com (Mumbai, India); Leon Xiao, CBI Media (Changzhou, China); Regina Ziegler & Tanja Ziegler, Ziegler Films (Berlin, Germany).

41ST INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS NOMINEES:

Awards Ceremony to be held November 25, 2013

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv

The Lippin Group
Matt Biscuitti
Tel: +1-212-986-7080
matt@lippingroup.com

BATTLE FOR HOMS WINS INTERNATIONAL EMMY® FOR NEWS

BANAZ: AN HONOUR KILLING WINS INTERNATIONAL EMMY® FOR CURRENT AFFAIRS

don@lippingroup.com

New York, October 1, 2013 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that WDR mediagroup GmbH, a subsidiary of German broadcaster WDR, has signed on as a Presenting Partner for the International Emmy® Kids Awards, the stand-alone ceremony solely dedicated to recognizing excellence in children’s television programming produced and initially aired outside of the United States.

 
Over 300 international industry executives attended the inaugural ceremony which took place February 8th, 2013. The 2nd edition of the International Emmy® Kids Awards is scheduled for February 10, 2014 at Pier 60 at Chelsea Piers, in New York City.
 
“With its dedication to high quality children’s television programming, The International Emmy Kids Awards are a premium brand, which we are happy to support for the years to come. We are looking forward to introduce international partners to our star and its show, which has been a success story on and off air in Germany for what are now several generations of fans.” said WDR mediagroup CEO, Michael Loeb.
 
“Michael Loeb has been an active member of our organization and we are delighted that WDR mediagroup has chosen this premiere global platform to promote its kids line-up and notably WDR’s flagship educational show “The Show with the Mouse”, which has been on the air for over 40 years.” said Academy President & CEO Bruce L. Paisner.
 
The six kids Emmy® categories presented at this event are: Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series, and Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series. Entries into the kids competition run concurrent with The International Emmy® Awards competition which opens in December and closes in February. Rules and regulations can be found on the Academy’s website at www.iemmys.tv/awards_entry.aspx.
 
WDR mediagroup joins International Emmy® Kids Awards Presenting Partners: Shaw Rocket Fund, Hasbro Studios, SVT/DRTV, TV Kids and Ernst & Young.
 
Based in Cologne, North Rhine Westphalia (NRW), WDR mediagroup is the first German Presenting Partner for The International Emmy® Kids Awards. NRW’s media authorities are longstanding partners of the Academy with a strong annual presence at the Academy’s November events.

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards Ceremony and International Emmy® Kids Awards held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv

ABOUT WDR MEDIAGROUP
WDR mediagroup is the commercial subsidiary of the West German Broadcasting Corporation (WDR) in Cologne. As an innovative media service provider, it markets and commercializes the high quality WDR programs and supplies of other partners via all distribution channels and platforms. In addition to its core business, which is the marketing of advertising time, its versatile service portfolio covers the entire digital value-added chain: WDR mediagroup digitalizes and archives media contents, sets up an infrastructure for their further commercial exploitation and is finally responsible for marketing and sales.
 
With regard to licensing and merchandising, WDR mediagroup exclusively exploits the programs produced by WDR with a focus on popular children’s characters such as the Mouse, the Elephant and The Little Mole.
 
With its unique concept “The Show with the Mouse” has been a German TV classic since 1971, with a weekly programming on ARD, KIKA and WDR channels. WDR mediagroup has launched an extensive publishing and merchandising program around the show’s main characters in 1998 and now cooperates with more than 70 licensees worldwide. In 2005, the Mouse was launched in Japan with a tailor made programming for NHK and now Cartoon Networks Japan. Cooperations within the “Germany in Japan” year and continuing partnerships with partners such as Dokkyo University have made the Mouse an internationally renowned brand.
 
WDR mediagroup is looking forward to continue this success story in further markets, including international co-production partnerships for high quality children’s programming.
 

MEDIA CONTACTS 
   
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships  
Tel:+1-212-489-6969        
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv    

The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella
Tel:+1-212-986-7080
don@lippingroup.com

CURRENT AFFAIRS & NEWS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED FOR 2013 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS

8 NOMINEES SPAN 5 COUNTRIES: BRAZIL, GERMANY, ROMANIA, THE PHILIPPINES AND THE UNITED KINGDOM.
GMA NETWORK (THE PHILIPPINES) AND TV GLOBO (BRAZIL) ARE NOMINATED IN BOTH CATEGORIES. 

 
New York, August 14, 2013 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences today announced the nominees for the 2013 Current Affairs and News categories. Winners will be announced in New York on October 1, at a Ceremony at the Frederick P. Rose Hall of Jazz at Lincoln Center. The international winners will be honored alongside their American news and documentary counterparts.
 
The 8 Nominees span 5 countries: Brazil, Germany, Romania, The Philippines and The United Kingdom. GMA Network (The Philippines) and TV Globo (Brazil) are nominated in both categories.
 
“The 2013 Nominees reported on subjects ranging from war to politics to human triumph and tragedy,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. “One of the programs pays tribute to Marie Colvin and Remi Ochlik, who died during the war in Syria, and we join in honoring their memory and in recognizing the courage of so many journalists who brave danger on a daily basis.”
 
Full list of nominees follows.

 
THE 2013 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS CURRENT AFFAIRS & NEWS NOMINEES:
  
CURRENT AFFAIRS     
 
Banaz: An Honour Killing
Hardcash Productions, Fuuse Films for ITV
United Kingdom
This film chronicles an act of overwhelming horror – the brutal ‘honour’ killing of Banaz Mahmod, a young British Kurdish woman in suburban London. Banaz was murdered and raped by her own family, with the agreement and help of a large section of her own community, because she tried to choose a life for herself.

 
Globo Reporter – Enawenê-nawê – The spirit-men
TV Globo
Brazil
For a whole month, TV Globo followed the Enawenê-Nawê, a tribe of 640 natives living in isolation in the Amazon forest. They believe themselves to be the guardians of the balance between man and nature, and their ritual involves building dams to capture fish given as offerings to the spirits. In recent years, however, new hydro power plants have made the fish disappear. Without food and offerings, Enawenê-nawê culture is under threat.

 
I-Witness – Alkansiya (Piggy Bank)
GMA Network
Philippines
Journalist Kara David travels to the far-flung Barangay of Sulangan in Eastern Samar to meet 12-year-old Anthony. Anthony has already mastered hard work; he sets out early to catch fish, and his afternoons are spent collecting seashells. But the toughest task is done at night, when Anthony dives and scours the seabed to search for a sea creature used in Chinese recipes and traditional medicine, the sea cucumber.  In exchange for his hard work, Anthony is rewarded with a measly income.

 
ZDFzoom – The Fukushima Lie
ZDF German Television
Germany
‘The Fukushima Lie’ was partly shot in the no-entry zone of the Fukushima Daichi nuclear power plant. The disaster was a man-made catastrophe rather than the result of the magnitude 9 earthquake which was followed by a devastating Tsunami. Through interviews with key players such as former Prime Minister Naoto Kan, nuclear engineers, and former bureaucrats, the conclusion is reached that money might have been placed before safety, causing the meltdown.

 
NEWS 

24 Oras (24 Hours) – Typhoon Pablo
GMA Network
Philippines
’24 Oras’ covered the world’s deadliest natural disaster in 2012: Typhoon Pablo. The news teams capture the anguish and pain that the locals had to go through after the devastation brought by the typhoon. The coverage of the storm also served as a catalyst for public debate regarding the effectiveness of the country’s emergency preparedness.

Channel 4 News: The Battle for Homs
ITN / Channel 4 News
United Kingdom
In early February, Syrian forces started shelling Homs. The few images coming out of the conflict zone were grainy video and mobile phone pictures. The few independent journalists who were there, like Marie Colvin and Mani, were trapped. Mani managed to get out just before Marie was killed. Channel 4 covered these breaking news events as they unfolded in Syria.

 
Jornal Nacional – Collapse in Rio
TV Globo
Brazil
On January 25, 2012 the collapse of three buildings in downtown Rio de Janeiro mobilized hundreds of rescue workers. Crews witnessed impressive scenes, survivors’ tales, and the dramatic search for news of loved ones. The disaster became an example of how careless building renovation can end in tragedy. Twenty-two people died in the accident.

 
ProTV News – Romania Buried in Snow
ProTV SA
Romania
One of the cruelest winters in the last 50 years caused serious damage to homes in Romania. ProTV News reporters interview people whose homes and livelihoods were affected by the massive snowfall.

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES 
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards Ceremony held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Documentary; Drama Series; News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information, go to www.iemmys.tv.           

MEDIA CONTACTS

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships  
Tel: +1-212-489-6969
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv    

The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella

Tel: +1-212-986-7080

don@lippingroup.com 

New York, July 18, 2013 – Anke Schäferkordt, Chief Executive Officer of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland and Co-CEO of RTL Group – the leading European entertainment network and one of the world’s largest production companies – will receive the 2013 International Emmy Directorate Award at the 41st International Emmy Awards on Monday, November 25th in New York City.

“Anke Schäferkordt has been a driving force behind RTL’s growth – both in Germany, Europe’s largest and most competitive television market, and since 2012 across the Group’s worldwide operations. Her passion for programming, combined with a long-view strategic approach, make her an outstanding leader in the international TV industry. We look forward to adding her name to the very distinguished roster of recipients of the Academy’s Directorate Award,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
 
Acknowledging the award, Anke Schäferkordt said:
 
“I am deeply honoured to receive this prestigious award. We are currently transforming our business into the digital world while keeping our focus on the core of what we do: producing best content to entertain and inform our audiences. Many thanks to the International Academy and – above all – to my dedicated team of first-class TV entrepreneurs.”
 
Anke Schäferkordt joined the market-leading German commercial broadcaster RTL Television in 1991, rising through the company’s ranks to become CEO of RTL Television as well as CEO of the Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland in 2005. Since April 2012, she has been Co-CEO of RTL Group. In this capacity, she still retains her role as CEO of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland and also sits on the Executive Board of Bertelsmann, RTL Group’s majority shareholder.
  
RTL Group is the leading European entertainment network, with interests in 53 television channels and 28 radio stations in ten countries, and content production operations around the world. The television portfolio of Europe’s largest broadcaster includes RTL Television in Germany, M6 in France, the RTL channels in the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Croatia, and Hungary, and Antena 3 in Spain – the company also operates the joint venture channel Big RTL Thrill in India and has interests in Russia’s National Media Group. RTL Group’s flagship radio station is RTL in France, and it also owns or has interests in other stations in France, Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, Spain and Luxembourg. RTL Group’s content production arm, FremantleMedia, is one of the largest international creators, producers and distributors of multi-genre content outside the US. With operations in 22 countries, FremantleMedia’s comprehensive global network creates over 9,200 hours of programming a year and distributes over 20,000 hours of content worldwide.
 
Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland is one of the leading media companies in Germany and the strongest profit centre of RTL Group. The broad range of activities includes six free-TV channels with their respective online video-on-demand and TV sites, as well as three thematic pay TV channels. In 2012 the number of video views on online platforms of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland including transactional sites and verticals exceeded one billion for the first time.

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards Ceremony and International Emmy® Kids Awards held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv

To find out how to place a congratulatory ad for Anke Schäferkordt in The International Emmy® Almanac, the official publication of the International Academy, please contact eva.obadia@iemmys.tv.

MEDIA CONTACTS 
   
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships  
Tel:+1-212-489-6969      
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv   

The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella
Tel:+1-212-986-7080
don@lippingroup.com

J.J. ABRAMS TO RECEIVE 2013 INTERNATIONAL EMMY® FOUNDERS AWARD

Trailblazing Writer/Director to be Honored at the International Emmy® Awards in New York, on November 25th

New York, May 1, 2013 – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will present the 2013 International Emmy® Founders Award to renowned film and television Creator/Writer/Director J.J. Abrams. Academy President & CEO, Bruce L. Paisner, announced today that Abrams will accept the Award –which recognizes an individual who crosses cultural boundaries to touch our common humanity– at the 41st International Emmy® Awards Gala, on Monday, November 25, 2013, in New York City.

“J.J. Abrams is a master of all forms of entertainment who has made an indelible mark on our global culture,” said Paisner. “Even at this comparatively early stage of his career, he has earned this international recognition and we look forward to presenting the Founders Award to him.”

“I am deeply grateful to Mr. Paisner and the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for this honor, and will thank them, perhaps to an embarrassing degree, in person, in November.” said Abrams.

On top of his currently running television series “Person of Interest”, “Fringe” and “Revolution”, Abrams has just been announced as the Director of the next installment of the Star Wars saga, set for release in 2015. His latest feature, “Star Trek Into Darkness”, bows May 2013.

J.J. Abrams is the founder and President of Bad Robot Productions, which he runs with his producing partner Bryan Burk. Formed in 2001, Bad Robot is partnered with Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Studios, and has produced films and television series such as “Cloverfield,” “Star Trek,” “Morning Glory,” “Super 8,” “Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol,” ABC’s “Alias” and “Lost,” Fox’s “Fringe,” and CBS’s “Person of Interest.” Born in New York and raised in Los Angeles, Abrams attended Sarah Lawrence College where he co-wrote a treatment that became the basis for Disney’s “Taking Care Of Business.” In years following, he wrote or co-wrote such films as “Regarding Henry,” “Forever Young,” “Armageddon,” and “Joy Ride.” In 1998, Abrams co-created his first television series “Felicity” with collaborator and long-time friend Matt Reeves. Abrams served as Executive Producer for the series’ four-season run on The WB. Additionally, Abrams created and executive produced “Alias” for ABC, and co-created (with Damon Lindelof) and executive produced ABC’s “Lost.” In 2006, Abrams directed his first feature film, “Mission: Impossible 3.” His second feature directorial effort “Star Trek” was released in May 2009. “Super 8,” written and directed by Abrams and produced by Abrams, Burk and Steven Spielberg, was released in June 2011. Abrams received Emmy Awards for Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series for the “Lost” pilot as well as Outstanding Drama Series for “Lost.” He also received Emmy nominations for his “Alias” and “Lost” pilot scripts. In addition, Abrams composed the theme music for “Alias,” “Fringe,” “Lost,” “Person of Interest,” and “Revolution,” and he co-wrote the theme song for “Felicity.” Abrams presently serves as Executive Producer of CBS’s “Person of Interest,” Fox’s “Fringe,” and NBC’s “Revolution.”

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards Ceremony held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awardsat MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents International Emmy® Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Documentary; Drama Series; News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie/Mini-Series; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series. For more information, go to www.iemmys.tv

MEDIA CONTACTS 
   
The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences 
Eva Obadia, Senior Director, Communications & Partnerships  
Tel:+1-212-489-6969        
eva.obadia@iemmys.tv    

The Lippin Group
Don Ciaramella
Tel:+1-212-986-7080
don@lippingroup.com