Emmy Nominations Announced

Nominations for the 35th International Emmy Awards have been announced by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a press conference at MIPCOM.
There are 38 nominees in nine categories. Winners will be announced at a Black-Tie Ceremony on November 19, 2007 at the Hilton New York Hotel.
2007 nominations span over 16 countries with a record of seven nominations for Brazil, four for Japan and three for South Africa. This is the first time ever that Colombia is nominated. There is a tie in the Best Performance by An Actor and Comedy categories with five nominees in each category. The competition took place with three rounds of judging over a period of 6 months, with participation from over 500 judges in 35 countries.
“The International Emmy is the preeminent award to recognize creative and production achievements in the international television community,” said Academy President & CEO, Bruce Paisner also President of Hearst Entertainment. “No other award or event presents such a global showcase for excellence in television programming.”
In addition to the presentation of the International Emmy Awards for programming, the Academy will present two special awards. The International Emmy Founders Award will be presented to Al Gore for his role in launching cable/satellite channel Current TV and his ongoing effort to alert the world to one of the great challenges of our time, global warming. The International Emmy Directorate Award will be presented to Patrick Le Lay, Chairman TF1 Group for guiding the growth of the TF1 brand from a traditional commercial television broadcaster to a multi-media organization that is a pioneer in many of the emerging new digital platforms.
The Academy also announced the nominees for the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) Award co-presented with UNICEF. ICDB was launched in 1994 to encourage broadcasters worldwide to create awareness for children’s issues.
This year’s sponsors are: Phoenix TV, Globo TV, Accenture, Microsoft, NBC Universal, Ascent Media, Reed MIDEM, Sofitel Hotels, Variety and Brightcove.
2007 Semi-Final Judging Hosts are: Absolutely Independent, BBC, Creative Business Wales, Eastern Multimedia Group, European Television Guild , France Television, HBO Latin America Group, Helion Pictures, Indiantelevision.com, International Music & Media Centre (IMZ), Koncern TV & Filmproduktion APS, Miami-Dade Mayor's Office, Film & Ent, NRK, RAI Corporation, Sky News, Sony Pictures Television International, South African Broadcasting Corp, South Pacific Pictures and Telefilms.
More information can be found online at: iemmys.tv
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