39TH INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

Nominations span a record 20 countries

Cannes/MIPCOM, October 3, 2011: Nominations for the 39th International Emmy® Awards were announced today by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a Press Conference at Mipcom. There are 40 nominees in 10 categories. The full list of Nominees follows this release. Winners will be announced at a Black-Tie Ceremony on November 21, 2011 at the Hilton New York Hotel.

Nominations span a record 20 countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, France, Germany, Japan, Malaysia, Mexico, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain, Sweden, The Philippines, and The United Kingdom, The competition has three rounds of judging over a period of 6 months, with participation from over 800 judges in 67 different countries.

"The International Emmy® Awards is a tough competition with over 1000 entries from 61 countries, this year." said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. "The number and range of countries represented by this year's nominees is astonishing and a testament to the growing strength and skill of television production around the world."

In addition to the presentation of the International Emmy® Awards for programming and performances, The Academy will present two special awards. Veteran British producer Nigel Lythgoe, Co-creator and Executive Producer of So You Think You Can Dance & Executive Producer of American Idol, is set to receive the 2011 International Emmy® Founders Award. Subhash Chandra, Chairman Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd, will receive the 2011 International Emmy® Directorate Award.

2011 Semi-Final Judging Hosts are: Nashwa Al Ruwaini, Pyramedia (Abu Dhabi, UAE); Steven Bawol, Helion Pictures (Paris, France); Piv Bernth, Danish Broadcasting Corporation (Copenhagen, Denmark); Friedhelm Bixschlag, Magic Media Company (Cologne, Germany); Bill Dunlop, Eurovision Americas (Washington, D.C., USA); Talal Fattal, Metro TV (Accra, Ghana); Paul Field, The Wiggles (Sydney, Australia);Octavio Florisbal, TV Globo (New York, USA & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil); Tony Forrest, The Movie Network (Sydney, Australia); Gregoire Furrer, Gregoire Furrer Productions (Montreux, Switzerland);Leopold Hoesch, Broadview TV GmbH (Cologne, Germany); In-Kyu Kim, KBS (Seoul, South Korea); Charles Lei, Yingzhanwang (Beijing, China); Alexander Marin, Sony Pictures Television Latin America (Bogota, Colombia & Santa Fe, Mexico); Emeka Mba, National Film and Video Censors Board (Abuja, Nigeria); Javad Mottaghi, ABU-AIBD (Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia); Miguel Oliva, HBO Latin America Group (Miami, USA); Franz Patay & Chris Hunt, IMZ - International Music & Media Centre (Vienna, Austria); Catherine Payne, Endemol Worldwide Distribution (London, UK); Melvin Perez, MGM Latin America (Mexico City, Mexico); Remy Pflimlin & Nicole Devilaine, France Televisions (New York, USA); Pierre Sissmann, Cybergroup (Paris, France); Michael Smeaton, FFP New Media GmbH (Cologne, Germany.)

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At Mipcom the International Emmy® Awards are located on stand 26.09