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  • 2006 International Emmy World Television Festival to be held on 18-19 November

    2006 International Emmy World Television Festival to be held on 18-19 November

    MUMBAI: The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has announced the line-up for its 2006 International Emmy World Television Festival, to take place on 18 and 19 November, at the Sofitel Hotel in New York.

    The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences is an organisation of global broadcasters, with members from nearly 70 countries and over 400 companies. Its mission is to recognise excellence in television programming produced outside of the United States.

    A by invitation kick-off cocktail party hosted by CME founder and chairman Ronald S. Lauder, recipient of the 2006 International Emmy directorate award will launch the weekend of festivities at the Neue Galerie, on Friday 17 November. Home Box Office (HBO) will be hosting the closing cocktail on Sunday 19 November.

    This year’s Festival highlights include panels and presentations by Dubai based news network Al-Arabiya, Discop, KBS (Korea), Ile de France Film Commission, Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting as well as a technology panel entitled: ‘Producing for Cross-Media Platforms’, informs an official release.

    Phoenix Satellite Television chairman and CEO Liu Changle is the 2006 Festival Chairman.

    International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences President and CEO also President of Hearst Entertainment Bruce L. Paisner said, “The International Emmy World Television Festival is now established as the only place where you one can watch television from all over the world and meet with the program makers.It is also a unique platform for organizations wanting to promote themselves to the global television community.”

    The schedule will feature the traditional International Emmy Nominee presentations during which the producers of the nominated programs discuss their program in the nine Emmy categories including: arts programming, best performance by an actress, best performance by an actor, breaking news, children and young people, comedy, continuing news coverage, documentary, drama series, non-scripted entertainment and TV movie/mini-series.

    International Emmy Award nominees will receive their medals at the traditional Saturday morning Nominee Medal Ceremony organised each year at the festival. The Academy will also present the Sir Peter Ustinov Young Scriptwriter Award to Nemer Rashed, for his script The Great Mcginty.

    2006 festival partners include Hong Kong based Phoenix Satellite Television, Al-Arabiya, HBO, The Hollywood Reporter, Ile de France Film Commission, Microsoft, Savvis, La Demoiselle Champagne, Discop, Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting, Sofitel and La Mill Coffee, adds the release.

  • Promax/BDA Arabia 2006 award winners announced; MBC Creative Services win 13 award

    Promax/BDA Arabia 2006 award winners announced; MBC Creative Services win 13 award

    MUMBAI: UAE’s MBC Creative Services, Showtime and Dubai Media Incorporated bagged the most number of awards in the second annual Promax/BDA Arabia Awards.

    MBC Creative Services picked up 13 awards, Showtime bagged 10 and Dubai Media won eight.
     

    Presented at the culmination of the Promax/BDA Arabia 2006 conference on 15 March in Dubai, the awards celebrate works of excellence in promotion, marketing and broadcast design aired, published or distributed in Arabia between 1 April 2005 and 1 January 2006.

    Gold and Silver Muse Awards are presented in the promotional award categories and Gold and Silver Isis Awards are presented in the broadcast design categories.
     
    Promax/BDA EMEA senior vice president and managing director Carmen Alzner said, “We were excited by the unprecedented number of submissions for just our second year of the Promax/BDA Arabia Awards, knowing that it broadened the scope of potential winning projects, and we weren’t disappointed. All of us at Promax/BDA continue to be inspired and uplifted by the enthusiasm and camaraderie that our colleagues in this region bring to both the conference and the awards ceremony and look forward to our return next year.”
     

    The big winner of the night was the UAE’s MBC Creative Services, picking up 13 awards (six Muse and seven Isis) in categories such as Best Program Promotion (MBC4’s Live 8 Our Defining Moment), two wins in the Best Film Promo for MBC2’s High Crimes and Silence of the Lambs, Best Children’s Promo for BC2’s Tom & Jerry, two Best News Factual or Factual Entertainment Promo for Al Arabiya’s Quantanamo Bay and Arab Thought Foundation, Best Use of Music and Sound Design for MBC2’s My Name Is…, Best Copy/Script Writing for MBC1’s The Hard Way, Best On Air Branding for MBC1’s channel branding, two Best On Air Ident awards for MBC1’s Chairs and MBC4’s Ant, Best Mixed Media Animation for Al Arabiya’s The Third Eye and Best Design in Promo for MBC2’s My Name Is…

    UAE’s Showtime picked up 10 awards in the following categories: Best Film Promotion for Man on Fire, Best Children’s Promo for Angry Beavers, and in the Something for Nothing category, a win for CSI Thumb Print. Showtime earned double awards in Best Television Image Promo for its Al Pacino Special and DIFF Award Winning Movies, Best Drama Promotion for CSI Thumb Print and Desperate Housewives Smoke and Best Editing for its Tarantino Special and CSI combo.

    The night’s other big winner was Dubai Media Incorporated, picking up eight awards for its work in both promotion and broadcast design. Among its wins were two awards for Best Editing for AAKS and Dubai Sports, two awards for Best Set Design for Alittijah Al Khames and Assrarooha, as well as Best On Air Branding for Dubai Sports, Best Sports Promo for Al Sahmal Arabi, Best Use of Music and Sound Design for its Be a Sport, and in the Something for Nothing category, a win for Happy Birthday One TV.

     

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