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  • Asianet to attend International Emmy jury in Hong Kong

    MUMBAI: Malayalam television network Asianet’s Programming vice president R Sreekandan Nair has been selected as a juror in the semi-finals judging for the 2005 International Emmy Awards. Nair will be judging the category of arts programming.
     
     
     

    According to an official release from Asianet Communications, this is for the first time that a Malayalam television executive has been chosen to be a part of the prestigious international awards which is regarded as the Oscars for the television industry.

    The awards, instituted by the New York-based the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, honour the best television programs produced, and initially aired, outside the U.S. The semi-final judging for arts programming will be held in Hong Kong on 12 August. Chinese broadcaster Phoenix TV is organising the event this year in Hong Kong.
     
     
     

    The 2005 Emmy nominations will be officially announced at MIPCOM in early October this year. Being an Emmy juror, Nair will be listed in the yearly Almanac publication which is distributed at major media markets, festivals and semi-final judging centres throughout the world, says the official intimation Nair received from the academy.

    In Asianet, Nair also anchors the weekly chat show Nammal Thammal.

  • Intl Emmy news coverage nominees announced

    MUMBAI: The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences announced its four nominees for the 2004 International Emmy in News Coverage category. NHK Japan has got two of the coveted nominations beating their Asian counterparts in the regional semi-finals.

    Sky News and ITN – Channel 4, both from the UK were also nominated.

    The winner will be presented with an Emmy on 13 September at the Marriott Marquis Hotel in New York City. The awards will be broadcast in the US on the Discovery Times Channel on 25 September.

    The nominess for the 2004 International Emmy Award for news coverage are as follows:

    – Good Morning Japan: Eclipse in the Antarctic – NHK (Japan)
    – Liberia – Sky News (UK)
    – News 7: Terrorist Bombing of UN Headquarters in Iraq – NHK (Japan)
    – The Madrid Bombing – ITN – Channel 4 News (UK)

    “We are pleased to announce the nominees for the prestigious International Emmy for News Coverage. These news organisations’ journalists work in the most difficult and dangerous conditions, risking their lives to serve the free media, and the Academy is proud to salute them,” said International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences president and CEO Bruce Paisner. Paisner is also president of Hearst Entertainment.

    For the second year in a row, the Academy will pay homage to international journalists killed in the line of duty. Paisner and International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences chairman Fred Cohen will read the names of these incredibly dedicated television professionals.