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iEmmy calls for entries for 32nd Awards gala
MUMBAI: The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has issued a call for entries for the 32nd International Emmy Awards. The deadline for entries is 1 April 2004.
The Awards gala is slated to take place in New York City as always on the fourth Monday of November, which is 22 November 2004.
The 31st International Emmy Awards held in New York’s Hilton Hotel on 24 November 2003.
The 31st International Emmy Awards were held in New York’s Hilton Hotel on 24 November 2003. It was here that Indian television star Simone Singh had made an appearance as a presenter principally due to the initiative taken by indiantelevision.com’s founder and CEO Anil Wanvari.
In July 2003, indiantelevision.com and The Indian Telly Awards founder Anil Wanvari had been unanimously elected by a majority vote of the Academy’s Board of Directors as an Associate of the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, US for a period of two years.
At present, International Emmy Awards are given in the categories of Arts Programming; Children & Young People; Comedies, Documentary; Drama Series; News Coverage; Non-Scripted Entertainment; TV Movies/Mini-Series. These categories follow the trends of worldwide programming.
The 6th iEMMYs Festival screens all the nominated programs and invites the producers and directors to speak about their work. The festival will take place on Saturday and Sunday, 20 to 21 November in New York City.
There are three rounds of judging. The preliminary round takes place in spring; the semi-final round takes place in the summer – hosted by Board Member companies; and the finals take place in September. The nominations are announced in early October. Four nominees are selected for each category and winners are revealed at the International Emmy Awards Gala.
The International Emmy Awards competition is open to productions produced and initially broadcast outside of the US. The rules and entry forms are also available on the website at www.iemmys.tv.
“Each year we look forward to receiving an increased number of outstanding programs from around the world. In the past few years, we are seeing better quality, and more diverse programs than ever before. We welcome many entries and a healthy competition,” says International TV Academy president Bruce Paisner in a press release.
News Broadcasting
Rajesh Sundaram joins NDTV Profit as senior editor, assignment
The 32-year newsroom veteran has launched channels on three continents and covered everything from 9/11 to South African television
MUMBAI: NDTV Profit has bolstered its newsroom with a hire who has done rather more than most. Rajesh Sundaram, a journalist with over three decades of editorial, managerial and consultative experience across India and international markets, joins as senior editor, assignment, tasked with sharpening the network’s newsgathering and real-time response.
Sundaram’s career reads like a tour of Indian media’s most formative moments. He began at Businessworld in 1994, moved to Zee News as bureau chief across Mumbai and Chennai, then joined NDTV in 2002 as part of its political bureau during a particularly febrile period in Indian politics. A stint as India correspondent for Al Jazeera International followed, where he covered key geopolitical developments and got his first serious taste of the global newsroom.
What sets Sundaram apart, however, is his serial channel-launching habit. At NewsX, he helped get the operation off the ground. At Headlines Today, part of the India Today Group, he served as editor. At News Nation, he helped launch the Hindi news channel and its digital ecosystem. He then crossed continents to lead the launch of ANN7 in South Africa as editor-in-chief, overseeing both television and digital. Back in India, he launched Tamil news channels News7 Tamil and Cauvery News, and later served as principal consultant for the launch of Marathi channel Lokshahi. Most recently, he helped build and lead the Press Trust of India’s video service and content studio, before stints consulting for Business Today and The Himalayan Times.
Rahul Kanwal, chief executive and editor-in-chief of NDTV, left little doubt about what Sundaram is expected to deliver. “The assignment desk is where a newsroom’s intent becomes action,” he said. “Rajesh brings a rare combination of field experience and leadership in building news operations at scale.”
Sundaram has reported from across India and the world, covering elections, civil conflicts, the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks and the 2008 US presidential election.
At NDTV Profit, he will lead the assignment desk, driving editorial coordination and real-time response across markets and breaking developments. For a business news network sharpening its focus on speed and multi-platform delivery, it has hired a man who has built newsrooms from scratch on three continents. The assignment desk is in good hands.
