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Nominations announced for Intl Emmies
MUMBAI: Nominations for the 34th International
Emmy Awards were announced by The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Iatas) at a press conference at the ongoing television trade event Mipcom in Cannes, France.
There are 36 nominees in nine categories. Winners
will be announced on 20 November, 2006 at the Hilton New York Hotel. The 2006 nominations span over nine countries with a record of five nominations for Brazil and Germany.
China, France, The Netherlands and the United Kingdom are nominated for the Best Performance by An Actor and Best Performance by An Actress categories. There were three rounds of judging over a period of six months, with participation
from over 500 judges in 35 countries.
Iatas president Bruce Paisner says, “We are proud of the diversity and the geographic range of our nominees. They come from nine different countries, with multiple nominees from Asia, Europe and
South America. Once again the ‘best’ will set a new high standard of excellence for the worldwide television community.”
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 Steven Spielberg for his career in television. The International Emmy Directorate Award will be presented to CME and Ronald S. Lauder for pioneering the development of independent television broadcasting in Central and Eastern Europe.
TThe Academy also announced the nominees for the International Children’s Day of Broadcasting (ICDB) Award co-presented yearly with UNICEF. ICDB was launched in 1994 to encourage broadcasters worldwide to create awareness for
children’s issues. The six nominees are from: Bangladesh, Colombia, Gambia, Moldova, Spain and Syria.
This year’s sponsors are Phoenix TV, Sun Media Investment, Accenture, Microsoft, NBC Universal, Ascent Media, Savvis, Reed Midem, Sofitel Hotels and Variety. The 2006 semi-Final judging hosts include Indiantelevision.com, Al Jazeera Channel; Antenna TV, Berliner Film Companie and South
Pacific Pictures.
The 2006 International EmmyAwards Nominees are
Arts Programming
1. I Am Dali: Secrets of a Genius
NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Japan
2. John Peel’s Record Box
Initial
United Kingdom
3. Knowledge is the Beginning
A production of EuroArts Music international in
co-production with ZDF/ARTE
Germany
4. Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music
BBC Bristol
United Kingdom
Best Performance By An Actress
1. Lucy Cohu – The Queen’s Sister
A Touchpaper Production for Channel 4
United Kingdom
2. Maryam Hassouni – Offers
VARA Broadcasting Organisation
The Netherlands
3. Heike Makatsch – Against All Odds (Margarete Steiff)
A co-production of Südwestrundfunk (SWR)
/Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF)/Bayerischer
Rundfunk (BR)/ARTE/RAI Bozen/Film-Line
Productions/Epo-Film Production/Mediafonds 2
GmbH & Co.KG/World Sales Beta Film GmbH
Germany
4. Imelda Staunton – My Family and Other Animals
BBC Drama & WGBH
United Kingdom
Best Performance By An Actor
1. Bernard Farcy – De Gaulle
GMT Productions with the participation of France
2, Arte France with the support of Région Ilede-
France, with the participation of Centre
National de la Cinématographie, INA – Institut
National de l’Audiovisuel
France
2. Bernard Hill – A Very Social Secretary
A Mentorn Production for Channel 4
United Kingdom
3. Shen Lin – Feng Qi’s Confession
Beijing Rosat Film & TV Production Co. Ltd./CTV
– China Television Media Ltd.
PR China
4. Ray Winstone – Vincent
Granada Drama and Comedy
United Kingdom
Children and Young People
1. Boys Will Be Boys
Monster Film for NRK
Norway
2. Elias – The Little Rescue Boat
Filmkameratene AS
Norway
3. Johnny and the Bomb
Childsplay Television
United Kingdom
4. Sugar Rush
A Shine Production for Channel 4
United Kingdom
Comedy
1. Little Britain
BBC Comedy
United Kingdom
2. Paare
Sony Pictures Film und Fernseh Produktions
GmbH
Germany
3. The Amateurs
Globo TV
Brazil
4. The I.T. Crowd
A Talkback Thames Production for Channel 4
United Kingdom
Drama Series
1. Life on Mars
Kudos Film & TV Ltd.
United Kingdom
2. Little Missy
Globo TV
Brazil
3. Mandrake
Conspiração Filmes Entretenimento/HBO Ole
Originals
Brazil
4. Vincent
Granada Drama and Comedy
United Kingdom
Documentary
1. 9/11 The Falling Man
A Darlow Smithson Production
United Kingdom
2. Hiroshima
A BBC/TFI/ZDF/Discovery Channel coproduction
in association with the Tokyo
Broadcasting System Inc. with thanks to the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
United Kingdom
3. How Putin Came To Power
Wilton Films/Quark Productions/ARTE France
France
4. The Search for Happiness
Filmquadrat GmbH/ Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Germany
Non-Scripted Entertainment
1. Big Brother Brazil 6
TV Globo/Endemol
Brazil
2. Ramsay’s Kitchen Nightmares
An Optomen Television Production for Channel 4
United Kingdom
3. Supernanny
Ricochet
United Kingdom
4. The Strict School of the Fifties
ZDF German Television
Germany
TV Movie /Mini-Series
1. Filhos do Carnaval
HBO Ole Originals/O2 Filmes
Brazil
2. Nuit Noire, October 17, 1961
Cipango
France
3. The Crown Princess
Produced by AB Svensk Filmindustri in coproduction
with Sveriges Television – SVT Fiktion
for SVT, in co-operation with YLE, TV2 AS and
DR-TV, with support by Nordisk Film & TV Fond
and the Media Plus Programme of the European
Community
Sweden
4. The Virgin Queen
A BBC/Power Co-Production
United Kingdom
News Broadcasting
Times Network to air JVC Exit Poll across 5 regions on April 29
Four-hour broadcast spans states and Puducherry with data-led analysis
MUMBAI: Times Network is set to roll out what it calls one of its most expansive election programming efforts yet, culminating in the JVC Exit Poll on 29 April, with a multi-hour broadcast spanning key poll-bound regions.
The exit poll will air across Times Now and Times Now Navbharat, beginning at 5pm and 4pm respectively. Co-powered by Vedanta and Jindal Stainless, the programming aims to combine on-ground reportage with data-driven projections across West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and Puducherry.
The network has deployed over 50 journalists across these regions, gathering voter sentiment and local insights in the run-up to polling. The effort builds on its ongoing election formats such as Election Yatra and Election Premier League, which have tracked campaign narratives and community-level issues.
In parallel, Times Now Navbharat has focused on constituency-level reporting in West Bengal through its Jan Gan ka Mann series, capturing voter opinions across diverse segments.
The coverage has also featured interviews with prominent political leaders. Kerala chief minister Pinarayi Vijayan and Congress leaders Ramesh Chennithala and V D Satheesan have appeared on the network’s election specials. From Tamil Nadu, voices including deputy chief minister Udhayanidhi Stalin, DMK MP Dayanidhi Maran, BJP leader K Annamalai and NTK’s Seeman have also featured in discussions.
On the day of the exit poll, the network’s primetime anchors, including Navika Kumar, Zakka Jacob and Sumit Awasthi, will lead the coverage. They will be joined by a panel of political analysts, psephologists and senior journalists offering real-time insights and interpretation of trends.
The programming will integrate grassroots reportage with analytics from the JVC Exit Poll, aiming to give viewers an early sense of electoral outcomes ahead of the official results on 4 May.
With its combined English and Hindi broadcast reach, Times Network is positioning this effort as a comprehensive look at voter sentiment, blending field reporting, data and debate to decode what could lie ahead when the final mandate is revealed.
