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The name “Emmy®”...
        ...is a feminization of “Immy”, a term commonly used for the early orthicon camera tube. The statue was designed by Louis McManus, an engineer at Culver City’s Cascade Pictures. He used his wife, Dorothy, as his model. McManus’s design was the last of 48 entries in an Emmy design competition. His prize was a plaque of appreciation, not an Emmy.
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International Academy
President, Bruce Paisner and Chairman, Fred Cohen


The name “Emmy”...

... is a feminization of “Immy”, a term commonly used for the early orthicon camera tube. The statue was designed by Louis McManus, an engineer at Culver City’s Cascade Pictures. He used his wife, Dorothy, as his model. McManus’s design was the last of 48 entries in an Emmy design competition. His prize was a plaque of appreciation, not an Emmy.

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The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is a membership based organization comprised of leading media and entertainment figures from over 50 countries and 500 companies from all sectors of television including internet, mobile and technology. The Academy’s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy® Awards Ceremony held in New York, The International Digital Emmy® Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy® World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics.
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President & CEO, Bruce Paisner, at the 37th International Emmy Awards

Board Members meet 3 to 4 times a year to propose standards and promote philosophies for the future of quality global programming. The Board advises on International Emmy® Award rules and regulations as well as the management of the organization. The Board of Directors has its largest meeting in November on the day of the International Emmy Awards Gala in New York City.

The Academy was founded in 1969 to promote excellence in international television programming and is the organization that presents the International Emmy Award to the best television programs produced, and initially aired, outside the U.S. There are fifteen program categories for the International Emmy Awards: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actor; Best Performance by an Actress; Children & Young People; Comedy; Current Affairs; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; and TV Movie/Mini-Series.

Every November the Academy produces a Television Festival and the International Emmy Awards Gala in New York City. The Television Festival screens the current year's International Emmy-nominated programs and features the world-class producers and directors who speak about their work. The International Emmy Awards Gala takes place the day after the Festival, awarding the International Emmy. This black-tie event attracts over 1,000 major figures in broadcast, entertainment and media from around the world.


THE 2010 INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE EXECUTIVE MEMBERS THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY STAFF
President & CEO
Bruce Paisner

Chairman
Fred Cohen

Vice Chairman
Larry Gershman
CEO, World International Network

Secretary
Simon Sutton
President. Prog., Distribution, & International
HBO International

Nominating Committee Chairman
Rainer Siek
President, M.T. NY
Ralph Baruch 

Kevin Beggs
President, Lionsgate Television

Jana Bennett
Director of BBC Vision,
BBC

Steve Ronson
Executive VP, Enterprises
A&E Television Networks

Don Taffner, Sr.
Chairman, DLT Entertainment

Blair Westlake
Corp. VP, Media & Entertainment Group
Microsoft Corporation



 
Camille Bidermann-Roizen
Senior Vice President & Executive Director

Gerry Brahney
Advertising Director

Nathaniel Brendel
Director, Emmy Judging

Aurelie Dauphin
Events & Partnership Coordinator

Jessica Franco
Assistant to the Director of Emmy Judging

Kim Howard
Director, Membership

Jennifer Langusch
Manager, Marketing & Web

Eva Obadia
Director, Marketing & PR

Tracy Oliver
General Manager

Anikka Sellz
Coordinator, Emmy Judging
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