Nominations span
15 countries: Argentina, Australia, Belgium, Brazil, China, Denmark,
France, Germany, Japan, Norway, Portugal, Singapore, South Korea, Spain
and The United Kingdom. The 2012 International Emmy competitions have
three rounds of judging over a period of 6 months, with participation
from jurors across 67 countries.
"At the first
International Emmys in 1972, there were only 2 categories: Fiction and
Non-Fiction. Today, we have 20 categories presented over 4 different
awards ceremonies." said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of the
International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. "We
congratulate the 2012 Nominees for their outstanding achievements as
their programs and performances enter into television history and look
forward to celebrating them at our Festival and 40th anniversary Gala,
this November in New York."
In celebration of
the International Emmys 40th anniversary, the International Academy will
present Special Founders Awards to television legends Alan Alda (M*A*S*H
) and Norman Lear (All In The Family
). Both Mr. Alda
and Mr. Lear
had programs in distribution in 1972, the year of the first International Emmy Awards Gala.
Also, as
previously announced, the 2012 International Emmy Founders Award will be
presented to producer/writer Ryan Murphy, Co-creator & Executive
Producer of Glee
while the 2012 International Emmy Directorate Award will be presented to Dr. Kim In-Kyu, President & CEO of KBS, (Korean Broadcasting System), also President of the ABU (Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union).
This year's
partners are: Phoenix Satellite Television, TV Globo, Microsoft, Dori
Media Group, Ernst & Young, Deluxe, Reed Midem, Sofitel Luxury
Hotels, and Variety.
2012 Semi-Final Judging Hosts are:
Nashwa Al Ruwaini, Pyramedia (Abu Dhabi, UAE); Andres Badra,
Corporacion Medcom (Panama, Panama); Steven Bawol, Helion Pictures
(Paris, France); Piv Bernth, Danish Broadcasting Corporation
(Copenhagen, Denmark); Nathalie Bourdon, Farmore Distribution (Quebec,
Canada); Gillian Carr, Moody Street Kids (Melbourne, Australia); Octavio
Florisbal, TV Globo (Lisbon, Portugal & Rio de Janeiro, Brazil);
Frank Dieter Freiling, ZDF (Cologne, Germany); Gregoire Furrer, Gregoire
Furrer Productions (Paris, France);
Xavier Gouyou-Beauchamps, TV France International (Biarritz, France)
;
Alejandro Harrison, Pramer (Buenos Aires, Argentina)
;
Vanessa Henneman, Henneman Agency (Amsterdam, Netherlands); Leopold
Hoesch, BROADVIEW TV GmbH (Cologne, Germany); Charles Lei, Yingzhanwang
(Beijing, China); Denis Lillie, Cape Film Commission (Cape Town, South
Africa); Michael McKay, Active TV (Singapore, Singapore); Alexander
Marin, Sony Pictures Television Latin America (Santa Fe, Mexico);
Bernadette O'Mahony, Australian Children's Television Foundation
(Melbourne, Australia); Miguel Oliva, HBO Latin America Group (Miami,
USA); Franz Patay & Chris Hunt, IMZ - International Music &
Media Centre (Berlin, Germany); Melvin Perez & Marcello Coltro, MGM
Latin America (Miami, USA);
Remy Pflimlin & Nicole Devilaine, France Televisions (Paris, France)
;
Antony Root, HBO Central Europe (Budapest, Hungary); Jane Roscoe, SBS
(Sydney, Australia);Ricardo Salinas, TV Azteca (Mexico City, Mexico);
Michael Smeaton, FFP New Media (Berlin, Germany); Saran Virutamavongsa,
Bangkok Broadcasting (Bangkok, Thailand); Anil Wanvari, Indian
Television Dot Com (Mumbai, India); Tom Woods & Jacques de Suze,
Woods TV (Paris, France); Victoria Yarmoshchuk, MRM (Kiev, Ukraine);
Regina Ziegler, Ziegler Films (Berlin, Germany).