{"id":444,"date":"2012-02-16T13:19:01","date_gmt":"2012-02-16T18:19:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iemmys.wpengine.com\/?p=444"},"modified":"2018-10-01T16:31:11","modified_gmt":"2018-10-01T20:31:11","slug":"7-countries-to-compete-for-2012-international-digital-emmy-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.iemmys.tv\/7-countries-to-compete-for-2012-international-digital-emmy-awards\/","title":{"rendered":"7 COUNTRIES TO COMPETE FOR 2012 INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EMMY\u00ae AWARDS"},"content":{"rendered":"

7 COUNTRIES TO COMPETE FOR 2012 INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EMMY\u00ae AWARDS<\/span><\/h1>\n

CANADA DOMINATES WITH 4 NOMINATIONS FIRST TIME EMMY\u00ae NOMINATION FOR KENYA & JAPAN
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\n<\/b>New York, February 16th, 2012 –\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong>The International Academy \u00a0of Television Arts & Sciences announced today that nominees from 7 countries will \u00a0compete for this year’s International Digital Emmy\u00ae Awards. \u00a0The awards ceremony will take place, during MIPTV’s Opening night festivities on Sunday, April 1, in Cannes at the Martinez Hotel.<\/p>\n

There are 12 nominees in 3 categories, Digital Program: \u00a0Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction and Digital Program: Non-Fiction. The full list of Nominees from:\u00a0 Australia, Brazil, Canada, Japan, Kenya, Sweden and the United Kingdom follows this\u00a0release.
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\n“The technological strides we see every year in digital content delivery are constantly providing production tools to enhance the viewer’s experience. We congratulate our nominees for their creative and technological achievements in this flourishing sector of our industry.”, said Bruce L. Paisner, President\u00a0 & CEO of The International Academy.
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\nThis is the first time that a program from Kenya is ever nominated for an Emmy and the first time that a program from Japan is nominated for a Digital Emmy. Shujaaz.FM, a multi-media communications project, designed to inspire and motivate millions of Kenyans to take action to improve their lives and engage with urgent issues that shape their future, is nominated in the Children & Young People category. NHK World TV Digital Disaster Coverage, the HD coverage of the massive earthquake and tsunami that hit the east coast of Japan on March 11, 2011, from helicopters and robot making full use of various digital platforms as well as linear TV, is nominated in the Non-Fiction category.<\/p>\n

2012 INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EMMY\u00ae AWARDS NOMINEES<\/b><\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n


\nDIGITAL PROGRAM: CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE<\/b><\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n

15 <\/strong>
\nSVT
\nSweden <\/p>\n

Battlefront <\/strong>
\nRaw Television for Channel 4
\nUnited Kingdom <\/p>\n

SHUJAAZ.FM <\/strong>
\nWell Told Story
\nKenya <\/p>\n

SliDE <\/strong>
\nHoodlum\/Playmaker Media\/Fox 8\/Foxtel
\nAustralia <\/p>\n

DIGITAL PROGRAM: FICTION <\/b><\/u><\/p>\n

Endgame Interactive: Facebook Episode <\/strong>
\nSecret Location\/Shaw Media\/Thunderbird Films
\nCanada <\/p>\n

The Great Crusade <\/strong>
\nFinch\/Wonder
\nAustralia <\/p>\n

Murdoch Mysteries: The Curse of the Lost Pharaohs <\/strong>
\nSmokebomb Entertainment\/Shaftesbury Films\/Citytv
\nCanada <\/p>\n

Temps Mort (Time Out) <\/strong>
\nRadio-Canada.ca\/Productions Babel
\nCanada <\/p>\n

DIGITAL PROGRAM: NON-FICTION <\/b><\/u><\/p>\n

Bar Code <\/strong>
\nNational Film Board of Canada\/Arte France
\nCanada <\/p>\n

Floods in Rio <\/strong>
\nG1\/TV Globo
\nBrazil <\/p>\n

Live from the Clinic <\/strong>
\nMaverick Television for Channel 4
\nUnited Kingdom <\/p>\n

NHK WORLD TV Digital Disaster Coverage <\/strong>
\nNHK
\nJapan <\/p>\n

ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES <\/b>
\nThe 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\u2019s yearly schedule of events includes the prestigious International Emmy\u00ae Awards Ceremony held in New York, The International Digital Emmy\u00ae Awards at MIPTV and a series of industry events such as Academy Day, The International Emmy\u00ae World Television Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics. The Academy was chartered with a mission to recognize excellence in television produced outside of the United States and it presents The International Emmy\u00ae Awards in the following twenty categories: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Current Affairs; Comedy; Digital Program: Children & Young People; Digital Program: Fiction; Digital Program: Non-Fiction; Documentary; Drama Series; Kids: Preschool; Kids: Animation; Kids: Factual; Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment; Kids: Series; Kids: TV Movie\/Mini-Series News; Non-Scripted Entertainment; Telenovela; TV Movie\/Mini-Series. For more information go to www.iemmys.tv<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\nMEDIA CONTACTS:<\/b>
\nThe International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences <\/strong>
\nEva Obadia, Communications Director
\neva.obadia@iemmys.tv<\/a>
\nTel: (1) 212-489-6969 <\/p>\n

The Lippin Group <\/strong>
\nDon Ciaramella
\ndon@lippingroup.com<\/a>
\nTel: (1) 212-986-7080<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

7 COUNTRIES TO COMPETE FOR 2012 INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL EMMY\u00ae AWARDS CANADA DOMINATES WITH 4 NOMINATIONS FIRST TIME EMMY\u00ae NOMINATION FOR KENYA & JAPAN New York, February 16th, 2012 –\u00a0\u00a0The International … <\/p>\n

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