34th INTERNATIONAL EMMY® AWARDS NOMINEES ANNOUNCED

Cannes/MIPCOM, October 9, 2006: Nominations for the 34th International Emmy® Awards were announced today by The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a press conference at MIPCOM. There are 36 nominees in 9 categories.

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.

“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.” said Academy President & CEO Bruce Paisner also President of Hearst Entertainment. “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 long and distinguished 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.

ARTS PROGRAMMING

I Am Dali: Secrets of a Genius

NHK (Japan Broadcasting Corporation)
Japan

John Peel's Record Box

Initial
United Kingdom

Knowledge is the Beginning

A production of EuroArts Music international in co-production with ZDF/ARTE
Germany

Soul Deep: The Story of Black Popular Music

BBC Bristol
United Kingdom

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTOR

Bernard Farcy

De Gaulle
GMT Productions with the participation of France 2, ARTE France with the support of Région Ile-de-France, with the participation of Centre National de la Cinématographie, INA - Institut National de l'Audiovisuel
France

Bernard Hill

A Very Social Secretary
A Mentorn Production for Channel 4
United Kingdom

Shen Lin

Feng Qi's Confession
Beijing Rosat Film & TV Production Co. Ltd./CTV - China Television Media Ltd.
PR China

Ray Winstone

Vincent
Granada Drama and Comedy
United Kingdom

BEST PERFORMANCE BY AN ACTRESS

Lucy Cohu

The Queen’s Sister

A Touchpaper Production for Channel 4 (UK)

Maryam Hassouni

Offers

VARA Broadcasting Organisation

The Netherlands

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)

Imelda Staunton

My Family and Other Animals

BBC Drama & WGBH (UK)

CHILDREN & YOUNG PEOPLE

Boys Will Be Boys
Monster Film for NRK (Norway)

Elias - The Little Rescue Boat
Filmkameratene AS (Norway)

Johnny and the Bomb
Childsplay Television (UK)

Sugar Rush
A Shine Production for Channel 4 (UK)

COMEDY

Little Britain
BBC Comedy (UK)

Paare
Sony Pictures Film und Fernseh Produktions GmbH (Germany)

The Amateurs
Globo TV (Brazil)

The I.T. Crowd
A Talkback Thames Production for Channel 4 (UK)

DOCUMENTARY

9/11 The Falling Man
A Darlow Smithson Production (UK)

Hiroshima
A BBC/TFI/ZDF/Discovery Channel co-production in association with the Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc. with thanks to the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (UK)

How Putin Came To Power
Wilton Films/Quark Productions/ARTE France (France)

The Search for Happiness
Filmquadrat GmbH/ Westdeutscher Rundfunk (Germany)

DRAMA SERIES

Life on Mars
Kudos Film & TV Ltd. (UK)

Little Missy
Globo TV (Brazil)

Mandrake
Conspiração Filmes Entretenimento/HBO Ole Originals (Brazil)

Vincent
Granada Drama and Comedy (UK)

NON-SCRIPTED ENTERTAINMENT

Big Brother Brazil 6
TV Globo/Endemol (Brazil)

Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares
An Optomen Television Production for Channel 4 (UK)

Supernanny
Ricochet (UK)

The Strict School of the Fifties
ZDF German Television (Germany)

TV MOVIE/MINI-SERIES

Filhos do Carnaval
HBO Ole Originals/O2 Filmes (Brazil)

Nuit Noire, October 17, 1961
Cipango (France)

The Crown Princess
Produced by AB Svensk Filmindustri in co-production 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)

The Virgin Queen
A BBC/Power Co-Production (UK)