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MUMBAI: Nominations for the first International Emmy Kids Awards were announced by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (Iatas) at a press conference at the television trade event Mipcom in Cannes, France. There are 24 nominees in 6 categories.
Winners will receive their Emmys at the inaugural International Emmy Kids Awards, on 8 February, 2013 in New York City.
Nominations span 13 countries including Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Canada and France. The 2012 International Emmy competitions have three rounds of judging over a period of 6 months, with participation from jurors across 67 countries.
Iatas president, CEO Bruce L. Paisner said, "One of the great success stories of international television in the last few years has been the explosion of high quality children‘s programming around the globe. In recognition of this, the International Academy is pleased to have created these new awards and we look forward to the first International Emmy Kids Awards ceremony, in February 2013."
The nominees are:
Kids: Preschool
Cloudbread
KBS / GIMC
South Korea
El Jardin de Clarilu
The Walt Disney Company Latin America / Triada / Metrovisi?n
Argentina
Leserkorpset (The Reading Band)
NRK
Norway
Octonauts
BBC Childrens / Silvergate Media / Brown Bag Films / CBeebies
UK
Kids: Animation
The Amazing World of Gumball
Turner Broadcasting
UK
Ask Lara
Tomavistas / Televisi? de Catalunya /
Red Kite Animations / Submarine
Spain
Digimon Xros Wars - The Young Hunters Who Leapt Through Time
Toei Animation / TV Asahi
Japan
The Jungle Bunch
TAT productions / Master Films / Vanilla Seed
France
Kids: Factual
Christmas Special: The Dreaming Orchestra‘s 180 Days
KBS
South Korea
Coming Out
NPO / Sky High TV
The Netherlands
Mentira la Verdad (Truth Lies)
Mulata Films / Canal Encuentro
Argentina
Newsround - My Autism and Me
BBC Childrens / CBBC
UK
Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment
Art Attack
Walt Disney Company Latin America
Brazil
Energy Survival
Fabelaktiv / Enova / NRK / Film 3
Norway
In Real Life
Apartment 11 Productions / YTV
Canada
Wittaya Subprayuth
Workpoint Entertainment / Royal Thai Army Radio and Television / Channel 5
Thailand
Kids: Series
Julie and the Phantoms
Mixer / TV Bandeirantes / Nickelodeon
Brazil
Junior High School Diaries
NHK
Japan
SLiDE
Hoodlum / Playmaker Media / Fox 8 / Foxtel
Australia
Stikk (Leave Me Alone)
Nordisk Film TV / NRK / SVT / DR / RUV
Norway
Kids: TV Movie/Mini-Series
Fairy Tales on TV
EBS
South Korea
Lost Christmas
Impact Film & Television Ltd / BBC / Hyde Park Imagenation / Ketchup Entertainment
UK
The Star Talers
S?dwestrundfunk / Bavaria Filmverleih und Produktions GmbH
Germany
The Strongest Man in Holland
NPO / NL Film & TV
The Netherlands
MUMBAI: Broadcasting major Zee Entertainment Enterprises Ltd (Zeel) expects to cut down its sports losses this fiscal to Rs 700 million as subscription revenues are showing strong growth trends.
?The distribution revenues should see an upside. International syndication, including Pakistan and the Middle East, should look up. The cricketing lineup is also reasonable. There could also the possibility of a series between India and Pakistan in the fiscal,? a source said.
The live telecast of cricket properties in FY?13 include series like Sri Lanka-England and West Indies-Australia (April 2012); Sri Lanka-Pakistan (May-June); West Indies-New Zealand and Sri Lanka-India (July-August); Zimbabwe-Bangladesh (August-September); Zimbabwe-Pakistan and Sri Lanka-New Zealand (November-December); South Africa-New Zealand (December 2012-January 2013); and South Africa-Pakistan , Sri Lanka-Bangladesh and West Indies-Zimbabwe (February-March 2013).
The prime revenue from cricket will be from the India-Sri Lanka series. The company is targeting ad revenue of Rs800 million from the series. There is only one India-playing series this fiscal.
A weakening rupee , though, remains a concern. The weakening of the rupee had upset Zeel?s early guidance of capping sports losses at Rs 1 billion in the previous fiscal. Hit by forex losses to the tune of Rs 270-Rs 280 million, the company ended FY?12 with a loss of Rs 1.48 billion from its sports broadcasting business on a revenue of Rs 3.93 billion.
?Ten Sports (the sports broadcasting arm of Zeel) has seen a 13 per cent increase in content cost due to the softening of the Indian currency. When the content deals were signed, the rupee was around Rs 44 to a dollar,? a source said.
For the fiscal ended March 2011, Zeel?s sports losses stood at Rs 2.08 billion on a revenue of Rs 4.4 billion.
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