Lineup Unveiled for International Emmy World Television Festival

NEW YORK, November 1: The International Academy of
Television Arts & Sciences has announced the lineup for its 2007
International Emmy World Television Festival this month, which will feature
speakers such as Steven Felder, producer of the drama series CSI and Las Vegas.

The International Emmy World Television Festival will take
place on November 17 and 18 at the Sofitel Hotel in New York.

The festival will feature International Emmy nominee
screenings and presentations during which the producers of the nominated
programs discuss their shows. There are nine International Emmy categories:
arts programming, best performance by an actress, best performance by an actor,
children and young people, comedy, documentary, drama series, non-scripted
entertainment and TV movie/mini-series. All the nominated programs will be
screened over the two days of the festival.

This year’s festival highlights also include a discussion on
“How to Make Successful Drama Series,” featuring CSI and Las Vegas producer Steven Felder, and a panel on “The Television of Tomorrow,
Today,” featuring speakers from Joost, the BBC, Blinkbox, ABC News and
Bravofact. There will also be a strand of panels on “Socially Responsible
Television” with speakers from the BBC, Egyptian TV, Globo TV, Nigerian TV,
Population Media and Sesame Workshop.

International Emmy Award nominees will receive their medals
at the nominee medal ceremony organized each year at the festival. The Academy
will also present the Sir Peter Ustinov Young Scriptwriter Award to Australian
winner Felicity Carpenter for her script Touching People.

“The International Emmy World Television Festival is a
unique platform for organizations wanting to promote themselves to the global
television community with some 800 international media and entertainment
professionals returning each year,” said Bruce L. Paisner, the president and
CEO of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, who is also
the president of Hearst Entertainment.

Liu Changle, the chairman and CEO of Phoenix Satellite
Television, is the 2007 festival chairman. This year’s festival sponsors
include Hong Kong-based Phoenix Satellite Television, Globo TV, Home Box
Office, The Hollywood Reporter,
Microsoft, the Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre and Broadcasting and Sofitel
Accor Hotels.

—By Irene Lew