Fireworks Notches Up New Emmy Deals

LONDON, July 12: Fireworks International has secured a range
of new deals and renewals on the Primetime Emmy
Awards, which will air live on NBC from Los Angeles on August 27.

Sony Pictures Television International
picked up the annual event for broadcast on AXN Central Europe for the first
time. SPTI also renewed licenses for the AXN channels Japan, AXN and SET
channels in Spain and Portugal and SET Latin America. New deals were also
signed with TV 4 Sweden, TV2 Norway, and Ary Digital Network for Pakistan.
NonStop Television renewed for a three-year term for Star! and TV3 Eire renewed
for further two years. Other returning broadcasters include LivingTV in the
U.K., Canal Jimmy in Italy, ProSieben in Germany, M-Net in South Africa, Hot
Vision in Israel, Mediacorp TV in Singapore, Vision Plus Entertainment for UBC
in Thailand and Nat7 TV in Malaysia, TV2 Denmark, MTV3 Finland, Alhurra in the
Middle East, Orion Cinema Network in Korea and ABS-CBN Broadcasting for Studio
23 in the Philippines.

Fireworks International has
represented the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in the international
distribution of the Primetime Emmy Awards for the past four years.