8 July, 2006
LONDON, July 8, 2006 – Fireworks International today announced a series of international sales for the 58th Primetime Emmy® Awards which will be broadcast live from Los Angeles on Sunday, August 27th, on the NBC Television Network.
Fireworks International has successfully represented the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in the international distribution of rights to the Primetime Emmy® Awards for the past four years and is pleased to announce further deals for this year’s 58th Primetime Emmy® Awards.
Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) has acquired the 58th Primetime Emmy® Awards for AXN Central Europe for the first time, in addition to renewing licenses for their AXN channels in Japan, AXN and SET channels in Spain and Portugal as well as for SET Latin America. Also on board for the first time are TV 4 Sweden, TV2 Norway, and Ary Digital Network for Pakistan. Additionally, current licensees NonStop Television AB for Star! in Scandinavia and TV3 Eire have renewed for a further three-year term and two-year term, respectively, beginning 2007.
Fireworks also welcomes back prior licensees Living TV in the UK, Canal Jimmy in Italy, Pro-Sieben in Germany, M-Net in South Africa, Hot Vision in Israel, Fiji Television, Mediacorp TV in Singapore, Vision Plus Entertainment for UBC in Thailand and Natseven TV in Malaysia, TV2 Denmark, MTV3 Finland, Alhurra in the Middle East, Dubai Media for the United Arab Emirates, Orion Cinema Network in Korea, and CNBC-E Turkey, ABS-CBN Broadcasting for Studio 23 in the Philippines, Studio 1+1 for Ukraine, and RTK for Kosovo.
Greg Phillips, President, Fireworks International commented, “We are thrilled that The Primetime Emmys continue to attract such strong interest in the international marketplace and we are extremely proud to be able to continue to bring new territories into the mix. It is great to see Sony Pictures International acquiring the show for AXN Central Europe for the first time, as well as seeing renewals in major territories such as the UK, Germany, Japan and Italy.”
The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences was founded in 1946 just one month after network television was born in the United States. It is a non-profit organization devoted to the advancement of telecommunications, arts and sciences and to fostering creative leadership in the telecommunications industry. In addition to recognizing outstanding programming through its Emmy® Awards, the Television Academy publishes emmy Magazine and through its Foundation, is responsible for the Archive of American Television. For further information, please see www.emmys.tv.
About Fireworks International
Fireworks International, a division of the UK’s ContentFilm plc, acquires and distributes an extensive slate of television programs and feature films throughout the world.
Fireworks’ library of over 2000 hours of programming includes new comedy series The Jane Show, new drama series Whistler, series Zoe Busiek: Wild Card, action/adventure series Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, Mutant X, Relic Hunter, and The Collector; children’s programmes Black Hole High, 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd, Caitlin’s Way and Streetsmartz, plus over 200 US network miniseries and TV movies of the week including Blonde for CBS and A Wrinkle in Time for ABC, along with some 100 feature films.
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Contact:
For Fireworks: Samantha Witters +44 (0)20 7851 6518 [email protected]
