12 September, 2005
ProSieben GmbH set to bring Primetime Emmys back to Germany
Fireworks International today announced a series of additional international sales for the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards® to be broadcast live from Los Angeles on Sunday 18th September.
Fireworks International has successfully represented the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences in the international distribution of rights to the Primetime Emmy Awards for three years, and this year along with the previously announced deal with Série Club France, has also secured new deals with ProSieben Germany, Carlo Entertainment for ART TV in Sri Lanka, Sigma Radio TV in Cyprus, Alpha Satellite Television Greece and Orion Cinema Network for premium Pay-TV channel Catch On* in South Korea.
In total, Fireworks has now secured multiple deals for the 57th Primetime Emmy Awards, including the return of Living TV in the UK and Sony Pictures Television International (SPTI) who has acquired the Emmy Awards show for AXN Japan, Spain and Portugal and also SET Latin America. Also on board are Canal Jimmy in Italy, Hot Vision in Israel, Alhurra for the Middle East, CTC Storyfirst Russia, Fiji Television, HBO Central Europe, Mediacorp TV Singapore, Vision Plus Entertainment for UBC in Thailand and Natseven TV in Malaysia, M-Net South Africa, 365 Media for Iceland, SubTV Finland, NRK Norway, NonStop Television AB for Star! in Scandinavia, TV2 Denmark, TV3 Eire, VPL Film Distribution for Studio 23 in the Philippines, Soread for Morocco, RTVFBHI Bosnia, RTK Kosovo, Studio 1 +1 Ukraine and NTV-CNBC-E in Turkey.
Greg Phillips, President, Fireworks International commented, “The Primetime Emmys have strong interest and appeal to the international marketplace and we are extremely proud to be able to continue to bring new territories into the mix as well as seeing the return of major territories such as France and Germany.”
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 drama series Zoe Busiek: Wild Card, action/adventure series Gene Roddenberry’s Andromeda, Mutant X, Relic Hunter, and The Collector; children’s programs 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.
Contact for Fireworks:
Clare Weatherill +44 (0)20 7851 6500
Contact for the Television Academy: Robin Mesger The Lippin Group +1 323 965 1990
