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Cyber Group Studios hosts the semi-final round of the International Emmy Kids Awards

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Cyber Group Studios hosts for the seventh time the semi-final round of the International Emmy® Kids awards.

Cyber Group Studios held for the seventh time the semi-final round of judging of the International Emmy® Kids Awards in two categories: Kids Preschool and Kids Animation. The event took place on 25 June 2018 and the ceremony was hosted by Pierre Sissmann (chairman & CEO of Cyber Group Studios and director of The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences) under the supervision of Nathaniel Brendel (Emmy judging director). The jury was composed of more than 20 leading TV executives including some of the biggest television broadcasters around the world:

Coralie Pastor – RTBF (Belgium)

Telidja KlaÏ – VRT (Belgium)

Géraldine Soto – Canal + (France)

Patricia Adane – France Télévisions (France)

Tiphaine De Raguenel – France Télévisions (France)

Claire Heinrich – France Télévisions (France)

Lila Hannou – M6 (France)

Yann Labasque – TF1 (France)

Julien Borde – Turner Broadcasting System (France)

Patricia Vasapollo – HR (Germany)

Sebastian Debertin – KIKA (Germany)

Frank Dietz – Super RTL (Germany)

Brigitta Muehlenbeck – WDR (Germany)

Nicole Keeb – ZDF (Germany)

Arne Lohmann – ZDF Enterprises (Germany)

Brenda Maffuchi – De Agostini (Italy)

Andrea Basilio – RTP (Portugal)

Saskia Krijnen – RTS (Switzerland)

Henrietta Hurford-Jones – BBC Worldwide Ltd (United Kingdom)

Orion Ross – The Walt Disney Company (United Kingdom)

Theresa Plummer-Andrews – Plumtrees (United Kingdom)

Sarah Muller – Sony Pictures TV’s kids’ channels (United Kingdom & Italy)

Patricia Hidalgo – Turner Broadcasting System (United Kingdom)

Cecilia Persson – Turner Broadcasting System (United Kingdom)

Richard Goldsmith – Cyber Group Studios (USA)

The jurors devoted the entire day to the screening and judging process. Tabulations are done by the accounting firm Ernst & Young LLP. The program with the highest score will be preceded to the final round of judging. The winner will be announced at The International Emmy® Kids Awards during the Cannes Miptv in April 2019.

To this, Sissmann had commented, “It was an honor on behalf of Cyber Group Studios, to welcome the International Emmy semi-final judging for the seventh time in Paris. And a real pleasure to spend a full day with so many highly qualified experts joining to review animated series whose quality is always improving year after year, both from a storytelling and a production standpoint.”

 

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