Emmy Award judge and FanTrust president Catherine Warren to join a distinguished list of luminaries, including Nobel Laureate Al Gore, Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey

Emmy Award judge and FanTrust president Catherine Warren to join a distinguished list of luminaries, including Nobel Laureate Al Gore, Steven Spielberg and Oprah Winfrey

The International Emmy Awards Gala: the world’s most prestigious international television event

NEW YORK, The 35th International Emmy Awards Gala will be held on November 19, 2007 and will present Emmy Awards in eleven program categories as well as two special Awards, presented each year by The International Academy. The International Emmy Founders Award will be presented to former U.S. Vice-President Al Gore for his role in launching cable/satellite channel Current TV and his ongoing effort to alert the world to one of the great challenges of our time, global warming. The International Emmy Directorate Award will be presented to Patrick Le Lay, Chairman and CEO of France’s TF1 Group for guiding the growth of the TF1 brand from a traditional commercial television broadcaster to a multi-media organization that is a pioneer in many of the emerging new digital platforms.

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