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The
28th International Emmy Awards
took place on November 20, 2000 in
New York City
and was hosted by American television personality
Tom Bergeron
.
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The award ceremony, presented by the
International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
(IATAS), honors all programming produced and originally aired outside the United States.
The award ceremony was broadcast in
Turkey
,
China
,
Italy
,
Latin America
,
Canada
and several other countries as well as on the Internet.
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Ceremony
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The nominees for the 28th International Emmys Awards were announced by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences on October 17, 2000, at a press conference at
MIPCOM
in Cannes.
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The
United Kingdom
dominated the nominations for the International Emmys, of the 21 programs indicated, 12 of them were from Britain. A record number of 549 programs were entered for this edition. BBC's
Gloriana, a film
was honored in the performing arts category. This was followed by another BBC honour ? shared with independent outfit Kudos ? for children's show
The Magician's House
. The award for outstanding news coverage went to
ITN
journalist
Mark Austin
and cameraman Andy Rex for their coverage of the floods in
Mozambique
.
Channel Four
won the popular arts category for
Smack the Pony
in which Britain's top female comics pool their talents in a series of all-women comedy sketches.
The best drama category went to the Netherlands's
All Stars
, produced by
NOS
and
VARA Broadcasting Organizations
.
All Stars
is based on the Dutch feature film with the same title and cast, is a comedy series about the lives of seven twenty-something pals.
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The documentary category was won by
Israel
's
Kapo
, based on trials held in Israel in the 1950s and 1960s of Jewish Holocaust survivors. Arts documentary honors went to
The Jazzman from the Gulag
, a
France 3
production that dealt with the life of
Eddie Rosner
, a German-born jazz musician of Polish Jewish descent who was dubbed by
Louis Armstrong
as the "White Armstrong."
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Winners
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References
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