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MUMBAI: The 23rd Annual News and Documentary Emmy Awards
this year have a record 1,654 entries, up from last year's
1450.
PBS leads the final tally with 41 nominations, while CBS
follows with 26. The awards that recognise outstanding achievement
by individuals and programmes broadcast during the 2001
calendar year will this year take place a day after the
first anniversary of 9/11 in New York City.
According
to an official release, the awards will pay tribute to the
role of broadcast journalists in covering 9/11 and the war
in Afghanistan, and will reflect that same excellence in
the coverage of news in other key areas affecting world
culture including the AIDS crisis as a world health problem
and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
This year, the presentation of the News and Documentary
Emmy Awards will be part of a series of events titled "9/11
to 9/11: A Tribute to News Professionals." At the ceremony,
NATAS will honor Roone Arledge, Chairman, ABC News with
the first-ever Lifetime Achievement Award. Barbara Walters
will make the presentation.
The numerical breakdown, by broadcast and cable entities,
as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz
and Carr, LLP -
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PBS
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41
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History
Channel
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2
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CBS
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26
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Univision
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2 |
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ABC
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19
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Animal
Planet
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1 |
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HBO
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10
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Court
TV
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1 |
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NBC
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10
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MSNBC
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1 |
| CNBC
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8 |
National
Geographic |
1 |
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CNN
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8
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Nickelodeon
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1
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Discovery
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3
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Syndicated
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1
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| The
Learning Channel |
3 |
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