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The Monte-Carlo TV Festival and Eurodata TV Worldwide have joined forces to allow
viewers to reward programmes who delivered the highest ratings worldwide.
The first edition of the International TV Audience Awards will be designated
by viewers through the sum of the TV ratings across five continents. It will reward
the programme delivering the highest
ratings worldwide in 2005 in three categories:
Drama Series, Comedy Series and Telenovela/ Soap Opera.
Nominees were revealed
on the occasion of the television event MipTV 2006 in Cannes, France during the
Eurodata TV Worldwide's cocktail party. Competing in the drama category
are Lost, CSI and Without a Trace. The comedy series nominees
are Desperate Housewives, Mr. Bean and Joey.The Telenovela”
/ Soap Opera nominees are The Bold and the Beautiful, RUBI and Pasión
de Gavilanes.
The nominees are pre-selected among the ten best
imported fiction programmes in 51 countries, i.e. 2.5 billion potential viewers.
The winners will be presented at the 46th Monte-Carlo Television Festival Awards
on 1 July 2006 at the Grimaldi Forum in Monaco. | 
