Following the jury sessions, Academy ambassador Leopold Hoesch (BROADVIEW TV), ZDF (Frank-Dieter Freiling) and Academy member Michael Smeaton (FFP New Media) invited the jury and other prominent industry representatives to a reception in Cologne’s ‘Marienburg’. The Semi Final Judgings in Cologne were supported by HDI Gerling, NRW.BANK, the City of Cologne, the Filmstiftung NRW and the Landesanstalt für Medien NRW.
The winners of the 2009 International Emmy® Awards will be presented with the coveted Emmy statue at a gala ceremony on November 23, 2009 in New York in front of more than 1,200 international representatives of broadcasters, entertainment and media companies.