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The Cable & Satellite Broadcasting Association of Asia (CASBAA) will sponsor the 2002 International Emmy Awards regional voting in Hong Kong, which takes place on 13 July.
CASBAA member companies invited to sit on the judging panel include I-Cable, China Entertainment Television, STAR Group, TVBI, Celestial Pictures Asia and Columbia Tristar Asia Pacific.
The Hong Kong regional voting is being hosted by CASBAA-member company Media Financial Services (MFS) and is supported by CASBAA member Bloomberg Television.
Bloomberg is supplying the venue for the Hong Kong round of judging, while Michael Spiessbach, chairman of MFS, will act as host and organiser of the event, says an official release. The International Emmys are organised by the New York-based International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the 2002 awards will be held in November at the United Nations headquarters in New York City.
