Liu Changle, Chairman & CEO of Phoenix Satellite Television is the 2006 Festival Chairman. This year’s Festival highlights include panels and presentations by Dubai based news Network Al-Arabiya, Discop, A&E, KBS (Korea), Ile de France Film Commission, Mayor’s Office of Film, Theatre & Broadcasting as well as a technology panel entitled: “How new platforms are changing traditional television.” Home Box Office (HBO) will be hosting the closing cocktail on Sunday, November 19.

The schedule will also feature the traditional International Emmy® Nominee presentations during which the producers of the nominated programs discuss their program in the nine Emmy categories including: Arts Programming; Best Performance by an Actress; Best Performance by an Actor; Breaking News; Children & Young People; Comedy; Continuing News Coverage; Documentary; Drama Series; Non-Scripted Entertainment and TV Movie/Mini-Series.

International Emmy Award Nominees will receive their medals at the traditional Saturday morning Nominee Medal Ceremony organized each year at the Festival. The Academy will also present the Sir Peter Ustinov Young Scriptwriter Award, to winner Nimer Rashed, for his script “The Great Mcginty”.