By Charles J. Gans
NEW YORK (AP) --43rd International Emmy® Awards Nominees:
Arts Programming
Buenaventura No Me Dejes Mas
(Buenaventura, Don’t Leave Me)
Caracol Televisión / Laberinto Cine y Televisión
Colombia
Illustre & Inconnu: Comment Jacques Jaujard a Sauvé le Louvre
(The Man Who Saved the Louvre)
Ladybird Films
France
Messiah at the Foundling Hospital
Reef Television Ltd
United Kingdom
Trial of Chunhyyang – A Girl Prosecuted by Feudalism
KBS
South Korea
Best Performance by an Actor
Engin Akyurek
in Kara Para Ask (Black Money Love)
Ay Yapim
Turkey
Emilio de Mello
in Psi (Psy)
HBO Latin America
Brazil
Maarten Heijmans
in Ramses
De Familie Film & TV
Netherlands
Rafe Spall
in Black Mirror White Christmas
House of Tomorrow / Endemol Worldwide Distribution
United Kingdom
Best Performance by an Actress
Anneke von der Lippe
in Øyevitne (Eyewitness)
NRK / SVT / DR / YLE Fem / Nordvision Fund.
Norway
Fernanda Montenegro
in Doce de Mãe
Globo TV
Brazil
Sheridan Smith
in Cilla
ITV Studios/GroupM Entertainment
United Kingdom
Comedy
Doce de Mae (Sweet Mother)
Globo TV
Brazil
Fais Pas Ci, Fais Pas Ca
(Don’t Do This, Don’t Do That)
Elephant Story / France 2 / AB Distribution
France
Familia en Venta
Fox International Channels / Fox Telecolombia
Colombia
Puppet Nation ZA
Both Worlds
South Africa
Sensitive Skin
Rhombus Media / Baby Cow Productions / Bell Media’s The Movie Network / Corus Entertainment’s Movie Central / Tricon Films & Television Canada / Media Fund (CMF) / Rogers Cable Network Fund
Canada
Documentary
Africa’s Wild West – Stallions of the Namib Desert
Interspot Film / ORF / ARTE / NDR / ORF-Enterprise
Austria
Antes de que Nos Olviden (Before We Are Forgotten)
HBO Latin America
Mexico
Growing Up Down’s
Maverick Television & Dartmouth Films
United Kingdom
Miners Shot Down
Uhuru Productions
South Africa
Drama Series
Engrenages (Spiral)
Son et Lumiere / Canal+ Creation originale
France
Son et Lumiere / Canal+ Creation originale
France
MOZU Season 1 – Night Cry of the MOZU
TBS Television / WOWOW / ROBOT
Japan
My Mad Fat Diary
Tiger Aspect Productions / Drama Republic
United Kingdom
Psi (Psy)
HBO Latin America
Brazil
Non-English U.S. Primetime Program
Arrepentidos U.S. – El Infierno de Montoya
National Geographic Channel / Fox Telecolombia
United States of America
El Mejor de los Peores
Fox International Channels / Fox Toma 1
United States of America
Narco Tec
Mazdoc / Zodiak Latino / Univision
United States of America
La Voz Kids
Talpa Media USA, Inc., Warner Horizon Television
United States of America
Non-Scripted Entertainment
50 Ways to Kill your Mammy
Burning Bright Productions / Brown Bread Productions
United Kingdom
Barones de la Cerveza
National Geographic Channel Latin America / Nippur Media
Argentina
Flying Doctors
Geronimo
Belgium
Master Chef South Africa
Quizzical Pictures / Lucky Bean Media
South Africa
Telenovela
Ciega a Citas (Date Blind)
Dori Media International / Rosstoc / Mediaset Espana / Big Bang Media / Cuatro
Spain
Império (Empire)
Globo TV
Brazil
Jikulumessu
Semba Comunicação
Angola
Mulheres (Women)
Plural Entertainment Portugal
Portugal
TV Movie/Mini-Series
La Celebración
Underground Producciones
Argentina
Common
LA Productions
United Kingdom
Soldat Blanc (White Soldier)
Breakout Films / Canal+ Creation originale
France
Storytelling of Hostages
WOWOW / Twins Japan
Japan
Google Opens Its Defense In Antitrust Case Alleging Monopoly Over Online Ad Technology
Google opened its defense against allegations that it holds an illegal monopoly on online advertising technology Friday with witness testimony saying the industry is vastly more complex and competitive than portrayed by the federal government.
"The industry has been exceptionally fluid over the last 18 years," said Scott Sheffer, a vice president for global partnerships at Google, the company's first witness at its antitrust trial in federal court in Alexandria.
The Justice Department and a coalition of states contend that Google built and maintained an illegal monopoly over the technology that facilitates the buying and selling of online ads seen by consumers.
Google counters that the government's case improperly focuses on a narrow type of online ads — essentially the rectangular ones that appear on the top and on the right-hand side of a webpage. In its opening statement, Google's lawyers said the Supreme Court has warned judges against taking action when dealing with rapidly emerging technology like what Sheffer described because of the risk of error or unintended consequences.
Google says defining the market so narrowly ignores the competition it faces from social media companies, Amazon, streaming TV providers and others who offer advertisers the means to reach online consumers.
Justice Department lawyers called witnesses to testify for two weeks before resting their case Friday afternoon, detailing the ways that automated ad exchanges conduct auctions in a matter of milliseconds to determine which ads are placed in front of which consumers and how much they cost.
The department contends the auctions are finessed in subtle ways that benefit Google to the exclusion of would-be competitors and in ways that prevent... Read More