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Business & Financial Emmys to be webcast

November 29, 2006

TV Worldwide will be the official Webcaster of the Fourth Annual Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting.TV Worldwide and Internet TV channel TV Mainstream will Webcast the ceremony live from the Rainbow Room in New York Thursday, Dec. 7 at noon.

Digital-media-delivery vendor Limelight Networks is sponsoring the Webcast, which will be available for one year after the event.

“TV Worldwide’s Webcast of this year’s Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting will bring this prestigious event to a global audience for the very first time, exposing both the business community and savvy consumers to the very best in business reporting,� National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences CEO Peter Price said in a prepared statement.

The Emmy Awards for Business & Financial Reporting recognize outstanding achievement in business & financial reporting telecast from July 1, 2005 thru June 30, 2006. A total of 33 nominations in seven categories were announced in October.

At the ceremony, the National Television Academy will present its Lifetime Achievement Award in Business & Financial Reporting to Paul Steiger, managing editor of The Wall Street Journal, overseeing U.S. and international print and online editions, and vice president of Dow Jones & Co. CNN’s Lou Dobbs received the lifetime award in 2005.

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