MUMBAI: The International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences has announced the winners of the first International Emmy Kids Awards.

Winning programmes from Argentina, Japan, Norway and the UK are: ?Junior High School Diaries?: ?Harmony of Two?, (Kids: Series); ?Energy Survival?, (Kids: Non-Scripted Entertainment); ?El Jard?n de Claril??, (Kids: Pre-School); ?Newsround-My Autism and Me?, (Kids: Factual); ?The Amazing World of Gumball?, (Kids: Animation) and ?Lost Christmas?, (Kids: TV-Movie/Mini-Series).

Academy president, CEO Bruce L. Paisner said, "With this new event solely dedicated to kids programming, the International Academy is proud to be the premiere global platform for excellence in children?s television. We congratulate tonight?s winners for their outstanding achievements."

The Emmy statues were presented on stage by a cast of presenters including: British actor and comedian Eddie Izzard; Canadian actress Vanessa Morgan; Transformer Rescue Bot, Heatwave; Swedish & Danish kids television hosts Ylva Hallen & Jakob Stegelmann; The New York City Children?s Chorus; FDNY firefighter Daniel Glover and Australian Wiggles, Sam Moran.

Over 300 international industry executives attended the inaugural event, held at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, in New York City.

MUMBAI: HBO is entering into a new marketplace. It has launched a joint multi?platform video distribution venture with Parsifal International. that will serve

HBO Nordich will serve Sweden, Norway, Finland and Denmark.

HBO International, content distribution president Simon Sutton said, "HBO is delighted to be entering into a new marketplace and a promising partnership with Parsifal International. We look forward to working with this innovative company and making our new venture a great success." 

Parsifal will bring its expertise in the distribution of pay TV services on multiple platforms.

Parsifal International owner Peter Ekelund said, "I am very proud and excited to be a partner with HBO. The Nordic pay TV market has a tremendous growth potential for new innovative services which respond to the existing shifts in consumer viewing habits on multiple screens."