Annual award
The International Emmy Directorate Award is presented by the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and honors individuals or organizations for their outstanding contribution to international television.[ 1] The awards ceremony has taken place annually in New York City since 1973.[ 2]
1977 – Alphonse Quimet (chairman, Telesat / Canadian TV )
1978 – Prix Italia
1979 – Frank Stanton (president emeritus, CBS , Incorporated)
1980 – Lord Grade of Elstree (chairman of the board, Associated Communications Corp.)
1981 – Sir Huw Wheldon (retired (1976) managing director of BBC )
1982 – Akio Morita (chairman and CEO, Sony Corporation )
1983 – Roberto Marinho (president, Rede Globo )
1984 – Lord Sydney Bernstein (founder, Granada Television )
1985 – Leonard H. Goldenson (chairman and CEO, American Broadcasting Companies )
1986 – Herbert Schmertz (vice president of public affairs, Mobil Oil Company )
1987 – Jeremy Isaacs (chief executive, Channel 4 )
1988 – Vittorio Boni (director, international relations, RAI )
1989 – Ted Turner (chairman of the board / president, Turner Broadcasting System )
1990 – Henrikas Yushkiavitshus (assistant director-general, UNESCO )
1991 – Henry Becton (president, WGBH-TV )
1992 – Silvio Berlusconi (president, Fininvest Gruppo)
1993 – Andre Rousselet (chairman, Canal Plus )
1994 – Helmut Thoma (managing director, RTL )
1995 – John Birt (director general, BBC )
1996 – Hebert A. Granath (chairman, Disney–ABC Television Group )
1997 – Dieter Stolte (intendant, ZDF )
1998 – Sam Nilsson (president, Sveriges Television )
1999 – Ralph Baruch (founder, Viacom )
2000 – Su-Ming Cheng (CEO China-TV, Taiwan )
2001 – Gustavo Cisneros (chairman, Grupo Cisneros )
2002 – Katsuji Ebisawa (president, NHK )
2003 – Greg Dyke (director general, BBC )
2004 – Herbert Kloiber (managing director, Tele-München Group)
2005 – Charles Allen (chief executive, ITV
2006 – Ronald Lauder (founder and chairman, CME )
2007 – Patrick Le Lay (chairman, TF1 Group )
2008 – Liu Changle (chairman & CEO, Phoenix Television )
2009 – Prof. Markus Schächter (director general, ZDF )
2010 – Lorne Michaels (creator & executive producer, Saturday Night Live )
2011 – Subhash Chandra (chairman, Zee TV )
2012 – Dr. Kim In-Kyu (president & CEO, KBS / President, ABU )
2013 – Anke Schäferkordt (president, RTL Group )
2014 – Roberto Irineu Marinho (president, Grupo Globo )
2015 – Richard Plepler (chairman & CEO, HBO )
2016 – Maria Rørbye Rønn (CEO & director general, DR )
2017 – Emilio Azcárraga Jean (CEO & director general, Grupo Televisa )
2018 – Sophie Turner Laing (chief executive officer of Endemol Shine Group )
2019 – Christiane Amanpour (chief international anchor for CNN)
2020 – None
2021 – Thomas Bellut (director general, ZDF )
2022 - Miky Lee (vice chairwoman, CJ ENM )
2023 - Ekta Kapoor (joint managing director and creative head, Balaji Telefilms )