Die Internationale Acdemy of Television Arts & Sciences wählte die MIPCOM in Cannes zum diesjährigen Ort, um die Nominierungen zu den 40. International Emmy Awards vorzustellen. Ausgezeichnet werden insgesamt neun Formate am 19. November 2012.
Überraschend schaffte es auch Markus Lanz mit «Wettlauf zum Südpol» unter die Nominierungen. Der «Wetten, dass..?»-Moderator ging zusammen mit Joey Kelly auf die Reise, als Produktionsunternehmen fungierte loopfilm. Auch die Dokumentation «Songs of War» kann auf einen International Emmy hoffen.
Arts Programming
- «All My Life – Cartola» (TV Globo / Rede Globo, Brasilien)
- «BLUE MAN» (WOWOW Inc., Japan)
- «Queen: Days of Our Lives» (Eagle Rock Entertainment/Queen Productions Ltd/Globe Films, UK)
- «Songs of War» (ZDF German Television/ ARTE / A & O Büro, Deutschland)
Best Performance by an Actor
- Arthur Acuña in «The Kitchen Musical» (The Group Entertainment, Singapur)
- Darío Grandinetti in «Televisión por la Inclusión» (ON TV Contenidos, Argentinien)
- Jason Isaacs in «Case Histories» (Ruby Film and Television / Monastic Productions, UK)
- Stein Winge in «Norwegian Cozy» (Tordenfilm AS/ NRK / NFI / Nordisk Film & TV Fond / YLE,
Norway)
- Zhu Yawen in «Flying Eagle» (H.Brothers Tianyi Movie & TV Co.,Ltd / Beijing Yechen Film & TV Cultural Development Co., Ltd, China)
Best Performance by an Actress
- Sidse Babett Knudsen in «Government» (DR, Denmark)
- Cristina Banegas in «Televisión por la Inclusión» (ON TV Contenidos, Argentina)
- Rina Sa in «Zhong Guo Di» (Phoenix Satellite TV in association with Sino Television / Liaoning Seven-star Film / Dongyang Tangyun Fenghua Culture Communications, Hong Kong, China)
- Joanna Vanderham in «The Runaway» (BSkyB / Company Pictures/ Sky 1, UK)
Comedy
- «Absolutely Fabulous» (BBC Productions / Saunders and French Production, UK)
- «The Invisible Woman» (TV Globo / Rede Globo, Brazil)
- «Spy» (BSkyB / Hat Trick / Sky 1, UK)
- «What if?» (Shelter, Belgium)
Documentary
- «Across Land, Across Sea» (The Chosunilbo, South Korea)
- «Hitler's Escape» (Anima Films / The History Channel Latin America, Argentina)
- «Terry Pratchett: Choosing to Die» (BBC / KEO Films, UK)
- «Wettlauf Zum Südpol (Race to the South Pole)» (Loopfilm GmbH / ZDF, Germany)
Drama Series
- «Braquo» (Capa Drama / Canal + / Bad Company / Big Nose, France)
- «ICAC Investigators 2011» (RTHK / ICAC, Hong Kong, China)
- «The Kitchen Musical» (The Group Entertainment, Singapore)
- «The Slap» (Matchbox Pictures / ABC / Screen Australia, Australia)
- «The Social Leader» (Artear / Pol-ka, Argentina)
Non-Scripted Entertainment
- «The Amazing Race Australia» (Seven Productions-Seven Network (Operations) Ltd. / Active TV / ABC Studios, Australia)
- «The Challenger Muaythai» (Imagine Group Pte Ltd / The Group Entertainment, Singapore)
- «El Hormiguero (The Anthill)» (7yaccion / Antena 3, Spain)
- «Planeta Extremo (Extreme Planet)» (TV Globo, Brazil)
Telenovela
- «The Fire of the Rose» (SP Televisão / SIC, Portugal)
- «Holy Remedy» (Plural Entertainment Portugal, Portugal)
- «The Illusionist» (TV Globo / Rede Globo, Brazil)
- «Iron Daughters-in-Law» (MBC, South Korea)
TV Movie/Mini-Series
- «Black Mirror» (Channel Four Television / Zeppotron, UK)
- «Early Autumn» (Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting / Shochiku Co. Ltd., Japan)
- «The Good Men» (TV Globo / Rede Globo / Casa de Cinema de POA, Brazil)
- «L'Infiltré (The Lying Game)» (Breakout Films / Aperto Films / Sirena Film / Canal+, France)