International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (IATAS) is an American nonprofit membership organization, based in New York City, composed of leading media and entertainment executives across all sectors of the television industry, from over fifty countries. Founded in 1969, the International Academy recognize excellence in television production produced outside the United States and it presents the International Emmy Awards in seventeen categories.

In addition to the International Emmys, the Academy's annual schedule includes the prestigious International Emmy Awards Current Affairs & News and the International Emmy Kids Awards, and a series of events such as International Academy Day, the International World Emmy Festival and Panels on substantive industry topics.

IATAS was originally founded in 1969 as the International Council of the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) by TV executives Ralph Baruch and Ted Cott. While the NATAS and sister organization Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) primarily focus on U.S. domestic television programming, including the specific Emmy Award ceremonies those two bodies present, the IATAS was established to expose the importance of television as a global concept. Bruce Paisner is IATAS' current president and CEO.