The 44th Annual Northern California Area EMMY® Award Nominations were announced Wednesday, May 6th at noon and among the nominees this year is ABS-CBN International' Lifestyle Network channel for its original series Haute the Record feature segment on Rafe Totengco, celebrated New York-based Filipino fashion designer renowned for his namesake handbag collection, Raf New York, at leading U.S. boutiques.

Nominated under the category, Lifestyle Feature Segment, are:
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DAVID CORONA, Producer
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BEVERLY TUMANENG DESUASIDO, Executive Producer;
CLARISSA OCAMPO, Producer/Writer;
OLIVIA DE JESUS, Managing Director;
JEREMIAH YSIP, Director of Photography,
JOSEPH PERRY, Videographer;
JON SANTOS, Editor;
ALBERT CHUNG, Motion Graphic Artist

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DEREK FERNANDEZ, Producer/Online Editor/Audio;
JENNIFER LOW, Co-Producer/Photographer;
JOSHUA ALEXANDER, Photographer;
HERB FERRETTE, Offline Editor;
WILLIAM DILLON, Audio-Post

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JENNIFER LOW, Producer;
HALILI KNOX, Associate Producer/Host;
DEREK FERNANDEZ, Associate Producer/Photographer;
WILLIAM DILLON, Associate Producer/Audio;
JOSHUA ALEXANDER, Photographer;
MANUEL VELAZQUEZ, Photographer/Editor;
HERB FERRETTE, Offline Editor

The EMMY® award is presented for outstanding achievement in television by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS). San Francisco/ Northern California is one of the nineteen chapters awarding regional Emmy® statuettes. Northern California is composed of media companies and individuals from Visalia to the Oregon border and includes Hawaii and Reno, Nevada. Entries aired during the 2014 calendar year.

This year a record number of 761 English and 135 Spanish entries were received in 61 categories. English and Spanish language entries were judged and scored separately. A minimum of five peer judges from other NATAS chapters scored each entry on a scale from 1 to 10 on Content, Creativity and Execution. (Craft categories were judged on Creativity and Execution only). The total score was divided by the number of judges. The mean score was sorted from highest to lowest in each category. The Chapter Awards Committee looked at blind scores (not knowing the category) and decided on the cut off number for nominations and recipients. The results were tabulated by our accounting firm Spalding and Company.

The Emmy® Gala returns to a theatre setting at the new SFJAZZ Center in San Francisco on Saturday, June 6, 2015. The black tie evening starts at 6:30 pm with hors d'oeuvres and complimentary wine provided by Watts Winery. (No host bar available) The program begins at 7:30 pm in the Robert N. Miner Auditorium with reserved seating. The evening will be a dual webcast so family and friends can watch the stage presentation or the red carpet interviews. (Excerpts from emmysf.tv announcement)