guest speaker at the SPAA Conference, is an official judge of the International Emmy Awards, is an elected member of the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, and was appointed by the International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences as the expert moderator for the Comedy Nominee Panel session at the Emmy's World Television Festival in New York. Awards Along with Radio Karate (Ryan Shelton and Hamish & Andy), Darren & Brose were nominated as finalists for numerous awards including Program of the Year, Best Variety Program, Best Comedy, Best Producer, and Best Presenter at the inaugural Antenna Awards. The pair beat out thousands of submissions from around Australia to be selected as finalists for Network Ten's ELEVEN OUT OF TEN Development Initiative as part the television industry's SPAA Conference. Latrobe Media Group Darren & Brose co-founded the Latrobe Media Group which discovered and trained dozens of future international media talent. The alumni includes German-based journalist and presenter Stefanie Suren, TV news reporter Amy Parks, senior journalist and news presenter Natalie Schenken, Abu Dhabi based Journalist Saeed Saeed, German-based radio presenter Susanne Henn, radio news presenter Miriam Maghrabi, actress and comedian Hayley Butcher, Neighbours writer Shaun Topp, television Editor Rob Buttery, television director Richard Franc and television producers Andrea Williams, Chris Thompson and Adrian Beck. References Australian comedy duos Australian comedy troupes Living people Australian stand-up comedians Australian television presenters People from Victoria (Australia) Year of birth missing (living people)