The Interactive Media Peer Group of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has selected the finalists for the 2006-7 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Television. (Note: the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is one of two organizations behind the US television industry's annual Emmy Awards--the other is the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Both organizations have, for some time now, given out Emmy Awards for interactive television; the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' ITV Emmys are for creative achievement while the National Academy's Emmys are technology-focused.)
The Television Academy's interactive TV Emmys this year recognize achievement in two categories: Programming and Services.
The finalists for the Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Television Programming are:
- Heroes Interactive (NBC Universal)
- DirecTV Interactive Sports
- The Jericho Experience (CBS)
- The Fallen Alternative Reality Game (Xenophile Media & Double Twenty Productions)
- Big Brother Goes Mobile (CBS)
The finalists for the Award for Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Television Services are:
- MLB Mosaic (Ensequence)
- Current TV
- BravoTV.com
- Disney Channel Broadband Video Player
- BIAP Fantasy Football Television Tracker
The finalists were selected by the membership of the Television Academy's Interactive Media Peer Group, who made their selections through an online voting system. The winners will now be chosen by a "Blue Ribbon" panel, comprised of the following industry-expert judges:
- Adam Sessler, host/producer, G4TV
- Adrian Sexton EVP, Digital Participant Productions
- Alex Liston, user experience design manager, TiVo (2006 ATAS Interactive Television Emmy winner)
- Alexis D. Amecourt, head of new media, 19 Entertainment
- Amy Jacobson Kurokawa, San Francisco chapter chair, Producers Guild of America
- Brian Kralyevich, creative director, Zune Entertainment Experience Group
- Channing Dawson, SVP of emerging media, Scripps Networks
- Chris Pizzurro, VP of digital and new media advertising, sales and marketing, Turner Entertainment
- Conrad Riggs, co-executive producer, Mark Burnett Productions
- Dale Herigstad, chief creative officer, Schematic
- Daniel Paul, SVP of content strategy and acquisitions, Joost
- Douglas Craig, VP of new media, Discovery Networks
- Gerard Kunkel, SVP of user experience and advanced product development, Comcast Cable; and president of GuideWorks
- Jason Hirschhorn, president, Sling Media Entertainment Group
- Jeff Shultz, founder and CEO, Concert TV
- Joanna Drake Earl, president of new media, Current TV
- Joe DiNunzio, president and CEO, 42 Entertainment
- John Penney, SVP of new media business planning, HBO
- John Couch VP/creative director, CBS.com
- Jon Dakss, director of ITV product development, NBC Universal
- Jon Ferro, EVP of TV distribution, Lionsgate
- Karen Lennon, founder and CEO, Beyond Z (2002 ATAS Interactive Television Emmy winner)
- Lowell Goss, SVP of user experience, iFilm
- Margeigh Novotny, design director and UI practice lead, Smart Design USA
- Mark De Angelis, VP of programming and production, Voom HD Networks
- Nizar Allibhoy, SVP and general manager of the Active Media Group, ICTV
- Rebecca Lim, senior director of advanced services, Starz/Vongo
- Richard Cardran, senior director of broadband television products, Tandberg Television (2005 ATAS Interactive Television Emmy winner)
- Robert Hayes SVP of digital media, Showtime Networks
- Sarah Szalavitz, director of content development, Veoh
- Sean Bunner, VP of advanced services, HSN
- Seth Shapiro, principal, New Amsterdam Media (2005 ATAS Interactive Television Emmy winner)
- Stacy Jolna, principal, Jolna Media
- Stephanie Otto, CEO and principal, Brainstorm Communications (2004 ATAS Interactive Television Emmy winner)
- Steve Perlman, founder and CEO, Rearden
- Suzanne Dunn, VP of interactive business development, Concrete Pictures (2005 ATAS Interactive Television Emmy winner)
- Warren Schlichting, VP of new business strategies, Comcast Spotlight.
The 2006-7 Interactive Media Peer Group Awards Working Group is co-chaired by Geoff Katz of Method and Suzanne Stefanac of the American Film Institute Digital Content Lab. The Working Group is comprised of Joanna Drake Earl of Current TV, Alexis Rapo of ABC.com, Richard Cardran of Tandberg Television, David Feldstein of DirecTV, Adrian Sexton of Participant Productions, Suzanne Dunn of Concrete Pictures, Stephen Johnson of Coach Media, Bill Via of V Street Productions, Seth Shapiro of New Amsterdam Media, Melinda Moore of SS+K, Brian Black of Concrete Pictures, Jaime Levy Russell of Schematic, Alex Liston of TiVo, Ed Davis of ESPN, Kamron Hinatsu, Bill Niemeyer of BlackArrow, John Gilles of JG Digital Media, Donna Slote of Netflix, Sanjit Das, Damon Berger of Disney-ABC, David Gale of MTV, and Will Kreth of Time Warner Cable.
Originally Published: July 24, 2007 in [itvt] Issue 7.37
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