ATAS wins in broadband Emmy dispute

March 06, 2008 The Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has been handed another victory in its dispute with its New York-based counterpart over the creation of Emmy Awards for digital content. The Supreme Court of the State of New York, County of New York, has upheld a December decision by the American Arbitration Assn. in the matter, essentially ruling that each organization can hand out broadband Emmys in only the genres for which it already oversees awards. "The New York Supreme Court has dealt NATAS a devastating blow in its effort to overturn last December's ruling from an arbitration panel vindicating ATAS' ongoing jurisdiction over all categories of Primetime Emmys, including for shows available over broadband and other new media," ATAS attorney George Hedges said.

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