Broadband content has a place at the Emmys

May 20, 2008 Knowing where to submit for "quarterlife," the series originally created for the Internet by Marshall Herskovitz that had a brief run on NBC -- that's a bit more complicated. Reaching the point where Internet-created content could have a home at the Emmys has been prefaced by a protracted struggle between the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences -- the organization that oversees the Daytime Emmys, among others -- and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. In 2005, NATAS planned to hand out broadband Emmy Awards, but ATAS objected, saying its traditional categories were being infringed upon and that new awards should not be created for new platforms.

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