Wow – I’m thrilled this morning to learn that one of the big projects I directed for roughly 18 months has been announced as a finalist for the 2005-06 Emmy Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Television (exclusively reported Tuesday morning by [itvt]). CNN Enhanced on Echostar/Dish currently reaches over 11M households; I blogged the launch back in February, and the extensive interview by Interactive TV Today last month. Winners will reportedly be announced at the AFI event on July 26th, followed by the awards ceremony in Los Angeles at the Shrine Auditorium on August 19th. Full list of nominees for the Award for Outstanding Achievement for Enhanced or Interactive Programming – Television:

• AOL Music on Demand (broadband, cable and MCE versions): AOL/Time Warner Cable/Zetools
• CNN Enhanced: CNN
• DirecTV Interactive Sports (NFL Sunday Ticket, SportsMix and NCAA March Madness): DirecTV
• TiVo Service: TiVo

The nominees for the Award for Outstanding Achievement for Enhanced or Interactive Programming – New Delivery Platforms are:

• ABC.com Full Episode Streaming Player: ABC
• Danny Bowles and the Jade Treasure, Stranger Adventures: Riddle Productions/Red Car
• MLB.TV Mosaic: Major League Baseball & Ensequence
• Vongo Video Download Service: Starz