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
Tags: awards, CNN, Interactive Television, work
July 28th, 2006 at 10:38 am
[...] Although it was an honor to be an Emmy finalist, the CNN interactive television project I led for Dish Network called CNN Enhanced lost out to the entry from TiVo. Having never won an Emmy, Tivo was announced as the 2006 Emmy Award for outstanding achievement in enhanced television programming. This year’s Interactive Television Emmy Awards recognize original interactive television programming content, applications and services that have been deployed in the United States between June 1, 2005 and May 31, 2006 and that have demonstrated creative excellence. Other finalists include AOL Music on Demand and DirecTV Interactive Sports. The awards will be presented at the Creative Arts Awards Ceremony at the Shrine Auditorium in downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, August 19, although I did take home a nice certificate for our project. Also covered on Engadget and Gizmodo. [...]