Call for Entries Issued for 2010 International Digital Emmy Awards

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has issued a call for entries for the 2010 International Digital Emmy Awards, which recognize excellence in programming and other content created and designed for viewer interaction and/or delivery on a digital platform (e.g. interactive TV, the Internet, mobile, etc.). The deadline for entries is November 2nd, 2009; nominations will be announced in early March, 2010; and the winners will be announced in April during an International Digital Emmy Awards Ceremony at MIPTV 2010 in Cannes, France.

In order to be eligible, entries must have been predominantly produced by a non-US company or organization, and their first viewing must have taken place outside the US, between January 1st, 2009 and October 1st, 2009. The awards have three categories:

• Digital Program-Fiction: defined by the International Television Academy as "a presentation of a fiction-based program or series designed for viewer interaction and/or delivery on a digital platform."
• Digital Program-Fiction: defined as "a presentation of a non-fiction (factual)-based program or series designed for viewer interaction and/or delivery on a digital platform"
• Digital Program--Children & Young People: defined as "a presentation of a program (fiction or non-fiction) intended specifically for children and/or young audiences (up to 18 years old) and designed for viewer interaction and/or delivery on a digital platform...The age group for which the program is intended must be indicated on the entry form," the Academy adds.

More information on the awards and their eligibility requirements, together with an entry form, is available at: http://www.iemmys.tv/awards_entry.aspx

In related news: Deutsche Telekom has now officially launched its 2009 Deutsche Telekom Interactive TV Award:

• [itvt]'s June 24th article on this year's award (with detailed descriptions of its three categories, the judging process and more) is available at: http://www.itvt.com/story/4844/deutsche-telekom-set-begin-its-annual-interactive-tv-development-contest
• The award's official Web site is located at: http://www.interactive-tv-award.com (an English-language version should be launching any moment, a representative from the awards told us).
• The official forum for participants is located at http://www.developergarden.com.
• A XING-based German-language community around the award is located at: http://www.xing.com/net/tvaward.
• A LinkedIn-based international community around the award is located at: http://www.linkedin.com/groupRegistration?gid=2037756
• A FriendFeed group around the award is located at: http://friendfeed.com/interactive-tv-award
• A Twitter "Twibe" for the award is located at: http://twib.es/dng
• A Twitter feed for the award is located at: http://twitter.com/tvaward
• The official award blog is located at: http://blog.interactive-tv-award.de
• A Facebook site for the award is located at: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Deutsche-Telekom-Interactive-TV-Award/87430789068
• Inquires can be submitted by email to: interactivetvaward@telekom.de