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Time Warner Cable's work on its fabled Full Service Network in Florida will be recognized at the 63rd Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said Wednesday. 

[itvt] has just published a transcript of a RECENT INTERVIEW with Albert Cheng, EVP of digital media at Disney/ABC Television Group, and Lori Schwartz, co-governor of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group. The interview focuses on the ABC.com Oscar Digital Experience, which earlier this month won the 2011 Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media.

Due to the large volume of news generated by the IFA, IBC and CEDIA trade shows--and because the [itvt] editorial team has been working on TVOT NYC Intensive 2011--we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format. We anticipate that it will take us a few more days to catch up with all the recent news: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't yet see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

Due to the large volume of news generated by the IFA, IBC and CEDIA trade shows--and because the [itvt] editorial team has been working on TVOT NYC Intensive 2011--we are covering stories in this issue in round-up/summary format. We anticipate that it will take us several days to catch up with all the recent news: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't yet see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group has issued a call for entries for the 2011 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media. The deadline for entries is April 29th.

[itvt] has just published the latest edition of our regular column, "Jet Set," which is authored by Brian David Johnson, consumer experience architect at Intel Corp. "Jet Set" explores the future of TV through the prism of the places, people and conversations that Johnson experiences as he goes on a global tour for his new book, Screen Future.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group (IMPG) recently contacted [itvt] to let us know 1) that it has revised its membership eligibility requirements; 2) that it has appointed three new Awards Working Group co-chairs for next year's Primetime Emmy Awards for Interactive Media.

According to IMPG co-governor, Geoff Katz, the new IMPG membership eligibility requirements:

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences said Wednesday that its Emmys.com Web site, NBC.com and social TV-enabled live video streaming company, Ustream (note: the latter offers users of its service a social TV experience via its Social Stream capability, which enables real-time interactions through Twitter, Facebook, MySpace and AIM integrations), are partnering to offer exclusive live-streaming behind-the-scenes coverage of the 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards, which will take place this Sunday (5:00-8:00PM Pacific, 8:00-11:00PM, Eastern).

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group (IMPG) has announced the winners of the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media.

[itvt] has just published an AUDIO INTERVIEW with David Preisman, VP of interactive television at Showtime Networks, and Geoff Katz, co-governor of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group, in which they discuss Showtime's high-definition EBIF-based "Showtime Sports Interactive" application.

The [itvt] editorial team is currently on the road, so we are covering most stories in round-up/summary form, and we anticipate that there will be some additional interruptions of our regular news publishing schedule beyond that. It will likely take a short while for us to catch up with all the recent news: so if your company has sent us a press release or briefed us on an announcement, and you don't yet see your news covered in this issue, please bear with us. We apologize in advance for any inconvenience to our readers.

[itvt] has just published the latest edition of Rick Howe's regular column, "The iTV Doctor Is In!" In this edition, the good doctor explores the emerging 3D TV space--among other things, interviewing Hitesh Shah, CEO of The Z Effect, a company that turns existing 2D programming into stereoscopic 3D.

The Academy of Television Arts & Sciences Interactive Media Peer Group (IMPG) has announced the nominees for the 2010 Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media.

The nominees for the Emmy Award for Outstanding Creative Achievement in Interactive Media: Fiction are:

The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences has announced the winners of the International Digital Emmy Awards. The awards were presented at a ceremony at MIPTV in Cannes that was hosted by "Beverly Hills 90210" star, Jason Priestly, organized in partnership with Reed Midem, and sponsored by Nokia and Ooyala.