Emmy Awards for Mobile Phone Content

Dekortage writes "The New York Times discusses the new Emmy category 'for outstanding original programming for computers, cellphones and other hand-held devices, including the video iPod.' The nominees include 24: Conspiracy, Sophie Chase, and It's JerryTime!." From the article: "... lesser-known video creators are getting recognition as well. These include 'Sophie Chase,' an online series based on an attractive detective; 'Stranger Adventures,' a weekly interactive game where participants get e-mail messages and watch live-action video to help solve a puzzle; and 'It's JerryTime!,' created by two brothers from Massachusetts, Orrin and Jerry Zucker."

Comments

Oblig. Simp.

[ettlz]

Lisa. This award is the biggest farce I ever saw.
Bart. What about the Emmys?
Lisa. I stand corrected.

What an overly-broad catagory!

[Mac Degger]

'for outstanding original programming for computers, cellphones and other hand-held devices, including the video iPod.'

This can be video, flash, games, presentations, quizes...and that's just on the pc! This is just insane...Oblivion should have won the emmy for computer game, had this catagory existed. But now I fear teh catagory is so overly broad that it will become a bought-and-paid-for advertising emmy.

'Oh, we want to hype and PR this [insert product]...let's buy it the 'whatever as long as it's digital' emmy'.