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THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES (NATAS) NASHVILLE/MIDSOUTH CHAPTER 161 Rains Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203 615-259-0040, [email protected] http://emmynashville.org/ NATASNews, June 2013 EMMY® AWARDS NEWS MIDSOUTH CALL FOR ENTRIES The Call for Entries for the 28th Midsouth Emmy® Awards will be issued in early July. It’s time to think about the work you have produced between July 1, 2012 and June 30, 2013 that you want to enter. Everything will be online – the category list, entry forms, video upload instructions, and rules. JUDGING UPPER MIDWEST Emmy® Award entries from the Upper Midwest Chapter, based in Minneapolis-St. Paul, are available for judging now. Write to [email protected] for a list of categories. Don’t miss this opportunity to see their best work in news, programming and crafts. AYTIME EMMY AWARDS: ‘DAYS OF OUR LIVES,’ ‘ELLEN,’ ‘DR. OZ’ WIN TOP KUDOS Variety, June 16, 2013 NBC’s “Days of Our Lives” took the gold for drama series at the 40th annual Daytime Emmy Awards on Sunday. The win marked the first time since 1975 that the sudser has won the top prize at the Daytime Emmy fete — and only its second drama series nod in its nearly 50-year run on NBC. And to make it that much sweeter, the victory coincided with the birthday of “Days” exec producer Ken Corday. “Pinch me,” he said. “Today is a great day to celebrate.” The Beverly Hilton was abuzz earlier in the kudofest as George Lucas picked up his first Emmy — and the second award ever in his long career — for “Star Wars: The Clone Wars” at the 40th annual fete. “We’ve pulled ourselves up from the outer reaches of daytime television,” Lucas said in accepting the kudo for the Cartoon Network animated series. He thanked “all the poor souls who toil over their computers” to make the show. Lucas noted that the win was “the second award I’ve ever won,” coming on the heels earlier this year of an NAACP Image Award for his historical pic “Red Tails.” The first award of the night went to Doug Davidson of CBS’ “The Young and the Restless.” Kudo was an emotional way to start the ceremony at the Beverly Hilton as it marked the thesp’s first win after four nominations in the lead drama actor category. Davidson has been on the long-running CBS soap since 1978. “Some of the presenters are younger than my tux,” he observed. Clearly overwhelmed, Davidson gave a shout-out to longtime “Y&R” star Jeanne Cooper, who died last month, and producer Bill Bell. He also cited the show’s loyal viewers. “They’re more than fans — they’ve been family to me,” he said. CBS led the pack among networks overall with a total of 13 wins, followed by ABC and syndicated programs with three apiece, and Food Network and NBC with two each. CBS’ “The Bold and the Beautiful” scooped up a total of four trophies, including the nods for drama series writing and directing. Sudsers “Days of Our Lives,” “General Hospital” and “Young and the Restless” grabbed two apiece. “CBS Sunday Morning” was another surprise winner, prevailing in the morning program over high-wattage competition from the weekday editions of ABC’s “Good Morning America” and NBC’s “Today.” Kudo marked the program’s first Daytime Emmy win since its premiere in 1979. Read full article at http://variety.com/2013/tv/news/daytime-emmy-awards-yrs-doug-davidson-wins- lead-actor-1200497578/ Complete winner list at http://www.emmyonline.org/mediacenter/daytime_40th_telecast_winners.html ACADEMY NEWS THE NASHVILLE/MIDSOUTH CHAPTER BOARD OF GOVERNORS FOR 2013-14 National Trustee, Phillip L. Bell, Owner, BellMedia National Trustee, Gene Policinski, Vice President & Executive Director, The First Amendment Center National Trustee, Ellen Jones Pryor, Director of Communications, Frist Center for Visual Arts National Trustee Alternate, David J. Bennett, Owner, Altura Productions President, Clifton Hunt, Creative Services, WTVF Vice President, Lisa Harless, Senior Vice President, Regions Vice President, Nicholas E. Dugger, Owner, Tennessee Digital Video Regional Vice President, Amy Burkett, General Manager, WTVI Regional Vice President, Len Faulconer, On-air Promotions Director, UNC-TV Regional Vice President, James E. Ford, Jr., Supervising Director, WRAL Regional Vice President, Kenneth Smith, News Director, WCYB Regional Vice President, Sharon M. Tinsley, President, Alabama Broadcasters Association Secretary, Emily Pearce, Director of Vanderbilt Video, Vanderbilt University News Service Treasurer, Jennifer Lane, Principal, Decosimo/Vaden Legal Counsel, Kenneth R. Jones, Jr., Attorney, Jones Hawkins & Farmer, PLC Regional Office, Geneva M. Brignolo, Executive Director, NATAS Nashville/Midsouth Governor, Whit Adamson, President, Tennessee Association of Broadcasters Governor, Jessica Frost, Director of Business Development/Licensing, BMI Governor, Justin Harvey, Program Manager. NPT Governor, John Hussey, Senior Producer/Director/Editor, PK Pictures Governor, Demetria Kalodimos, Anchor, WSMV Governor, Stan Knott, General Manager, WKRN Governor, Bryan McGruder, News Director, WZTV Governor, Heather Middleton, Vice President/Director Corporate Communications, The Buntin Group Governor, Jackie Pillers, Producer, Independent Governor, Pete Weber, Sportscaster, Nashville Predators Governor, Adam Yeomans, Bureau Chief, The Associated Press Advanced Media Chairman, Michael J. Schoenfeld, Vice President Public Affairs, Duke University Awards Chairman, Beth Tucker Womack, Scheduling, Metro/Nashville Public Schools Development Chairman, George Uribe, Pesident & CEO, GuestBooker.com Education Chairman. Dr. Linda Miller, Vice Principal, Metro/Nashville Public Schools Higher Education Chairman, Steven Womack, Professor of Screenwriting, Watkins College of Art, Design & Film Program Chairman, Rich Stone, President/Director of Photography, Stone Productions Rising Star Chairman, David Bennett, Owner, Altura Productions Student Awards Chairman, Nicholas E. Dugger, Owner, Tennessee Digital Video Photos and bios are available at http://emmynashville.org/files/2013/06/Board-13-14.pdf TV ACADEMY NAMES NEW PRESIDENT AND COO Lucy Hood will replace Alan Perris, who is retiring. 6/20/2013 by THR Staff Lucy Hood has been named president and COO of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, the organization announced Thursday. Hood was executive director of the Institute for Communication Technology Management at USC. She was previously president of Fox Mobile Entertainment and a senior vp at News Corp. Hood replaces Alan Perris, who earlier this year announced his retirement. Hood will report to Television Academy chairman Bruce Rosenblum and Foundation chairman Jerry Petry and will oversee day-to-day operations of the Academy and its Foundation. She will work with Rosenblum, Petry and their respective boards on new strategies and business development for the Academy and its Foundation. In her new role, Hood will provide leadership in digital strategy, corporate sponsorships, marketing, financial planning and more. Perris will remain on board until the end of the year as consultant to the chairman, working to help Hood transition into her new position. He will remain responsible for staff oversight for this year's Emmys telecast. Read full article at http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/tv-academy-names-new-president- 572707 (Ed. Note: ATAS, sister academy to NATAS, is based in Los Angeles and conducts the Prime Time Emmy® Awards.) NEW MEDIA/TECHNOLOGY TV NEEDS RETHINK ON SECOND-SCREEN MODEL TV stations need to study their audiences' behavior to build engaging second-screen apps that truly meet their needs. Bryce Moore: "Fail to put the audience first and you end up creating products because you can, not necessarily because anyone needs it." By Bryce Moore, NetNewsCheck, June 13, 2013 Every day is Election Day when it comes to the media. It doesn’t matter if you are talking about television, radio, newspaper or websites; each day your audience votes for the platform that best meets its needs. The choice to seek out information on mobile is a vote for that platform, for instance, and a vote against all the rest. The trick is to dig into the circumstances, expectations and behavior that resulted in that decision and determine what if anything the other platforms could have done to win that vote. The only way we can address that problem is to take an audience-first approach and make meeting their needs the priority over ours. Fail to put the audience first and you end up creating products because you can, not necessarily because anyone needs it. One does not need research studies to show what firsthand behavior makes perfectly clear on any given evening. Most television viewers are splitting their attention with another device. The traditional way to frame the issue is by thinking of the television as the first screen and the mobile, laptop or tablet device as the second screen. So in this case, is the audience casting two votes: One for TV and another for the second screen? Read the full article at http://www.netnewscheck.com/article/26790/tv-needs-rethink-on- secondscreen-model SCRIPPS LAUNCHES TV EVERYWHERE WITH TWC by David Goetzl Scripps Networks has a TV Everywhere deal with Time Warner Cable, allowing viewers access to on-demand programming. Content from five networks will be available to the cable operator’s subscribers on an authenticated basis. The programming comes from Travel Channel, Food Network, HGTV, DIY Network and Cooking Channel. GAC is the one holdout. Henry Ahn, executive vice president in content distribution, stated that the move is in response