Topic: Emmy Awards

2007 Broadband Emmy Awards

NATAS + MySpace = 2007 Broadband Emmy Awards National Television Academy press release LOS ANGELES – January 8, 2007 – MySpace, the world’s leading lifestyle portal, and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, ...READ»

Innovation Wednesday: Al Gore's Current Tv Gets An Emmy Nod

One of my favorite innovators, Current TV, has been nominated for their first Emmy Award. This is no small accomplishment. Current, the cable network started jointly by Al Gore and Joel Hyatt, is barely two years old, and had a ...READ»

Mind the Gap: Designing for the In-Between Spaces

The magic of animation is actually found in those tiny spaces between images which blend together to bring the story to life.READ»

• Karin Fong's The In-Between Spaces blog

AMC’s 'Mad Men' Season 3 Premiere

No show has so perfectly blended postwar Americana, raw sexual tension, office politics, and the five martini lunch quite like AMC’s Mad Men. Season 2 left viewers with enough questions to fill the trunk of a ’62 Cadillac, and ...READ»

Voyage of Discovery

Discovery Communications (DCI) which airs Dirty Jobs has more than 100 TV networks reaching 1.5 billion subscribers. Here are four of DCI's key properties.READ»

Now September 2008

What's happening in September, from clean coal to the hottest new music.READ»

• Meet: World Low-Cost Airlines Congress
• Listen: Songs of Autumn
• Numerology: The Car Century

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Groan: Franchise Fatigue

With "Sex and the City 2" hitting theaters, we can't help but wonder: When it comes to franchises, how much is too much? Here's a look at four that just won't die.READ»

• Now: May 2010
• Olge: 20th Anniversary of the First Photo From the Hubble Telescope
• Help: International Virtual Assistants Day

Al Gore Wins Nobel Peace Prize; I Yammer About Him On Fox Business News.

The brand, spanking new Fox Business News network is doing an hour-long segment on “Al Gore, Inc.” -- the many facets and accomplishments of the former Vice President, tomorrow, October 18th, during the 7:00a hour. I’ll be on ...READ»

Five Ways TV is Trying to Win You Back

Is broadcast TV on a downward spiral? Execs are starting to show their concern. We contribute to their stress by watching our favorite shows online--when we want, for free, and with few commercials. And now a recent study shows that ...READ»

Title Shot

Capture it all in 30 seconds.READ»

Why Your Brand Needs A Story

The thing about stories is that they are memorable, and they have a takeaway – a moral – that persists beyond the details and facts. Stories, by their very nature and construct, are easy to remember and re-tell . . . and in that re-telling the brand comes to life. But what do you do when you don’t have a story, or the story you have isn’t meaningful? I say create one.READ»

New Frontiers to Explore, Part Two

Like the National Geographic Society explorers before him, John Fahey is venturing into uncharted territory. The CEO of the society talks about reinvigorating the venerable brand.READ»

Emmys Hit by an Academy Awards-Curse?

Last Sunday's Emmy awards, like the night's big winner, Mad Men, failed to attract the desired fan attention; at 12.2 million viewers, the awards show's ratings were the worst since 1990. But unlike the decorated and critically ...READ»

Watch and Learn

You want a resolution for 2009?  Watch more TV and heed its lessons.  Two examples of why: Every weekday morning Bravo! airs two episodes of the West Wing - the Emmy Award winning drama about life inside the west wing of the White ...READ»

R.I.P. Public Access Television

Here in Los Angeles, the city rang in the New Year by closing down all of its public access TV studios, signaling an end to homegrown, grass roots production of eclectic and often monumentally weird alternative programming. Cities ...READ»

Read Between the Frames: 5 Books for Visual Thinkers

Have a spare moment? Here’s a selection of favorite books that explore the idea of crossing transitional space, each with its own take on what lies in-between.READ»

• Karin Fong's The In-Between Spaces blog

Between The Lines

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»

Between The Lines

The stories behind this issue's stories.READ»

Tiny Town: A Cabinet of Curiosities at the Rhode Island School of Design

Exploring a carefully curated and labeled collection of natural specimens at the Providence design school is like using an analog search engine that yields incredible real-life results.READ»

• Karin Fong's The In-Between Spaces blog

Lost in Translation: Five Words We Should Import

Karin Fong collects words that aren't translatable to the English language and makes flashcards for them.READ»

• Karin Fong's The In-Between Spaces blog

Life After Project Runway -- on the Web

These five Project Runway alums are facing the biggest challenge of their careers: how to use Web 2.0 tools to propel their 15-minutes of fame into a viable business.READ»

• From Project Runway to the Web
• Project Rehab: Tim Gunn Tries to Make it Work at Liz Claiborne
• Put Some Style In Your Lifestyle

iFive: Pakistan Floods Worsen, Facebook Nixes ARM Rumor, Bing's Food Cart Search, Emmys Get Tweet Intros, Angry Birds the Movie

While you were sleeping, innovation was picking out the decor for the snug area on its private jet. 1. Rain is again forecast in Pakistan today, putting the country's people at risk again. With 800,000 only reachable via air, ...READ»

What Leaders Can Learn from "This" Woman

Allow me to describe the early beginnings of a particular woman: She was born to unwed, teenage parents in the 1950s At birth, with her father away in the military, her mom moved away leaving her to live with her ...READ»

Top 10 Most Creative People in Movies and Television

1. Rich Ross, President, Disney Channels Worldwide A lifelong TV addict, Ross has expanded Disney's channels beyond the box into film, radio, mobile, and online. But he'll be remembered most for unleashing Hannah Montana and High ...READ»