TV Groups Face Digital Divide

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LOS ANGELES The two TV academies are at it again.

The latest issue to cause a rift between the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences and Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts & Sciences involves discussions over the creation of Emmy Awards honoring digital content.

The East Coast/West Coast rivals have been working together for months on separate recognition for new-media content, but sources said talks between the two sides recently broke off after ATAS brass got word that NATAS was reportedly developing new awards on its own.



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