Current Wins an Emmy

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Kvelling…. albeit from a distance…

Last night, Al Gore and Joel Hyatt won an Emmy for Interactive Television for Current.tv

Mazel Tov.

Having been present at the creation, I am delighted that the network has succeeded.

(As a shareholder, I can only hope and pray it goes the route of Youtube!)

The recognition of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences takes this notion of ‘democratizing’ television into ever more serious realms, which is good for us and good for the movement.

Current.tv, I think, is only the very tip of the iceberg. It is the beginning, but a very good beginning. Over time the people who contribute the work will become ever more proficient, their work will be better, and they will move out into the greater marketplace of video, both television and online.

It’s a very very good start.

Michael Rosenblum

For more than 35 years, Michael Rosenblum has been on the cutting edge of the digital video journalism revolution. During this time, he has lead a drive for video literacy, and the complete rethinking of how television is made and controlled. His work has included: The complete transitioning of The BBC's national network (UK) to a VJ-driven model, starting in 2002. The complete conversion of The Voice of America, the United State's Government's broadcasting agency, (and the largest broadcaster in the world), from short wave radio to television broadcasting and webcasting using the VJ paradigm (1998-present). The construction of NYT Television, a New York Times Company, and the largest producer of non-fiction television in the US. Rosenblum was both the founder and President of NYT TV, (all based on this paradigm (1996-1998). The President and Founder of Video News International, a global VJ-driven newsgathering company, with more than 100 journalists around the world. (1993-1996). Other clients include Spectrum News, Verizon and CBS News.

1 Comment
  • David Martin September 21, 2007

    Bravo, Michael! Congrats & cheers. All the best,