Derek Gibbons Presented Channel WeDigTV Wins an Academy of Television Arts and Sciences International Emmy Award! – Cannes 2008

The Interactive TV Experience “WeDigTV”, on which Derek is an interactive links presenter, has received the Emmy Award 2008 for Best Interactive Channel. On March 4, 2008 it was announced that WeDigTV had been nominated for an Emmy Award – and the channel won on April 8th 2008.

The following is a press release taken from the International Academy of Television Arts and Sciences Website;

MIPTV-Cannes, April 8, 2008 — The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced tonight the winners for the International Interactive Emmy® Awards, organized for the third year in a row in Cannes, France in partnership with Reed MIDEM and hosted by British comedian Brian Conley (The Brian Conley Show, Let Me Entertain You).

Scandinavia led the evening with Finland’s children’s program Staraoke winning the Interactive Program category and Sweden’s participation drama The Truth About Marika winning the Interactive TV Service category, while the Interactive Channel award went to the United Kingdom’s WeDigTV.  Complete information on the winners follows this release.

“This year’s winners are an illustration of how technology is enhancing viewer participation and bringing an added value to television content,” said Bruce L. Paisner, President & CEO of The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. ”We congratulate them on their achievements.”

The awards ceremony and dinner was attended by over 150 international executives from the television, broadband and mobile industries and sponsored by Alcatel-Lucent.

WeDigTV
The JD Project Limited
United Kingdom

WeDigTV is the world’s first TV2 network. TV2 is a platform which allows viewers to dictate the terms of their interactive video experience. By delivering seemingly linear broadcasts to the user that are in fact fully interactive, TV2 makes the format-type show compelling and relevant in an age of true video on-demand. In each show, the user is able to engage with the host and ultimately decide the fate of their experience within the show itself. WeDigTV brings the user as close as possible to being in the contestant’s chair without actually sitting there.