Regional TV Project MetroBeat TV Wins Four Emmy Awards.DENVER -- MetroBeat TV, the new community television collaborative between Comcast and Denver Metro area municipalities, won Emmy awards in four categories last night at the 20th annual Heartland Regional Emmy Awards (http://www.natascolo.org) ceremonies held at the Donald R. Sewell grand ballroom at the Denver Performing Arts Complex Coordinates: The Denver Performing Arts Complex (sometimes referred to locally as "The Plex" or simply, "Denver Center") located in Denver, Colorado, is the second largest performing arts center in the world after New York City's Lincoln Center, and . The awards are given each year by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
The Emmy awards were given to "People to Watch" (interview/discussion program), "MetroBeat Magazine" (magazine program), "MetroBeat TV Promotions" (program promotional campaign), and "Student Voices" (children/youth program). "These awards recognize the outstanding achievements of local people and whole communities working together to create meaningful, high-quality grassroots television for the Colorado Front Range
Launched in November 2005, MetroBeat TV (http://www.metrobeat.tv) consists of five monthly programs that air simultaneously twice a week in 25 Denver metro communities on the municipal access Channel 8, as well as On Demand anytime through Comcast. The project was created by Comcast in collaboration with the local Colorado Front Range communities to explore new potential uses of cable television technologies that could meet both the unique needs of local communities beyond the current television models, and increase the value of community programming to citizens at a regional level. If successful, the regional TV collaboration could be expanded to other markets. MetroBeat TV programs have also received additional recognition earlier this year, winning a CableWorld Award for "Student Voices," Telly Awards for "Inside the Cover" and "People to Watch" and a 3CMA CMA - Concert Multithread Architecture from DEC. Savvy Award for "People to Watch." About Comcast: Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq:CMCSA) (Nasdaq:CMCSK) (http://www.comcast.com) is the nation's leading provider of cable, entertainment and communications products and services. With 21.7 million cable customers, 9.3 million high-speed Internet customers, and 1.7 million voice customers, Comcast is principally involved in the development, management and operation of broadband cable networks and in the delivery of programming content. The Company's content networks and investments include E! Entertainment Television, Style Network, The Golf Channel, OLN OLN Outdoor Life Network (TV channel) OLN Oracle Learning Network OLN Olin Corporation OLN Operator License Number OLN on Line Network OLN Office for Library and Information Networking , G4, AZN Television, PBS KIDS Sprout PBS KIDS Sprout (sometimes referred to as PBS Sprout, KIDS Sprout, or just Sprout) is a US digital cable television channel, video-on-demand (VOD) service, and website providing PBS KIDS shows and original programming for preschoolers and their families. , TV One and four regional Comcast SportsNets. The Company also has a majority ownership in Comcast-Spectacor, whose major holdings include the Philadelphia Flyers NHL NHL Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, see there hockey team, the Philadelphia 76ers NBA NBA abbr. 1. National Basketball Association 2. National Boxing Association NBA (US) n abbr (= National Basketball Association) → Basketball-Dachverband (= basketball team and two large multipurpose arenas in Philadelphia. Comcast Class A common stock and Class A Special common stock trade on The NASDAQ Stock Market Nasdaq stock market The first electronic stock market listing over 5000 companies. The Nasdaq stock market comprises two separate markets, namely the Nasdaq National Market, which trades large, active securities and the Nasdaq Smallcap Market that trades emerging growth companies. under the symbols CMCSA and CMCSK, respectively. |
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