MIPTV, Cannes – The International Academy of Television Arts & Sciences announced the winners of the International Digital Emmy Awards which took place in Cannes, April 12, at a ceremony organized in partnership with Reed MIDEM and hosted by actor Jason Priestley (Beverly Hills 90210, Call Me Fitz). New Zealand made history by winning its first International Emmy. It took the Digital Program: Children & Young People category with Reservoir Hill, an interactive web series that follows 16-year-old Beth Connolly as she is forced to solve a mystery when she moves to a creepy suburb. The UK won the Digital Program: Fiction and Digital Program: Non-Fiction awards. Primeval Evolved, an online project that extends the stories, world and characters of the television show primeval, won for Fiction. Virtual Revolution, an open source documentary, inviting users to collaborate in the making of a series about how the internet has transformed society, won for Non-Fiction. The Pioneer Prize was presented to Heroes creator and Executive Producer Tim Kring, for his innovative contributions to the field of digital entertainment with Heroes Evolutions.
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