TV Academy & NATAS Begin Exploratory Reunification Talks

Almost 50 years after their acrimonious split, the two organizations giving away Emmys may become one again. The Television Academy (formerly known as the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences), which is behind the Emmy Awards, and the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, which puts together the Daytime Emmy Awards, have begun exploratory

The Emmy Awards were first held in 1949, and the name 'Emmy' was derived from 'Immy,' a nickname for the image orthicon tube used in early television cameras.