When It Comes To 2017 Emmy Nominations, Two Shows Are Big Winners
The 2017 Emmy nominations were announced Thursday.
LEARN MOREFacebook Live Nabs An Emmy Nom, Makes Plans For More Original Content
Alongside "The Voice On Snapchat" and "E! News 360," Facebook Live's ACLU telethon was nominated for its use of interactive media.
Facebook Live Nabs An Emmy Nom, Makes Plans For More Original Content
Facebook Live / "Stand For Rights"
July 15, 2017
Online streaming services like Netflix, Hulu and Amazon are dominating major Emmy categories — but one surprising tech company is making moves to join them.
Facebook Live received its first-ever Emmy nomination for a live show produced in partnership the American Civil Liberties Union. The show, "Stand For Rights: A Benefit for the ACLU With Tom Hanks," raised over $500,000 for the organization. It featured appearances by actors including Tina Fey, Alec Baldwin and, of course, Tom Hanks.
The Facebook Live show is going up against "E! Live 360" and "The Voice on Snapchat" in the Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media Within An Unscripted Program category. Both of those programs are only available via smartphones, which might indicate a shift toward online broadcasting and virtual reality programming.
In the same category for scripted programs, VR games for Netflix's "Stranger Things" and USA Network's "Mr. Robot" also nabbed nominations.
Facebook is planning on profiting off this shift in digital media consumption.
Back in May, Business Insider reported the social media company greenlit multiple shows for its video platform. While some shows will be daily, five- to 10-minute shorts, insiders said Facebook also plans on producing more expensive long-form programs.
How expensive? The Wall Street Journal reports Facebook's budget could go as high as $3 million per episode.
TikTok ban gains momentum as half of Americans favor the move
A new poll shows half of all Americans favor banning the popular social media app, while just one in five are opposed to the idea.
Twitter will soon only recommend tweets from verified users
Twitter is attempting to bolster its $8-a-month Twitter Blue service as it ends unpaid verification.
Who's who on Twitter? 'Verified' impostors blur the lines
Impostors have always been a problem on social media, but some worry that Twitter's new verification process is a step in the wrong direction.
Top Stories
One dead, several injured in roof collapse at Illinois theater
Severe weather is to blame for the roof collapse during a heavy metal concert at the Apollo Theater in Belvidere, Illinois.
2:09
Families still don't know if relatives died in fire at migrant center
Mexican officials made arrests in connection to a fire that killed at least 39 migrants, but some families don't know if their relatives are dead.
3:41
Her dad is a Russian Air Force pilot, she’s an anti-Putin activist
A Russian woman in Chicago leads a group of fellow exiles against Putin and his war.
