Could peace finally be in the offing between the two rival TV academies?
A New York judge has upheld December's arbitration ruling in favor of the Los Angeles-based TV Academy against its New York counterpart, effectively ending last year's bitter battle between the two sides.
Los Angeles' Academy of TV Arts & Sciences -- which awards the Primetime Emmys -- had accused Gotham's National Academy of TV Arts & Sciences of attempting to establish a new Broadband Emmy infrastructure without permission.
The American Arbitration Assn. halted those plans, agreeing with ATAS that NATAS -- which hands out Daytime, News and Sports Emmys, among other categories -- had violated terms of the 1977 divorce between the West and East Coast acads.
Balking at that ruling, NATAS filed a petition with the New York State Supreme Court in December, asking that the ruling be set aside on the grounds that the arbitrators had exceeded their authority. The arbitrators had announced which acad held jurisdiction by genre, rather than by daypart -- and NATAS took issue.
But the judge, in a 19-page opinion on Monday, said the arbitration panel's findings were final, with one exception. Both NATAS and ATAS continue to hammer out a proposal to launch a Spanish-language Emmy Award -- an issue that hasn't yet been settled.
"We are gratified that the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences is unanimously victorious in a very fair and accurate arbitration, and that we can continue our vision to preserve the Emmy brand," ATAS said in a statement.
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