It’s hard to imagine it only has been a few years since we first heard the words “Internet television providers.” These innovative content creators —Netflix, Amazon, Hulu and others — quickly have become major players in and disrupters of the TV business.
But the Television Academy, in place to award the best content on the small screen (whether on TV or a computer), shockingly has been much slower than its awards peers to embrace digital programming. Voters from the Golden Globes’ Hollywood Foreign Press Association chose Robin Wright of Netflix’s House of Cards as best drama actress in 2014. Meanwhile, the TV Academy barely has acknowledged web TV during its Emmy telecasts.
