Original Content
Winners
CNBC – Futures Now
Twice a week, CNBC.com offers a 15-minute live program on the futures market, and it’s exactly the kind of original programming that CNBC viewers are willing to seek out on digital platforms. Launched in October, the show gained a following quickly and has attracted big guests, including former presidential candidate Ron Paul and Hovnanian Enterprises CEO Ara Hovnanian.
Warner Bros. Digital Distribution – H+: The Digital Series
The high production value and quality writing makes this YouTube series a standout. It imagines a world in which a computer is implanted in peoples’ brains, so that they can connect to the Internet at any time. Gives a whole new meaning to the term TV Everywhere, eh? The series consistently racked up 70,000 views per episode and has been nominated for multiple awards, including The Producers Guild of America’s TV Producer of the Year Award in Episodic.
Honorable Mentions
AMC – The Walking Dead: Dead Reckoning
Bravo Media – Bravo’s Top Chef: Last Chance Kitchen
Discovery Communications – How We Invented the World
Scripps Networks Interactive – A Day in the Life Web Series
YES Network – Post-Game Plus
