Rival TV Academies to Share Members in Children’s, Daytime and Documentary Fields Under New Landmark Agreement (EXCLUSIVE)
variety.comMichael Schneider Variety Editor at Large A large chunk of the Los Angeles-based Television Academy members are about to automatically become members of the New York-based National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences as well.
Under a partnership between the two (formerly warring, but now friendly) TV academies, the qualifications required for membership in the peer groups that exist in both organizations — Children’s Animation, Children’s Live Action, Daytime, and Documentary — will be identical.
That means that members will automatically be enrolled in both organizations, and existing members of the TV Academy’s Children’s, Daytime, Documentary and Science & Technology peer groups will retain those memberships while automatically becoming members of NATAS as well.
That shared membership comes as part of NATAS’ major governance makeover, as NATAS is preparing to recruit and add national members for the first time.
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