The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences or NATAS is branch of the Academy of Television Arts and Sciences based in New York City. This organization works in cooperation with the Los Angeles based ATAS to administer the Daytime Emmy Awards. The Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (ATAS) is the organization which awards the Emmys. ... City nickname: The Big Apple Location in the state of New York Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Area  - Land  - Water 1,214. ... The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York- based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. ...

Like ATAS, this organization also distributes a special Governor's Award for Excellence.

NATAS also administers the Public Service Emmy Awards in which honor programming (such as public service announcements) which advances the common good. A public service announcement or PSA is a non-commercial advertisement—typically on U.S. or Canadian radio or television, broadcast for the public good. ...

External Links

official site of the Daytime Emmy Awards (http://www.emmys.org/awards/daytimeawards.php)

See Also

Daytime Emmy Award The Daytime Emmy Awards are awards presented by the New York- based National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences and the Los Angeles-based Academy of Television Arts and Sciences in recognition of excellence in American daytime television programming. ...