Xbox history docuseries wins US television prize

The documentary series Power On: The Story of Xbox has won a Daytime Emmy. The jury of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences found the documentary to be the best in the category of outstanding single camera editing.

The documentary series had its premiere in December of last year and is spread over six parts. The series is mainly about Microsoft’s first game console, but, for example, the Red Ring of Death of the Xbox 360 is also discussed. Also ‘peripheral matters’ such as games and controllers are covered, specifically the creation of classics such as the Halo, Gears of War and Forza series, and the Duke controller ‘which required gorilla hands’.

The ceremony was held in the US on Saturday night, writes, among other things, Variety† In addition to a Daytime Emmy for the editing work, the docuseries was also nominated in the outstanding arts and popular culture program category. The winner in that category was First Film, from Netflix.

The production company behind the docuseries, Ten100TV, has previously received an Emmy Award for their work on the sports program Red Bull Air Race World Series. They explain further on their website: what it was like to work on the docuseries and how, for example, the pandemic had an impact on production.

In previous years, the big difference between the Emmy Awards and the Daytime Emmy Awards was simply the part of the day in which the programming was broadcast. Obviously, the best programming from a television channel, for example, is saved for primetime, or in the evenings, which is why it fell under the Emmys. The current popularity of non-linear television has reduced the time of “broadcasting” and therefore programs from this edition onwards are split between the two Emmy variants based on theme, format and style rather than time.

The organizations behind the two Emmys normally put images online of the award ceremonies, but always do this later. Moreover, not all winners are known yet; the second half of the categories will follow next Friday. In terms of appearance, the regular and Daytime Emmys Emmy statues are identical.

All six parts of the docuseries are on YouTube and other places free to view