Drama series House of Cards has won an Emmy, becoming the first online-only TV show to do so, as the likes of Netflix and Amazon continue to rival traditional TV companies in producing original content. Watch a trailer for the show below: House of Cards director David Fincher won the drama directing Emmy award for […]
Drama series House of Cards has won an Emmy, becoming the first online-only TV show to do so, as the likes of Netflix and Amazon continue to rival traditional TV companies in producing original content.
Watch a trailer for the show below:
House of Cards director David Fincher won the drama directing Emmy award for the series which has already been nominated for 14 primetime Emmy awards this year – which is a first in itself.
However, this is the first time any online-only platforms has won a marquee Emmy that is accepted in front of the national broadcast audience.
Netflix also won a Creative Arts Emmy for casting and another for cinematography – but they were at a separate ceremony.
Netflix has more than 30 million streaming subscribers and took an unorthodox approach to developing the series.
It committed $100 million for two seasons of the show upfront, without requiring a pilot as networks generally do. And it distributed all 13 episodes of the first season at once to facilitate binge-viewing.
