BBC News: Emmy awards cermony

Why do they call the Emmy Award "Emmy"?

"It's a feminization of 'Immy,' which is short for the image orthicon tube," explains John Leverence, senior vice president of awards for the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. The image orthicon, which revolutionized TV, was originally built to guide flying

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