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Reservoir Hill's Beth Connolly - Source: ONE News -
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TVNZ's first online-only interactive drama Reservoir Hill has won an Emmy Award - New Zealand's first international Emmy.
The interactive drama, which played out online in weekly episodes last year on TVNZ Ondemand, won the Digital Emmy for programmes aimed at children or young people. It was up against shows from Hong Kong, Canada, Finland and the UK.
Reservoir Hill told the story of Beth Connolly who was uprooted from her home life in rural Ruakowhai, and forced to move to a strange new suburb when her parents separate.
The online drama was a New Zealand first from David Stubbs and Thomas Robins from KHF Media, giving viewers the chance to interact with their lead character.
The weekly episodes posed the question of what Beth should do in certain situations and viewers could then text in their suggestions. The producers then took those suggestions on board for the following episode.
Weekly video blogs from Beth were also posted and viewers could interact with her through her Bebo page.
Stubbs and Robins were at the ceremony in France to pick up the Emmy and were elated at the achievement.
"It feels amazing. We're thrilled for the team here at KHF Media, the cast, crew and writing team who worked tirelessly on a project we were all proud of," Stubbs says.
Miss Reservoir Hill the first time round? You can't text any longer but you can still watch the show at TVNZ Ondemand .
