How did T V's Emmy Awards get their name?

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An essential component of early TV cameras was something called an image orthicon tube, colloquially called an 'Immy' by people in the business. 'Emmy' is apparently a variant of 'Immy', chosen because it sounded a little more feminine and thus more appropriate to the female statuette. {Sources;} Brewer's Dictionary of 20th-Century Phrase and Fable and various websites including www.cnn.com/SHOWBIZ/9709/emmys/history/ and www.howstuffworks.com/emmy/htm Nov 09 01, 12:58 AM

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