NATAS distributes several groups of Emmy Awards, including those for daytime, sports, and news and documentary programming.

One of its past presidents, Don DeFore, was instrumental in arranging for the Emmy Awards to be broadcast on national TV for the first time on March 7, 1955.

Other past presidents include Diana Muldaur, John Cannon, Peter Price, Frank Radice and Bob Mauro.

[2] Academy of Television Arts & Sciences gives out only the Los Angeles, CA Regional Chapter Awards.

[7] Adam Sharp, NATAS president and chief executive, responded by saying that experienced journalists had made the nomination decision and that the academy had not found any evidence that Owda was affiliated with the PFLP.