Editing Emmy Awards (section)

==Statuette==
The Emmy statuette, depicting a winged woman holding an atom, was designed by television engineer [[Louis McManus]], who used his wife as the model. The ATAS rejected forty-seven proposals before settling on McManus's design in 1948. The statuette "has since become the symbol of the TV Academy's goal of supporting and uplifting the art and science of television: The wings represent the muse of art; the atom the electron of science."<ref name="emmyOrigin">{{cite web | url=http://www.emmys.com/academy/about/statuette | title=History of the Emmy Statuette |first=Sandra |last=Parker | publisher=Academy of Television Arts and Sciences | access-date= October 1, 2014}}</ref>

When deciding a name for the award, ATAS founder [[Syd Cassyd]] originally suggested "Ike", the nickname for the television [[iconoscope]] tube. "Ike" was also the popular nickname of [[World War II]] hero and future U.S. President [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], and the ATAS members wanted something unique. Finally, television engineer and the third academy president Harry Lubcke suggested the name "Immy", a term commonly used for the [[Video camera tube#Image orthicon|image orthicon tube]] used in the early cameras.<ref name="emmyOrigin"/> After "Immy" was chosen, it was later feminized to Emmy to match their female statuette.<ref name="emmyOrigin"/>

The weight and dimensions of the Emmy statuette vary among the events. Each Primetime Emmy statuette weighs {{convert|6|lb|12+1/2|oz|kg|spell=in}}, and is made of copper, nickel, silver, and gold. The statue stands {{convert|15.5|in|cm}} tall with a base diameter of {{convert|7.5|in|cm}} and weight of {{convert|88|oz|kg}}. The Regional Emmy Award statuette is {{convert|11.5|in|cm}} tall with a base diameter of {{convert |5.5|in|cm}} and weight of {{convert|48|oz|kg}}. Each takes five and a half hours to make and is handled with white gloves to prevent fingerprints. The Primetime Emmy statues are manufactured by [[R.S. Owens & Company]] based in [[Chicago|Chicago, Illinois]], which was also charged with manufacturing the Academy Award statues until 2016, when [[AMPAS]] switched to Polich Tallix in [[Walden, New York]].<ref name= "History of the Emmy Statue">{{cite web|last=Award|first=Emmy|title=History of the Emmy Statue|url=http://www.emmys.tv/awards/history-emmy-statuette|work=NATAS History|publisher=NATAS|access-date=September 17, 2011}}</ref><ref name="R.S. Owens manufatures the Emmy Award Statue">{{cite web|last=|title=Chicago Company R.S. Owens & Company Makes Emmy Statues|url=http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/chicago-emmy-statues-made-rs-owens-company-20110913|work=Fox Chicago|access-date=|date=13 September 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120202201706/http://www.myfoxchicago.com/dpp/news/metro/chicago-emmy-statues-made-rs-owens-company-20110913|archive-date=February 2, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>Spadaro, Amanda (January 27, 2017). [http://www.recordonline.com/news/20170127/foundry-seeks-tax-breaks-in-move-to-walden "Foundry seeks tax breaks in move to Walden."] ''Times Herald-Record'' (Middletown, NY). Retrieved from RecordOnline.com, October 2, 2018.</ref>  The Regional Emmy Awards are made by both R.S. Owens & Company and [[Society Awards]], a New York–based company that also makes the [[Golden Globe Awards]].

As its trademark owners, the ATAS and the NATAS hold firm rules on the use of the "Emmy" image as well as its name. For example, the Emmy statuette must always appear facing left. Any copyright notice for the statue should read "ATAS/NATAS", listing both academies. Academy members must also obtain permission to use the statue image or name for promotional uses even though they are winners of the award. Furthermore, DVDs of Emmy-winning shows may reference the fact that they received an Emmy, but cannot use the statue image unless it is capable of being removed from all copies one year after the award is presented.<ref name="ATAS Trademark and Copyright">{{cite web | url=http://www.emmys.com/trademark-policy | title=ATAS Copyright and Trademark Policies | publisher=ATAS |access-date=January 23, 2018}}</ref><ref name="NATAS Trademark and Copyright">{{cite web | url=http://emmyonline.com/trademarks | title=NATAS Copyright and Trademark Policies | publisher=NATAS | access-date=January 23, 2018 | archive-date=February 2, 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190202095208/http://emmyonline.com/trademarks | url-status=dead }}</ref>