{"id":40662,"date":"2025-10-28T11:05:58","date_gmt":"2025-10-28T15:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/?p=40662"},"modified":"2025-11-21T09:29:17","modified_gmt":"2025-11-21T14:29:17","slug":"mdc-tv-nominated-for-another-suncoast-regional-emmy-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/mdc-tv-nominated-for-another-suncoast-regional-emmy-award\/","title":{"rendered":"MDC-TV Nominated For Another Suncoast Regional Emmy Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MDC-TV was <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/suncoastemmys.org\/emmy-awards\/nominees\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">nominated for a Suncoast Regional Emmy Award<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=LE6AZ5hQBPM\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video Game Concert 2025<\/span><\/i><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The recognition is presented by the National Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences. MDC-TV has now been nominated 21 times for a Suncoast Emmy, winning 11.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Winners will be announced on Dec. 6 at The Diplomat Beach Resort in Hollywood, Florida at 7:30 p.m.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s always an incredible feeling to see the hard work of our students and staff recognized,\u201d said Ariel Rubalcava, executive director of MDC-TV. \u201cFor us, the Emmy nominations are more than just awards, they\u2019re a validation that education, creativity and collaboration can truly reach a professional level.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Video Game Concert 2025<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is a multimedia production featuring live music and visuals from classic video games including <em>Super Mario<\/em> and <em>Zelda<\/em>. It was directed by Rubalcava and Alberto Bade, chair of the music department at MDC and director of the MDC Symphony Orchestra.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The concert was performed live at the North Campus Lehman Theater on June 21 <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.com\/staging\/8357\/photo-briefing-june-22-2025\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to cap off Finn-Con<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the annual anime and gaming expo at North Campus.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cEvery time that we get nominated for this award, it feels like it is the first time every time,\u201d Bade said. \u201cIt is an amazing feeling to know that the highest award in television is being given to a college network.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This year, MDC-TV used Google Veo3\u2014an artificial intelligence video generation model\u2014to help to create their visuals.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cIt\u2019s one of our most ambitious projects, it represents what\u2019s possible when art and technology come together in an academic setting,\u201d Rubalcava said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bade, in collaboration with North Campus Director of Learning Resources Angel Hernandez, began the preproduction process five months before the performance.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">More than 86 MDC students and faculty from music, film and digital media programs collaborated to make the concert possible.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Other contributors to the project include the School of Entertainment &amp; Design Technology, the North Campus Arts &amp; Philosophy department and North Campus media services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cTension and chaos seem to win at moments, but somehow the effort of every student, crew member and staff comes alive during the live performance,\u201d Rubalcava said. \u201cThe final show captures the best of it all.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">MDC-TV can be found on Comcast channel 78, Atlantic Broadband channel 78, AT&amp;T U-Verse channel 99 and <\/span><\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@MDC-TV\"><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">YouTube<\/span><\/i><\/a><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><i>Click<\/i><span style=\"color: #3366ff;\"><a style=\"color: #3366ff;\" href=\"https:\/\/mdcthereporter.us19.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4fc6146412415baee32007fd7&amp;id=b5cd3712dc\"><i> here<\/i><\/a><\/span><i> to subscribe to our bi-weekly newsletter, The Hammerhead. For news tips, contact us at mdc.thereporter@gmail.com.\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MDC-TV was nominated for a Suncoast Regional Emmy Award for Video Game Concert 2025.\u00a0 The recognition is presented by the National Academy of Television Arts &amp; Sciences. MDC-TV has now been nominated 21 times for a Suncoast Emmy, winning 11. 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