The BAFTA Interactive Awards and BAFTA Games Awards were created in 2003 by splitting the original BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Awards into two separate ceremonies.Multimedia's best in Bafta battle - BBC News announces BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Award split; 1 December 2003.
While the previous ceremonies had been annually hosted each October since 1998, the 2003 Interactive Awards weren't held until 19 February of the following year,BBC's Celebdaq wins Bafta award - BBC News lists 2003 winners; 20 February 2004. while the 2004 event took place on 2 March 2005.BBC leads interactive Bafta wins - BBC News lists 2004 winners; 2 March 2005.
In March 2006, BAFTA issued a press release announcing that "Video Games are as Important as Film and Television", and reinstated the Games Awards to the traditional October slot. Video Games Awards become BAFTA's 'third arm' - BAFTA official press release (pdf). No mention of Interactive Awards was made, and all traces of the ceremony vanished shortly afterwards when BAFTA's website was reorganised, making it the shortest running event in BAFTA's history.Winners & Nominees - Archive of 2004 BAFTA Interactive Awards.
Ceremonies Year Date Venue Host 200319 February 2004 London rowspan="2" 20042 March 2005 Café Royal, London
Children's Learning 2004 : Headline History 2003 : (not awarded)
Design 2004 : Alexander McQueen Website 2003 : Greenwich Millennium Village
DVD 2004 : The Chaplin Collection 2003 : Lion King - Special Edition DVD
Factual 2004 : Stagework 2003 : (two awards - Online & Offline)
Film/TV website 2004 : Trauma 2003 : Starfinder
Interactive Arts 2004 : Frequency and Volume 2003 : Alleph.net
Interactive Arts Installation 2004 : (not awarded) 2003 : The House of Osama Bin Laden
Interactive TV 2004 : Spooks Interactive 2003 : V:MX
Music 2004 : SSEYO miniMIXA 2003 : (not awarded)
New Talent Award 2004 : Dan Jones 2003 : (not awarded)
News & Sport 2004 : England's Exit From Euro 2004 2003 : (not awarded)
Offline Factual 2004 : (single Factual award) 2003 : DNA Interactive DVD
Offline Learning 2004 : (combined with Online Learning) 2003 : Knowledge Box
Online Entertainment 2004 : Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Adventure Game - 20th Anniversary Edition 2003 : Celebdaq
Online Factual 2004 : (single Factual award) 2003 : Tate Online
Online Learning 2004 : Stagework 2003 : Bodysong
Technical Innovation 2004 : Careers Wales Online 2003 : The Darkhouse
References
External links Headline History Alexander McQueen