The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) has released the recipients of the 67th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards that will take place on Friday, January 8, 2016, marking the tenth consecutive year that the awards have been presented during the Consumer Electronics Show.
The reception and presentation will take place in the Bellagio Grand Ballroom at the Bellagio Hotel in Las Vegas beginning at 6:30 p.m.
“One of the reasons for the exciting growth of our industry can be attributed to what these talented and innovative companies have achieved,” said Bob Mauro, president, NATAS. “Their unrelenting passion in pushing the boundaries of what television can be continues to surprise and inspire us and we salute their efforts with this well-deserved recognition.”
The individuals and companies that will be honored at the event include:
2015 Technical / Engineering Achievement Awards
Pioneering Optimization of Advertising Placement in Single Channel Linear Television Programs:
BCS (Imagine Communications)
Standardization and Pioneering Development of Non-Live Broadband Captioning:
Netflix
Home Box Office (HBO)
Telestream
SMPTE
W3C
Open Modular Platform for Broadcast and Production Distribution and Conversion Equipment:
Ross Video
Development and Standardization of HDBaseT Connectivity Technology for Commercial and Residential
HDMI/DVI Installations:
Valens Semiconductor
Phonetic Indexing and Timing:
Nexidia Inc.
Steganographic Technologies for Audio/Video:
Nielsen
Civolution
Digimarc
Verance
Pre-Production Visualization System:
Autodesk
Cast-Soft
Innoventive Software
Robert Abel
The Concept of Scanning for Image Transmission:
Alexander Bain
Pioneering Development of Data Driven Traffic Systems for Multichannel Environments:
MSA
Turner
Development of Enabling Technology for High Density Video Switching and Routing Solutions:
MACOM
Closed-loop Statistical Multiplexing of Geographically Distributed Encoders:
DirecTV
Echostar
Ericsson
Harmonic
