Tech & Engineering Emmy® Awards

Wednesday, January 7, 2009
6 p.m. Reception and 7 p.m. Awards Banquet
The Venetian, Lido Ballroom 3101

The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) has presented the Emmy® Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering /Technical Development since 1948. For the third year in a row, the Awards will be presented at the International CES.

Awards are presented to an individual, company, or to a scientific or technical organization for developments and/or standardization involved in engineering technologies which either represent an extensive improvement on existing methods or are so innovative in nature that they materially have affected the transmission, recording, or reception of television.

The awarding of the Emmy statue to this year's Technology and Engineering winners takes place during an evening ceremony on January 7, 2009 in Las Vegas. For ticket information, call 212-484-9440 or e-mail events@emmyonline.tv.

A listing of awards is below as compiled by the independent accountancy firm of Lutz and Carr, LLP. LP. A list of honorees is also available on the National Television Academy's website.

Serial Interface and Protocols for Server/VTR Control: Harris Corporation and Sony
Delivery Confirmation Systems: XOrbit and Scripps Networks
Development and Standardization of File Formats for Video and Audio: the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and Thomson Grass Valley
Pioneering Development of MPEG-4 AVC Systems for HDTV: Tandberg Television and DirecTV
Pioneering RF Combiners for Adjacent Channels on Common Antenna Systems: Harris, Micro Communications Inc. (MCI) and Radio Frequency Systems (RFS)
Ongoing Live Global HD Cinemacasting: the Metropolitan Opera Association
Help in Developing HDMI: Silicon Image, Thomson, Toshiba, Sony, Matsushita, Hitachi, Philips, Molex, Japan Aviation Electronics (JAE) and Intel
Standardization of the ATSC Digital System: the Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service, the Advanced Television System Committee, the Advanced Television Test Center and the Advanced Television Evaluation Laboratory
MPEG-4 AVC Standard: Video Coding Expert Group (VCEG) and Moving Picture Experts Group (MPEG)

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