Technology & Engineering Emmy Award
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| name = Technology and Engineering Emmy Award
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| caption = Technology and Engineering Emmy Award
| description = Outstanding achievement in technical or engineering development
| presenter = [[Academy of Television Arts & Sciences|ATAS]]/[[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences|NATAS]]
| country = {{USA}}
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A '''Technology and Engineering [[Emmy Award]]''' is given by the [[National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences]] (NATAS) for outstanding achievement in technical or engineering development. An award can be presented to an individual, a company, or to a scientific or technical organization for developments and/or standardization involved in engineering technologies which either represent so extensive an improvement on existing methods or are so innovative in nature that they materially have affected the transmission, recording, or reception of television.
==2008 presentations==
The Emmy Awards for [[ATSC]] broadcast transmission system [[RF filter]]s:
* [[Electronics Research]] Inc.
* [[Dielectric Communications]]
* [[Harris Broadcast]]
* [[Micro Communications]]Inc.
The Emmy Awards for Development… of interactive [[Video-on-Demand]] infrastructure and signaling, leading to large scale [[VOD]] implementations:
* [[Time Warner Cable]]
* [[Scientific Atlanta]]
* [[N2 Broadband]] ([[Tandberg Television]])
The Emmy Award for [[Coaxial cable]] technology:
* [[AT&T]]
The Emmy Award for Pioneering development of a fully monitored [[fiber Optic]] based [[digital network]]… at shared use sports venues:
* [[Vyvx Services]]
The Emmy Award for Development and implementation of an integrated and portable IP-based live, edit and store-and-forward digital newsgathering system:
* [[CNN]]
The Emmy Awards for Monitoring for compliance standards for ATSC & [[DVB]] transport streams:
* [[Rohde & Schwarz]]
* [[Tektronix]]
* [[Thomson]]
* [[Pixelmetrix]] Corporation
The advanced media technology winners for Science, Engineering & Technology for Broadband & Personal Television:
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use of Commercial [[Advertising]] on [[Personal Computer]]:
* [[The L Word]] in [[Second Life]], [[Showtime Networks]]/[[Electric Sheep Company]]
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use for Creation and Distribution of Interactive Commercial Advertising Delivered Through [[Digital Set Top Boxes]]:
* [[Axe Boost Your E.S.P. Interactive Channel Experience]], [[Brightline iTV]]/[[Unilever]]
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Synchronous Enhancement of Original Television Content for Interactive Use (Two Screen Environment TV /PC or TV / Mobile Device):
* [[March Madness]] on Demand, CBSSports.com/[[CBS Sports]]
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Creation of Non-Traditional Programs or Platforms:
* MTV's [[Virtual Laguna Beach]], [[MTV]] Networks
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use of Personal Media Display and Presentation Technology (PSP, Cell Phone, Personal Media Player, Mobile Devices):
* [[Bravo To Go]], [[Bravo]]
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use of "On Demand" (Consumer Scheduled or Programmed) Technology Over Broadband Networks for Active "lean-forward" Viewing:
* [[MLB Mosaic]], [[Ensequence]]/[[MLB.TV]]
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use of "On Demand" for Passive "lean-backward" Viewing:
* Switched Digital Video: Revolutionizing TV, [[Time Warner Cable]]/[[BigBand Networks]]
Following are the winners for Engineering & Technology for Creation and Implementation of [[Video Games]] and Platforms:
The Awards for [[Game Controller]] Innovation:
* [[Nintendo DS]], [[Nintendo]],
* [[Wii]], NIntendo
The Awards for [[Handheld Game]] Device Display Screen Innovation:
* [[Football]] & [[Auto Race]] – [[Mattel Electronics]]
* [[Atari Lynx]] – [[Atari Corporation]]
* Nintendo DS – Nintendo
The Awards for [[User Generated Content]] - Game Modification:
* ''[[Pinball Construction Set]]'' – [[Bill Budge]] & [[Electronic Arts]]
* ''[[Quake]]'' – [[John D. Carmack|John Carmack]] & [[id Software]]
* ''[[Second Life]]'' – [[Philip Rosedale]] & [[Linden Lab]]
The Award for [[Physics Engine]]s:
* [[Havok]]
The Awards for Development of [[Massively Multiplayer Online Graphical Role Playing Games]] ([[MMORPG]]):
* ''[[Neverwinter Nights (AOL game)|Neverwinter Nights]]'' – [[Don Daglow]] & [[Stormfront Studios]], [[AOL]]-[[Time Warner]], [[Wizards of the Coast]],
* ''[[Everquest]]'' – [[Sony Online Entertainment]]
* ''[[World of Warcraft]]'' – [[Mike Morhaime]] & [[Blizzard Entertainment]]
The Awards for Visual Digital Content Creation Tools and their Impact:
* [[Maya (software)|Maya]], [[Autodesk]]
* [[3D Studio Max]], Autodesk
SOURCE: National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences
==2007 presentations==
*TM Systems, For the development of the QC Station, a lightweight, quality control PC software that dramatically improves the traditional workflow of a dubbing and/or subtitling project.
==2006 presentations==
*[[RCA-TTE]], For Pioneering Development of On Screen Display (OSD) for Setup, Control and Configuration of Consumer Television Equipment
*[[Microsoft]], [[Adobe Systems]], [[RealNetworks]], and [[Apple Computer, Inc.]], For Streaming Media Architectures and Components
*[[Terayon]] Communication Systems, Inc., For pioneering Development for Combining Multiple ransport Streams Which Are Already Encoded, Using Rate-Shaping and Statistical Re-multiplexing
*[[Visible World]] and [[The Weather Channel]], For Development and Implementation of automatically Assembled Dynamic Customized TV Advertising
*[[Gennum]] Corp., For Technology Advances in Serial Digital Interface Solutions, enabling Over 20 Years of Seamless Studio and Broadcast Infrastructure migration.
* [http://www.the-n.com/ The-N.com] (a website associated with [[The N]] television channel) for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Non-Synchronous Enhancement of Original Television Programming, for the [http://www.the-n.com/theclick/masher/ Video Masher].
==2005 presentations==
*[[Ampex]] and [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]], For slow-motion color recording and playback for broadcast
*ABC, [[PBS]], and [[Consumer Electronics Association]], For closed caption standardization
*[[The WB]] and [[IBM]], For pioneering development of locally integrated and branded content using IP Store and forward technology
*[[Canon (company)|Canon]] USA Inc., [[Fujinon]], and [[Thales Angeniux]], For lens technology developments for solid state imagers cameras in high definition formats
*[[AT&T]] For the first intercontinental satellite TV transmission.
==2004 presentations==
*[[Sharp]], Development of Direct View [[Liquid Crystal Display]] Screens
*[[Philips]], Development of [[UHP (lamp)|UHP]] Lamps
*[[Len Reiffel]], Pioneering efforts in the invention of the [[Telestrator]]
*[[Echostar]] and [[DirecTV]] Pioneering Efforts in the Development of Spot Beam Satellites for Distribution of Local Broadcast Channels Directly to Home Receivers:
*[[NCube]], Concurrent, and SeaChange, Development, productization, and commercialization of video server technology leading to large scale VOD implementations:
==2003 presentations==
*[[Turner Network Television|Turner Networks]] For Pioneering Efforts in the Development of Automated, Server-Based Closed Captioning Systems
*[[Thomson-CSF|Thales Broadcast & Multimedia]] For Pioneering Development of Digital Modulator Adaptive Pre-Correction for ATSC 8VSB Digital Transmitter Systems
*[[Thomson-CSF|Thomson Broadcast & Media Solutions]] For Development And Application Of Sub-Pixel Imaging Devices For Television Cameras
*[[Dolby]] Laboratories, Jim Fosgate, and Peter Scheiber For Development of Surround Sound for Television
*[[Texas Instruments]] DLP Products For Pioneering Development of mass-produced digital reflective imaging technology for consumer rear projection television
*[[Kees A. Schouhamer Immink|Dr. Kees Immink]] For Coding Technology for Optical Recording Formats
*[[Pinnacle]] Systems (Montage) and [[Thomson-CSF|Thomson Broadcast]] & Media Solutions For Technology to simultaneously encode multiple video qualities and the corresponding metadata
==2002 presentations==
*[[Plasma display]] by [[Donald Bitzer]]. This revolutionized the television.
*[[Final Cut Pro]] by [[Apple Inc.]] A one application, any format editing system.
*[[Boujou]] Automated Camera Tracker by 2d3 Ltd. This innovation provides automatic shot tracking in a fraction of the usual time.
*[[Arriflex]] Cameras by [[ARRI]] Inc. A Lifetime Achievement Award goes to this organization for fifty years of technological contributions to the industry.
*TM Systems, for their language translation, dubbing and subtitling system.<ref name=tmsystems>[http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117873084.html?categoryid=13&cs=1 Dubbing biz goes modern] — ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine, [[22 September]] 2002.</ref>
*Proximity Corporation for software for managing graphical assets for broadcast.
==1997 presentations==
*[http://www.jlfisher.com/ J.L. Fisher], for development of camera dollies.
*[[Panasonic]], for development of the AJ-LT75 [[DVCPRO]] "Laptop" editor.
*Seven organizations known as the [[Grand Alliance (HDTV)|Grand Alliance]], which are primarily responsible for developing and standardizing the transmission and technology for [[digital TV]]. The companies are [[General Instrument]], [[American Telephone & Telegraph|AT&T]], [[David Sarnoff Research Center]], [[Thomson SA|Thomson]]/[[RCA]], [[Philips]], [[Zenith Electronics Corporation|Zenith]] and [[M.I.T.]].<ref> [http://www.variety.com/article/VR1116679165.html?categoryid=14&cs=1 Engineering Emmys awarded] — ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' magazine, [[20 June]] 1997.</ref>
===1960 Presentation===
[[Radio Corporation of America]], [[Marconi Company|Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company]] and [[English Electric Valve Company]] for the independent development of the 4 1/2 inch image [[orthicon]] tube and camera.
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.emmyonline.org/tech/ Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards home page]
*[http://www.emmyonline.org/tech/applications/engineering_award_winners_rev6.pdf Outstanding Achievement in Technical/Engineering Development Awards], from 1948 to 2006
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