Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards


The Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards, or Technology and Engineering Emmys, are one of two sets of Emmy Awards that are presented for outstanding achievement in engineering development in the television industry. The Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards are presented by the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences, while the separate Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards are given by its sister organization the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences.
A Technology and Engineering Emmy 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. The award is determined by a special panel composed of highly qualified, experienced engineers in the television industry.
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2023 Awards

The 75th annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were as follows.
Pioneering Development of Inexpensive Video Technology for Animation
  • Lyon Lamb
Large Scale Deployment of Smart TV Operating Systems
Creation and Implementation of HDR Static LUT, Single-Stream Live Production
Pioneering Technologies Enabling High Performance Communications Over Cable TV Systems
  • Broadcom
  • General Instrument
  • LANcity
  • 3COM
Pioneering Development of Manifest-based Playout for FAST
Targeted Ad Messages Delivered Across Paused Media
Pioneering Development of IP Address Geolocation Technologies to Protect Content Rights
Development of Stream Switching Technology between Satellite Broadcast and Internet to Improve Signal Reliability
Design and Deployment of Efficient Hardware Video Accelerators for Cloud
Spectrum Auction Design
  • FCC
  • Auctionomics
TV Pioneers – Cathode Ray Tubes
TV Pioneers – Development of lighting, ventilation, and lens-coating technologies

2022 Awards

The 74th annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were as follows.
Invention and Development of the Pinned Photodiode Now Used in Most Image Sensors
Extraction of Granular Census Level Behavioral Data using ACR
  • Cognitive Networks
  • Enswers
  • Turner Media lab
AI-ML curation of Sports Highlights
Digital Cinema Camera Mounted Video Extender for Live Audiences
Pioneering Development and Deployment of Virtualized Cable Modem
TV Pioneer Hall of Fame

2021 Awards

The 73rd annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were as follows.
Video & Audio Search based on Index Feeds coming from Multiple Sources
In Camera Sensor and Software Stabilization
Correlated Double Sampling for Image Sensors
Pioneering Development of an Image-Sensor Array with Buried-Photodiode Structure
  • Peter J. W. Noble
Standardization of Font Technology for Custom Downloadable Fonts and Typography for Web and TV Devices
  • MPEG
  • W3C – WebFonts Working Group
Common Key Technology of OTT Content
Development of the Event Scheduling and Notification Interface
  • Cable Labs
  • OATC
  • SCTE
Cloud Enabled Remote Editing and Project Management
Pioneering Development of Technologies to collect granular linear TV Viewership Data including STBs, ACR, Connected TV's for Measurement, Marketing & Advertising
Standardization of HTTP Encapsulated Protocols
Management of IP Multicast Video Distribution to Desktops and TVs in News & Media Production Facilities

2020 Awards

The 72nd annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were as follows.
; System to Measure Video Performances and Demographics across multiple platforms
; Pioneering Development and Deployment of Server-side Ad Manipulation and/or Playout for Adaptive Bitrate Video Distribution
; Development of Open Perceptual Metrics for Video Encoding Optimization
; Development of the Event Signaling and Management API Standard
; Pioneering Deployment of the Event Signaling and Management API
; Pioneering development of LED lighting for Television Production
  • Litepanels LTD
; Cross-MVPD Dynamic Ad Insertion for Cable Network Video on Demand Content
  • Canoe Ventures
; AI/Optimization for Real-Time Video Compression
; Invention and Pioneering Development of Intra-Pixel Charge Transfer CMOS Image Sensors
; Standardization of SMPTE ST 2110
; Common Encryption
; Content Delivery Networks
; Standardization and Commercialization of Television – Broadcast, Hybrid Electrical and Fiber-Optic Camera Cable and Connectors
; OLED Reference Monitors for Creative, Technical, Quality Control and Client Viewing
; Dynamic Metadata for optimal HDR and WCG color volume mapping
; Advanced Authoring Format
; Pioneering secure cloud-based VFX project management and collaboration at scale
; Development and Pioneering Deployment of Synchronized Local DMA Advertising Capability for DBS / MVPD's
; Standardization of the ISO Base Media File Format
; On-air Touch Screen for Data Visualization
; Development of Massive Processing Optimized Compression Technologies
; Newsroom Computer System used to plan and automate the production of linear live-to-air or live-to-recording news program

2019 Awards

The 71st annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were as follows.
; Pioneering System for Live Performance-Based Animation Using Facial Recognition
  • Adobe
; HTML5 Development and Deployment of a Full TV Experience on Any Device
; Pioneering Public Cloud Based Linear Media Supply Chains
  • AWS
  • Discovery
  • Evertz
  • FOX NE&O
  • SDVI
; Pioneering Development of Large Scale, Cloud Served, Broadcast Quality, Linear Channel Transmission to Consumers
  • Sling TV
  • Sony PlayStation Vue
  • Zattoo
; Early Development of HSM Systems that Created a Pivotal Improvement in Broadcast Workflows
  • Dell
  • IBM
  • Masstech
  • Quantum
; Pioneering Development and Deployment of Hybrid Fiber Coax Network Architecture
  • Cable Labs
; Pioneering Development of the CCD Image Sensor
; VoCIP
  • AVI WEST
  • Dejero
  • LiveU
  • TVU Networks
; Ultra-High Sensitivity HDTV Camera
; Development of Synchronized multi-channel uncompressed audio transport over IP Networks

2018 Awards

The 70th annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were as follows.
; Pioneering Development of Mobile X-Band Radar Trucks for Television Weather Forecasting and Reporting
; Automated Sound Conformation
  • Sounds in Sync
  • Synchro Arts
  • The Cargo Cult
; 3D Engine Software for the Production of Animation
; Cost Effective Crowd Simulation Tools
  • Massive
  • Golaem
  • Basefount
  • SideFX
; Pioneering Development of Packet Impairment Test Generator for SMPTE ST 2022 Digital Video over IP
  • Packetstorm
; Development of a Ku Satellite-Based Communication System for Early Satellite Newsgathering
  • NBC
  • Conus Communications
; Large-Scale “At Home” Production for Live Sports
  • NASCAR Productions
  • PSSI Global Services
  • Big Ten Network
; Large-Scale Distributed Production for Live Sports
  • NBC Sports
; Standardization of HTML5, Encrypted Media Extensions and Media Source Extensions for a Full TV Experience
; Pioneering Reliable Transmission Method for Live Contribution and Distribution TV Links
  • Fujitsu
  • Qvidium
  • Net Insight
  • VideoFlow
  • DVEO
  • Artel
  • Haivision
  • Cobalt
  • Zixi
  • AVI West
  • Streambox
  • Dejero
; Pioneering Development of the Single-Chip Color Camera

2017 Awards

The 69th annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were as follows.
; Contextual Voice Navigation for Discovering and Interacting with TV Content
; Low Latency Remote Controlled Airborne Video Platforms for Television
  • John McGraw
  • PictorVision Inc.
  • Aerial MOB LLC
  • Astraeus Aerial
  • Flying Cam Inc.
  • Vortex Aerial
  • Helivideo Productions LLC
  • Snaproll Media LLC
  • DJI
; Pioneering and Productization of Supporting Digital Video Using SDI Over Fiber-Optic
; Pioneering Development of a Computerized Hard-Disk Storage Based Digital Non-Linear, Multi-Stream Multi-Camera System
; Pioneering Development of a Portable, Battery Powered Audio/Video Test Signal Generator
  • MultiDyne
; Development of Integrated Consumer Video Conferencing Service into Broadcast Production Environments and Workflows
; Video Identification Technology to Protect Content Value and Copyright
; Expanding-Side Television Production Mobile Units
; A Three Dimensional Doppler Radar System to Track and Display Fast Moving Pitched and Hit Balls

2016 Awards

The 68th annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were as follows.
; Live Production Technology Beyond HD to Achieve Non-Interpolated Video for Instant Replay
  • Evertz
  • EVS
  • FOR-A
; Concept of Opto-Electric Transduction
; Development and Standardization of Media Object Server Protocol
  • Media Object Server Group
; System for Executing Targeted Household Advertising on Linear Television
; Pioneering Invention and Deployment of Fiber Optic Cable
; Pioneering Technology to Automate the Digital On-Line Assembly of Broadcast Content

2015 Awards

The 67th annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were as follows.
; Pioneering Optimization of Advertising Placement in Single Channel Linear Television Programs
  • BCS
; Standardization and Pioneering Development of Non-Live Broadband Captioning
; Open Modular Platform for Broadcast and Production Distribution and Conversion Equipment
; Development and Standardization of HDBaseT Connectivity Technology for Commercial and Residential HDMI/DVI Installations
; Phonetic Indexing and Timing
; Steganographic Technologies for Audio/Video
; Pre-production Visualization System
; The Concept of Scanning for Image Transmission
  • Alexander Bain
; Pioneering Development of Data Driven Traffic Systems for Multichannel Environments
  • Management Science Associates, Inc
  • Turner
; Development of Enabling Technology for High Density Video Switching and Routing Solutions
  • MACOM
; Closed-loop Statistical Multiplexing of Geographically Distributed Encoders

2014 Awards

The 66th annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were as follows.
; Pioneering Development of 2nd Screen Navigable Mosaic for Direct Programmer Offerings to Consumers via the Internet
; Development of Low Latency Video Streaming Live Captioning Systems
Recommended Practice on Techniques for Establishing and Maintaining Audio Loudness for Digital Television
; Standardization and Productization of JPEG2000 Interoperability
; Innovation in Improving Engagement Around Television in Social media
; Secure Accelerated File Movement over IP including the Internet
  • Aspera an IBM Company
  • DataExpedition Inc.
  • Signiant
  • Unlimitech
  • OvO Systems
; Pioneering Delivery of Pay TV Linear Video to Consumer Owned and Managed Devices Over a High Speed Data Connection
;Multi-format HDTV CCD Camera
  • Sony
LDK6000, DPM CCD Multi-format HDTV Camera System
  • Philips
;High-Definition Multimedia Interface
  • Hitachi
  • Panasonic
  • Philips
  • Silicon Image
  • Sony
  • Technicolor
  • RCA
  • Toshiba
;High-Bandwidth Digital Content Protection
  • Intel

2013 Awards

; Development, Standardization And Productization Of The High Definition Serial Digital Interface
  • SMPTE
  • SONY
  • Yamashita Engineering Manufacture Inc.
; Personalized Recommendation Engines For Video Discovery
; In-Camera Electronic Compensation For Lateral Chromatic Aberrations In External Lenses
; Inexpensive Small Rugged HD Camcorders
; Pioneering Wearable Camera Stabilizer Platforms
  • Garrett Brown
; Pioneering Analog Video Repositioner
  • Steven Rutt
  • Robert A. Diamond
; Gesture Control Systems For Video And Games
; Pioneering Work In Implementation And Deployment Of Network DVR
; Pioneering Development Of Video On Demand Dynamic Advertising Insertion
; Development And Standardization Of The MPEG-2 Transport Stream

2012 Awards

; Eco-system for Real Time Presentation of TV Content to Mobile Devices without the use of Specialized Television Hardware.
; The Development and Commercialization of Analog Local Cable Video Ad Insertion.
; The Development and Commercialization of Cable Interconnects for Local Video Ad Insertion
; The Development and Commercialization for Digital Infrastructure for Local Cable Ad Insertion
; Pioneering On-Screen Interactive Program Guides.
  • Insight
; Pioneering Development of Event Driven Control Room Automation Systems for Production of Live Television Shows, which Encompasses Full Control of Robotic Cameras, Audio, Graphics and Video Sources.
  • Parkervision
; Pioneering Development and Deployment of Aspect Ratio Control Technologies and Systems For Letterbox Images within Consumer Devices.
; Development of Electronic Mastering System for Large Scale Content Customization, Transcoding and Distribution.
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; Pioneering Development of Multi-Room DVR.
  • Time Warner Cable
  • Cisco
; IRND Filter Technology for Digital Motion Picture Cameras.
  • The Tiffen Company
  • Schneider Optics Inc.
; Improvements to Large Format CMOS Imagers for Use in High Definition Broadcast Video Cameras.
; Lifetime Achievement Award

2011 Awards

; Local Cable Ad Insertion Technology - Cable Digital Standards for Local Cable Advertising
  • SMPTE
  • SCTE
; The System for Automated Migration of Media Assets
  • Samma
; Pioneering Development of Large-Venue, Large-Screen Direct View Color Video Displays
; Pioneering Development and Deployment of Active Format Description and Aspect Ratio Control Technologies and Systems
; Development of Integrated, Deployable Systems for Live Reporting from Remote Environments
  • David Bloom
  • NBC
  • MTN Satellite Communications
; Standardization of Loudness Metering for Use in Broadcast Audio
  • ITU-R Study Group 6 / International Telecommunication Union
  • Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
  • Communications Research Centre
  • Dr. Gilbert Soulodre
  • Craig Todd
; Development of Professional Tapeless Portable Acquisition Systems Using Affordable Media
  • Sony Corporation
; Pioneering Development of Removable Solid State Media for Video Camera/Recorders
  • Panasonic Corporation

2010 Awards

;Lifetime Achievement Award in Technology and Engineering
; For Development and Production of Portable Tapeless Acquisition
  • Avid Technology, Inc.
  • Ikegami Co. LTD
; The Belt Pack: Distributed Amplifier Systems in Live Production
  • Stan Hubler
  • Dough Leighton
  • Bob Cohen
  • Charlie Butten
  • RTS Systems, Inc.
  • Clear-Com
; Development of Wireless Intercom
  • HME
  • RTS Systems, Inc.
; Development of Audio Meta Data Process for conforming audio the ATSC digital TV standard
  • Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
  • Linear Acoustic, Inc.
; Enabling Standards for the delivery of television via broadband data systems
; HD Super Motion Systems for acquisition, recording and Playback for Broadcast Entertainment and Sports Productions
; Blue Laser Optical Systems for Consumer Playback
  • Sony Corporation
  • Royal Philips Electronics
  • Panasonic Corporation
  • TDK Corporation

2009 Awards

;For its Audience Measurement Technology System
;For its Pioneering Development in Electronic Prompting
  • Portapromt
  • COMPU=PROMPT
;For its Pioneering Development of MSDC High-Power Amplifiers
  • L3
;For its Pioneering Efforts in Development, Implementation of Network Distribution workflows for ATSC DTV Development
;For the Development of NTSC Television
;For Pioneering Development of Automatic Transmitter Identification for Satellite Television Communications
  • HBO
  • ELMER MUSSER

2008 Awards

;Lifetime Achievement Award in Technology & Engineering
;Serial Interface and Protocols for Server/VTR control
;Delivery Confirmation Systems
;Development and Standardization of File Formats for Video and Audio
;Pioneering Development of MPEG-4 AVC systems for HDTV
;Pioneering RF Combiners for Adjacent Channels on Common Antenna Systems
;Ongoing live global HD cinemacasting
;Developing HDMI
;Standardization of the ATSC Digital System
  • Advisory Committee on Advanced Television Service
  • Advanced Television System Committee
  • Advanced Television Test Center
  • Advanced Television Evaluation Laboratory
;MPEG-4 AVC Standard

2007 Awards

The Emmy Awards for ATSC broadcast transmission system RF filters:
The Emmy Awards for Development... of interactive Video on Demand infrastructure and signaling, leading to large scale VOD implementations:
The Emmy Award for coaxial cable technology:
The Emmy Award for Pioneering development of a fully monitored fiber optic based digital network at shared use sports venues:
The Emmy Award for Development and implementation of an integrated and portable IP-based live, edit and store-and-forward digital news-gathering system:
The Emmy Awards for Monitoring for compliance standards for ATSC & DVB transport streams:
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 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:
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Synchronous Enhancement of Original Television Content for Interactive Use :
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Creation of Non-Traditional Programs or Platforms:
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use of Personal Media Display and Presentation Technology :
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use of "On Demand" Technology Over Broadband Networks for Active "lean-forward" Viewing:
The Awards for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use of "On Demand" for Passive "lean-backward" Viewing:
Following are the winners for Engineering & Technology for Creation and Implementation of Video Games and Platforms:
The Awards for Game Controller Innovation:
The Awards for Handheld Game Device Display Screen Innovation:
The Awards for User-Generated Content - Game Modification:Pinball Construction Set – Bill Budge & Electronic ArtsQuake – John Carmack & id SoftwareSecond Life – Philip Rosedale & Linden Lab
The Award for Physics Engines:
The Awards for Development of Massively Multiplayer Online Graphical Role Playing Games :Neverwinter Nights – Don Daglow & Stormfront Studios, AOL-Time Warner, Wizards of the Coast,EverQuest – Sony Online EntertainmentWorld of Warcraft – Mike Morhaime & Blizzard Entertainment
The Awards for Visual Digital Content Creation Tools and their Impact:
SOURCE: National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences

2006 Awards

Pioneering Development of On Screen Display for Setup, Control and Configuration of Consumer Television Equipment
  • RCA-TTE
Streaming Media Architectures and Components
Pioneering Development for Combining Multiple Transport Streams Which Are Already Encoded, Using Rate-Shaping and Statistical Re-multiplexing
Development and Implementation of Automatically Assembled Dynamic Customized TV Advertising
Technology Advances in Serial Digital Interface Solutions, Enabling Over 20 Years of Seamless Studio and Broadcast Infrastructure Migration
  • Gennum Corporation
Privately Owned and Operated International Satellite Company Primarily for International Video Services
  • Rene Anselmo, PanAmSat
Advanced Media Technology for the Synchronous Enhancement of Original Television Content
  • DirecTV Interactive Sports – DirecTV
Advanced Media Technology for the Non-Synchronous Enhancement of Original Television Content
  • The-N.com Video Mixer – The N
Advanced Media Technology for the Creation of Non-Traditional Programs or Platforms
  • The Slingbox – Sling Media
Advanced Media Technology for the Best Use of Personal Media Display and Presentation Technology
Advanced Media Technology for the Best Use of “On Demand” Technology Over Private Networks
Advanced Media Technology for the Best Use of “On Demand” Technology Over the Public Internet
  • Stim TV – NPOWR
Advanced Media Technology for Best Use by Commercials in Creation and Use in Non Traditional Platforms and Technologies
  • TiVo Interactive Advertising Platform – TiVo Inc.
Peripheral Development and Technological Impact of Video Game Controllers
Development of 3D Software Engines
Pioneering Work in Near and Real-Time Fully Programmable Shading Via Modern Graphics Processors
  • Microsoft
  • AMD
  • NVIDIA Corporation

2005 Awards

  • RCA-TTE, For Pioneering Development of On Screen Display 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 transport 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.
  • for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Non-Synchronous Enhancement of Original Television Programming, for the .

2004 Awards

  • Ampex and 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 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.

2003 Awards

  • Sharp, for development of Direct View Liquid Crystal Display Screens
  • Philips, for development of UHP Lamps
  • Len Reiffel, for pioneering efforts in the invention of the Telestrator
  • Echostar and DirecTV for pioneering Efforts in the Development of Spot Beam Satellites for Distribution of Local Broadcast Channels Directly to Home Receivers
  • nCUBE, Concurrent, and SeaChange, for development, productization, and commercialization of video server technology leading to large-scale VOD implementations

2002 Awards

2001 Awards

  • 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.
  • Proximity Corporation for software for managing graphical assets for broadcast.

2000 Awards

1960 Presentation

Radio Corporation of America, Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company and English Electric Valve Company for the independent development of the 4 inch image orthicon tube and camera.