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.

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
  • BBC
  • NBC
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
  • DirecTV
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
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
  • MultiDyne
  • ARRI
Pioneering Development and Deployment of Virtualized Cable Modem
TV Pioneer Hall of Fame
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
  • Arvato Systems Group
  • EditShare
  • Ross Video
Pioneering Development of Technologies to collect granular linear TV Viewership Data including STBs, ACR, Connected TV's for Measurement, Marketing & Advertising
  • Bell South
  • Cablevision
  • DIRECTV
  • NCM Solutions
Standardization of HTTP Encapsulated Protocols
  • Apple
  • MLB Advanced Media
  • MPEG
  • 3GPP
Management of IP Multicast Video Distribution to Desktops and TVs in News & Media Production Facilities
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
  • File Format Subgroup under ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 3
; 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
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
  • Apple
  • Google
  • LG
  • Microsoft
  • Mozilla
  • Opera TV
  • Samsung
; 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
  • Bell Labs
  • Michael Tompsett
; VoCIP
  • AVI WEST
  • Dejero
  • LiveU
  • TVU Networks
; Ultra-High Sensitivity HDTV Camera
  • Canon
  • Flovel
; Development of Synchronized multi-channel uncompressed audio transport over IP Networks
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
; Large-Scale Distributed Production for Live Sports
  • NBC Sports
; Standardization of HTML5, Encrypted Media Extensions and Media Source Extensions for a Full TV Experience
  • W3C
  • Microsoft
  • Comcast
  • Netflix
  • Google
; 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
  • Peter Dillon
  • Al Brault
  • Hitachi
  • NEC
  • Panasonic
  • Sony
  • Toshiba