58th Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards

58th Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards
Date	January 8, 2007
Location	Venetian Hotel Las Vegas
Website	http://www.emmyonline.org/tech/
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The 58th Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards was held on January 8, 2007. The National Television Academy announced the winners at The Venetian Hotel in Las Vegas.^[1] DIRECTV's Eddy Hartenstein received the Lifetime Achievement Award for his role in the company's becoming a global provider of digital television.

Awardees

• For pioneering development of On-Screen Display for setup, control and configuration of consumer television equipment:
  • RCA-TTE
• For streaming media architectures and components:
  • Microsoft
  • Adobe Systems Inc.
  • RealNetworks
  • Apple
• For pioneering development for combining multiple transport streams, which are already encoded, using rate-shaping and statistical remultiplexing:
  • Terayon Communication Systems, Inc.
• For development and implementation of automatically assembled dynamic customized TV advertising:
  • Visible World
  • The Weather Channel
• For technology advances in serial digital interface solutions, enabling over 20 years of seamless studio and broadcast infrastructure migration:
  • Gennum Corporation
• For privately owned and operated international satellite company primarily for international video services:

• Rene Anselmo, PanAmSat

Science, engineering & technology awards for digital television

The National Television Academy also announced Emmy winners in seven Science, Technology & Engineering for Digital Television categories. The seven categories included nominations in the areas of interactive television, On Demand television, the Internet, and personal media display and presentation technology.

• For advanced media technology for the synchronous enhancement of original television content:
  • DirecTV Interactive Sports – DirecTV
• For advanced media technology for the non-synchronous enhancement of original television content:
  • The-N.com Video Mixer – The N
• For advanced media technology for the creation of non-traditional programs or platforms:
  • The Slingbox – Sling Media
• For advanced media technology for the best use of personal media display and presentation technology:
  • Xross Media Bar – Sony Computer Entertainment
• For advanced media technology for the best use of "On Demand" technology over private (closed) networks
  • Time Warner Cable's Start Over – Time Warner Cable, Concurrent Computer Corp., Big Band Networks, Harmonic Inc., Scientific Atlanta.
• For advanced media technology for the best use of "On Demand" technology over the public (open) internet
  • Stim TV – NPOWR
• For advanced media technology for best use by commercials in creation and use in non-traditional platforms and technologies:
  • TiVo Interactive Advertising Platform – TiVo Inc.
• For peripheral development and technological impact of video game controllers:
  • Nintendo
  • Sony Computer Entertainment America, for the dual shock analog controller.
• For development of 3D software engines:
  • John Carmack
  • id Software
• For pioneering work in near and real-time fully programmable shading via modern graphics processors:
  • Microsoft
  • AMD
  • NVIDIA Corporation

References

http://emmyonline.com/tech_58th_recipients

External links

• Official website