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 (NATAS), while the separate Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards are given by its sister organization, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS).
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.
2024 Awards The 76th annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were as follows.
Pioneering Standardization of VOD Asset Metadata Distribution Specifications
CableLabs
360 Degree Consumer Video Capture, Editing and Presentation Technologies
GoPro Insta360 Google Adobe Apple ByteDance
Specification for AV1
Alliance for Open Media
SMPTE ST 2067 — Standardization of Interoperable Master Format (IMF)
SMPTE/IMF USER GROUP Advanced Media Workflow Association Digital Cinema Initiatives USC-ETC
Pioneering Mastering HDR Display
Dolby Labs
AI Image/Video Enhancement for High Quality TV Catalog Restoration
MTI Film Topaz Labs
Standardization of Common Media Application Format (CMAF)
MPEG Systems (ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 3)
Pioneering Concepts of the Light Valve
Michael Faraday and John Kerr
Pioneering Development of the Photocell
Alexandre-Edmond Becquerel, Julius Johann, Phillipp Ludwig Elster and Hans Friedrich Karl Geitel
Pioneering Development of Optical-Input Facsimile Transmission
Carlo Mario Perosino, Édouard Belin and Arthur Korn
2023 Awards The 75th annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were as follows.
Excellence in Production Technology Award: The Santa Clauses, Season 2, Disney+ / Industrial Light & Magic David Hirschfield, Matthew Lausch, Stephen Hill, Alan Bucior, Scott Richards, Matthew O'Neil, Nick Rasmussen, Mike Jutan, Rodney Huff, Jose Luis Gomez Diaz
Pioneering Development of Inexpensive Video Technology for Animation
Lyon Lamb (Bruce Lyon and John Lamb)
Large Scale Deployment of Smart TV Operating Systems
Samsung LG Sony Vizio Panasonic
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 (CommScope) LANcity (CommScope) 3COM (HP)
Pioneering Development of Manifest-based Playout for FAST (Free Ad-supported Streaming Television)
Amagi Pluto TV Turner
Targeted Ad Messages Delivered Across Paused Media
DirecTV
Pioneering Development of IP Address Geolocation Technologies to Protect Content Rights
MLB Quova
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
Netint AMD Google Meta
Spectrum Auction Design
FCC Auctionomics
TV Pioneers – Cathode Ray Tubes (CRT)
Karl Ferdinand Braun Boris Lvovich Rosing Alan Archibald Campbell Swinton
TV Pioneers – Development of lighting, ventilation, and lens-coating technologies
Hertha Ayrton Katharine Burr Blodgett
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
Nobukazu Teranishi NEC
Extraction of Granular Census Level Behavioral Data using ACR
Cognitive Networks Enswers Turner Media lab
AI-ML curation of Sports Highlights
WSC Sports IBM Comcast Google
Digital Cinema Camera Mounted Video Extender for Live Audiences
MultiDyne ARRI
Pioneering Development and Deployment of Virtualized Cable Modem
Harmonic Comcast Intel
TV Pioneer Hall of Fame
Llewelyn Birchall Atkinson Jean Lazare Weiller Thomas Alva Edison Jan Szczepanik Constantin Dmitrievich Perskyi
2021 Awards The 73rd annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were as follows.
Video & Audio Search based on Index Feeds coming from Multiple Sources Shadow TV
In Camera Sensor and Software Stabilization
GoPro Socionext
Correlated Double Sampling for Image Sensors
Marvin H. White Northrop Grumman Mission Systems Group
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
Apple MLB Advanced Media Microsoft Netflix
Development of the Event Scheduling and Notification Interface (ESNI)
Cable Labs OATC SCTE
Cloud Enabled Remote Editing and Project Management
Arvato Systems Group EditShare Ross Video (Primestream)
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
Haivision VITEC
2020 Awards The 72nd annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were as follows.
System to Measure Video Performances and Demographics across multiple platforms Nielsen
Pioneering Development and Deployment of Server-side Ad Manipulation and/or Playout for Adaptive Bitrate Video Distribution mDialog, Anvato (Google) NBCU This Technology (Comcast) Seawell (Commscope) TimeWarner Cable (Charter)
Development of Open Perceptual Metrics for Video Encoding Optimization Beamr Netflix University of Southern California Université de Nantes University of Texas at Austin SSIMWAVE Disney Google Brightcove Ateme
Development of the Event Signaling and Management API Standard CableLabs Comcast Time Warner Cable (Charter) SCTE
Pioneering Deployment of the Event Signaling and Management API Time Warner Cable (Charter) Arris (Commscope) Cisco Envivio (MediaKind) Harmonic RGB Networks This Technology (Comcast)
Pioneering development of LED lighting for Television Production Litepanels LTD (Vitec Production Solutions)
Cross-MVPD Dynamic Ad Insertion for Cable Network Video on Demand Content Canoe Ventures
AI/Optimization for Real-Time Video Compression Harmonic MediaKind Ateme Amazon Web Services
Invention and Pioneering Development of Intra-Pixel Charge Transfer CMOS Image Sensors Eric Fossum ON Semiconductor Eastman Kodak
Standardization of SMPTE ST 2110 SMPTE Video Services Forum
Common Encryption European Broadcasting Union DVB
Content Delivery Networks Akamai Technologies
Standardization and Commercialization of Television – Broadcast, Hybrid Electrical and Fiber-Optic Camera Cable and Connectors SMPTE Association of Radio Industries and Businesses European Broadcasting Union LEMO Belden NEMAL
OLED Reference Monitors for Creative, Technical, Quality Control and Client Viewing LG Electronics Sony Electronics
Dynamic Metadata for optimal HDR and WCG color volume mapping Dolby Laboratories
Advanced Authoring Format AAF Association (AMWA) Avid Technology BBC Research & Development European Broadcasting Union
Pioneering secure cloud-based VFX project management and collaboration at scale Nelvana (Corus Entertainment) Shotgun Software (Autodesk)
Development and Pioneering Deployment of Synchronized Local DMA Advertising Capability for DBS / MVPD's Ampersand Comcast Charter Cox AT&T Dish Invidi
Standardization of the ISO Base Media File Format File Format Subgroup under ISO/IEC JTC 1/SC 29/WG 3 (MPEG Systems)
On-air Touch Screen for Data Visualization CBS CNN
Development of Massive Processing Optimized Compression Technologies Amazon Ateme Bitmovin Brightcove Disney Encoding.com Facebook Google-YouTube Netflix
Newsroom Computer System (NRCS) used to plan and automate the production of linear live-to-air or live-to-recording news program Associated Press Avid Technology
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 Apple Google LG Microsoft Mozilla Opera TV (Vewd) Samsung Pioneering Public Cloud Based Linear Media Supply Chains AWS Discovery Evertz FOX NE&O (Walt Disney Television) 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 (Isilon) 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 (Video over Bonded Cellular Internet) AVI WEST Dejero LiveU TVU Networks Ultra-High Sensitivity HDTV Camera Canon Flovel Development of Synchronized multi-channel uncompressed audio transport over IP Networks ALC NetworX Audinate Audio Engineering Society Kevin Gross QSC Telos Alliance Wheatstone
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 NBCUniversal Company Owned Stations Accelerated Media Technologies Inc. Enterprise Electronics Corporation (EEC) Automated Sound Conformation Sounds in Sync Synchro Arts The Cargo Cult 3D Engine Software for the Production of Animation Unity Technologies Epic Games Inc. 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 (Hubbard Broadcasting) 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 (EME) and Media Source Extensions (MSE) 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
2017 Awards The 69th annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards were as follows.
Contextual Voice Navigation for Discovering and Interacting with TV Content Comcast Universal Electronics Inc (UEI) Apple TV Nuance Dragon TV Low Latency Remote Controlled Airborne Video Platforms (non-military) 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 Bluebell British Telecom Pioneering Development of a Computerized Hard-Disk Storage Based Digital Non-Linear, Multi-Stream Multi-Camera System Avid Technology