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.
| 58th Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards | |
|---|---|
| Date | January 8, 2007 |
| Location | Venetian Hotel Las Vegas |
| Website | http://www.emmyonline.org/tech/  |
Awardees edit
- For pioneering development of On-Screen Display for setup, control and configuration of consumer television equipment:
- For streaming media architectures and components:
- For pioneering development for combining multiple transport streams, which are already encoded, using rate-shaping and statistical remultiplexing:
- For development and implementation of automatically assembled dynamic customized TV advertising:
- For technology advances in serial digital interface solutions, enabling over 20 years of seamless studio and broadcast infrastructure migration:
- For privately owned and operated international satellite company primarily for international video services:
• Rene Anselmo, PanAmSat
Science, engineering & technology awards for digital television edit
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:
- 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:
References edit
- ^ National Television Academy announces Emmy winning achievements: Honors bestowed at 58th annual Technology & Engineering Emmy awards Archived March 6, 2012, at the Wayback Machine EmmyOnline.org