THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF TELEVISION ARTS & SCIENCES ANNOUNCES RECIPIENTS OF
THE 75th ANNUAL
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING EMMY® AWARDS

Emmy® Awards to be Presented in Partnership with NAB

New York / Los Angeles – February 21, 2024-  The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) today announced the recipients of the 75th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards. The ceremony will take place in partnership with the NAB New York media & technology convention as part of their convention in New York, October 2024, at the Javits Center.

“The Technology & Engineering Emmy Award was the first Emmy Award issued in 1949 and it laid the groundwork for all the other Emmys to come,” said Adam Sharp, CEO & President, NATAS. “We are extremely happy about honoring these prestigious individuals and companies, together with NAB, where the intersection of innovation, technology and excitement in the future of television can be found.”

“As we commemorate 75 years of this prestigious award, this year’s winners join a legacy of visionaries who use technology to shape the future of television. Congratulations to all!” said Dina Weisberger, Co-Chair, NATAS Technology Achievement Committee.

“As we honor the diamond class of the technology Emmys, this class typifies the caliber of innovation we have been able to enjoy for the last 75 years.  Congratulations to all the winners.” said Joe Inzerillo, Co-Chair, NATAS Technology Achievement Committee.  

The Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards are awarded to a living individual, a company, or a scientific or technical organization for developments and/or standardization involved in engineering technologies that either represent so extensive an improvement on existing methods or are so innovative in nature that they materially have affected    television.

A Committee of highly qualified engineers working in television considers technical developments in the industry and determines which, if any, merit an award.

The individuals and companies that will be honored at the event follow.

2024 Technology & Engineering
Emmy Award Honorees

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

About The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a non-profit service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational, and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy® Awards for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime entertainment, and Daytime Creative Arts & entertainment programming, as well as achievements in television Technology & Engineering.

NATAS membership consists of nearly 18,000 broadcast and media professionals represented in 19 regional chapters across the country. Beyond awards, NATAS has extensive educational programs including regional student television and the National Student Production Awards for outstanding journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships, publications, and major activities for both industry professionals and the viewing public.

About NAB

NAB Show, being held October 9-10, 2024 at the Javits Center. NAB is the premier event for content professionals in the media, entertainment and technology ecosystem. It’s the ultimate marketplace for those seeking to create superior audio and video experiences. From creation to consumption, across multiple platforms, NAB Show is where global visionaries convene to bring content to life in new and exciting ways. For complete details, visit www.nabshow.com.

For more information go to www.TheEmmys.tv

Contacts: 

SMITHHOUSE for NATAS
NATAS@smithhousestrategy.com

B. Harlan Boll
626-296-3757
harlan@bhbpr.com