Yesterday, the Engineering and Technology Awards committee of the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences voted to investigate 17 technologies for possible Emmy award recognition. The fact that these technologies are being investigated does not necessarily mean they will get Emmy award recognition. It is also possible that there will be more than one award for a particular technology.
If you have any information that can help the investigative subcommittees, please contact them directly, or, if you prefer, contact me, and I will forward the information. The primary question the subcommittees need to answer is whether the technologies "materially have affected" television (note the past tense). "Television" is very broadly defined. For technologies deemed to "materially have affected" television, the next question is who should get Emmy recognition. They can be individuals, companies, organizations, government agencies, educational institutions, etc.
The committee has no reverse time limit (i.e., it doesn't matter how old something is) and is not restricted to developments in the U.S.
Here are the technologies and their investigative subcommittees. If the people don't seem the greatest experts on those technologies, that's intentional; no one whose company is eligible for an award may serve on a subcommittee investigating that technology. The numbers associated with the technologies are to identify them to committee members.
1 - Audience measurement technology: Jeremy Rosenberg <jrosenberg@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Marty Stein <mstein@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
2 - "Next-generation" video-compression analysis tools: Michael Conway <mconway@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Peter Symes <psymes@xxxxxxxxx>
3 - Portable tapeless acquisition and26 - Solid-state field recording: Ray Blumenthal <rblumenthal@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Josh Kairoff <josh@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Bruce Ross <bruce.ross@xxxxxxxxxxx>
4 - Distributed-amplifier intercom belt packs and7 - Wireless intercom systems: Peter DiIorio <peter.diiorio@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Bud Rigley <rigley@xxxxxxxxxxx> NOTE: For those of you who have already responded to the belt-pack investigation, there is no need to resubmit the information; it has been carried forward.
8 - Electronic prompting systems: Steve Blumenschein <sblumen@xxxxxxxxxx>, Tom McGowan <tmcgowan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
11 - Portable test-signal generators: Warren Singer <wsingervtr@xxxxxxxxx>, Michael Tsinberg <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
12 - MSDC high-power amplifiers: Andy Jackson <andy.jackson@xxxxxxxxxxx>, O'Brien McKinley <omckinley@xxxxxxx>
13 - Network distribution workflows for ATSC DTT: John Footen <john.footen@xxxxxxx>, Steve Frankel <sbfrankel@xxxxxxxxxxx>
14 - Blue-laser optical systems for consumer playback: Tom Hindle <tom.hindle@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Glenn Reitmeier <glenn.reitmeier@xxxxxxxxxx>
15 - Development of NTSC television: Bill Allen <Bill.Allen@xxxxxxxxx>, Mark Schubin <tvmark@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mark Stein <mrmarky@xxxxxxxxxxx>
16 - Audio metadata processing to conform to ATSC: Hanno Basse <hbasse@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Matthew Goldman <mgoldman@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
17 - Satellite uplink automatic identification: Phil Dubs <phil@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Larry Sayer <larry.sayer@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
18 - Enabling standardization for TV over broadband: Craig Cuttner <craig.cuttner@xxxxxxx>, Karl Kuhn <karl.j.kuhn@xxxxxxx>
19 - Realtime broadcast of TV to mobile phones: Bill Jarr <wjarr@xxxxxxxxxxx>, Robin Wilson <wilson@xxxxxxxxx>
23 - HD slow motion systems: Michael Bergeron <bergeronm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Chris Taylor <ctaylor@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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