Imagine Communications wins Technology and Engineering Emmy Award
Imagine Communications has been recognised with a Technology and Engineering Emmy Award at the 66th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for breakthroughs in ‘Standardisation and Productisation of JPEG2000 (J2K) Interoperability’. This is Imagine Communications’ ninth Emmy recognition and was presented on January 8 2015 by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) in a joint ceremony with the Television Academy during the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.
“We are thrilled that our deep commitment and involvement in creating open standards and facilitating interoperability between industry innovators has been recognized by NATAS,” said Charlie Vogt, CEO of Imagine Communications. “These core tenets of our technology vision empower customers to maximise their investments in existing infrastructure and workflows while migrating to an IP future based on open standards and industry interoperable solutions. Imagine Communications’ early involvement in the Video Services Forum makes this acknowledgment of our work creating a multivendor, open standard for JPEG2000 especially meaningful.”
At NAB 2014, Imagine Communications introduced JPEG2000 to its Selenio Media Convergence Platform (MCP) for best-in-class compression over IP. The Selenio MCP is the platform of choice for media companies needing a multipurpose convergence solution to efficiently manage today’s baseband and hybrid operations – allowing migration to the future while protecting their current technology investments.
“The National Academy’s Technology and Engineering Achievement Committee is pleased to honor these technology companies and individuals whose innovation and vision have materially affected the way the audience views television and have set the standard for technological excellence in the industry,” said committee chairman Robert P. Seidel, vice-president of CBS Engineering and Advanced Technology and Chairman, Engineering Achievement Committee, NATAS.