Tech Emmys presented

Hartenstein given Acad's lifetime achievement honor

By BARBARA SCHERZER

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Former DirecTV vice chairman Eddy Hartenstein was given the TV Acad's lifetime achievement honor, for his role in building up DirecTV, Monday at CES. The 58th annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards was held at CES for the first time, with the ceremony at the Venetian Resort. Hartenstein said, "I hope that television can benefit from what we did. I will always bleed DirecTV blue."

Television Acad prexy-CEO Peter Price greeted the audience of more than 400, about three times last year's crowd count. Price praised the technology and engineering professionals for "their significant impact in enhancing the consumer viewer experience."

Twenty-five Emmys were presented in 16 categories representing achievements in broadcast and digital TV. The TV Academy hopes to make this an annual CES event.

And the nominees are...

Lifetime Achievement Award
Eddy Hartenstein

Science, Engineering & Technology Awards for Broadcast Television

Pioneering Development of On Screen Display (OSD) for Setup, Control and Configuration of Consumer Television Equipment
RCA-TTE

Streaming Media Architectures and Components
Microsoft
Adobe Systems Inc.
RealNetworks
Apple

Pioneering Development for Combining Multiple Transport Streams Which Are Already Encoded, Using Rate-Shaping and Statistical Re-multiplexing
Terayon Communication Systems, Inc.

Development and Implementation of Automatically Assembled Dynamic Customized TV Advertising
Visible World
The Weather Channel

Technology Advances in Serial Digital Interface Solutions
Gennum Corporation

Privately Owned and Operated International Satellite Company Primarily for International Video Services
Rene Anselmo, PanAmSat

Science, Engineering & Technology Awards for Digital Television

Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Synchronous Enhancement of Original Television Content
DirecTV Interactive Sports, DirecTV

Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Non-Synchronous Enhancement of Original Television Content
The-N.com Video Mixer, The N

Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Creation of Non-Traditional Programs or Platforms
The Slingbox, Sling Media

Outstanding Innovation and Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Best Use of Personal Media Display and Presentation Technology
Xross Media Bar, Sony Computer Entertainment

Outstanding Innovation and Achievement in 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.

Outstanding Innovation and Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Best Use of On Demand Technology Over the Public (open) Internet
Stim TV, NPOWR

Outstanding Innovation and Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for Best Use by Commercials in Creation and Use in Non Traditional Platforms and Technologies
TiVo Interactive Advertising Platform, TiVo Inc.

Peripheral Development and Technological Impact of Video Game Controllers
Nintendo
Sony Computer Entertainment America

Development of 3D Software Engines
John Carmack
id Software

Pioneering Work in Near and Real-Time Fully Programmable Shading Via Modern Graphics Processors
Microsoft
AMD
NVIDIA Corporation