2024 Honorees
Using a Private 5G Network to Support the International Broadcast of the Coronation of HM King Charles III
Samuel Yoffe, Malcolm Brew, Douglas Allan, Kenneth Barlee, Dani Anderson, Odianosen Ighagbon and Damien Muir | StrathSDR, University of Strathclyde | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Joshua Goldsmith, Cameron Speirs and Robert Stewart | Neutral Wireless Ltd. | Glasgow, United Kingdom
Ian Wagdin, Marl Waddell and Purminder Gandhu | BBC R&D | London, United Kingdom
Andy Reed | BBC News | London, United Kingdom
Simon Ashton | BBC Technology and Media Operations | London, United Kingdom
2023 Honoree
Radio Over ATSC 3.0: A Proof of Concept
Liam Power, ONE Media LLC
2022 Honorees
ATSC 3.0 as a Use Case for Public Safety Communications – Development Milestones
Fred Engel, PBS North Carolina
Red Grasso, North Carolina Department of Information Technology
Chris Lamb and Tony Sammarco, Device Solutions, Inc.
Changing the Landscape of FM Broadcast Antenna Technology
John L. Schadler, Dielectric LLC
2021 Honoree
Is The Cloud There Yet?
Peter Wharton
2020 Honoree
Inbuilt Convergence: A Review of Emerging 3GPP and ATSC 3.x Terrestrial Broadcast Offerings
Ahmed Hamza, Mark Earnshaw, David Starks and Kevin Shelby, Coherent Logix, Inc.
2019 Honoree
Facility Upgrades for Full-time All-digital HD AM Broadcasting: A Case Study
David Kolesar, Hubbard Radio and Mike Raide, Xperi Corporation
ATSC 3.0 In-band Distribution Link for SFN and Gap-filler Using Layered Division Multiplexing with Full Backward Compatibility for Next Generation Digital TV Service
Yiyan Wu, Liang Zhang, Wei Li, Khalil Salehian, Sébastien Laflèche, Communications Research Centre Canada;
Sung-Ik Park, Jae-young Lee, Heug-Mook Kim, Namho Hur, Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute
Merrill Weiss, Merrill Weiss Group, LLC
2018 Honoree
AI-Driven Smart Production
Yuko Yamanouchi, Jun Goto, Yoshihiko Kawai, Takahiro Mochizuki, Shoei Sato and Atsushi Imai, NHK
2017 Honoree
Single Frequency Networks for HD Radio
Philipp Schmid, Nautel Ltd.
2016 Honoree
TV Globo Brazil Goes OTT with Simulcast, VOD and 4K on the Cloud
Marcelo Souza, Fabio Ferraz, Fabio Castro, Fabio Areas, Leandro Pena, Edson Alves and Lucas Muratori, TV Globo; Igor Macaubas and Rafeel Pereira, Globo.com
2015 Honoree
Implications of High Dynamic Range on the Broadcast Chain for HD and Ultra-HD Content
Lukasz Litwic, Olie Baumann, Matthew S. Goldman and Philip White, Ericsson
2014 Honoree
The State of Professional Media Networking
Thomas Edwards, FOX Network Engineering & Operations
2013 Honoree
Using Public Domain and Open Source Software to Derive Base Drive Voltages for AM Method of Moments Models
Tom Cox, Clear Channel Media + Entertainment
2012 Honoree
Creation of a Library of RF Recorded Signals for ATSC Mobile DTV in a Single Frequency Network Environment
Charles Nadeau, Benoit Ledoux, Yiyan Wu, Gilles Gagnon, Robert Gagnon and Sebastien Lafleche, Communications Research Centre, Canada (NHK)
2011 Honoree
An Advanced Hybrid Broadcast and Broadband System for Enhancing Broadcasting Services
Akitsugu Baba, Kinji Matsumura, Sigeaki Mitsuya, Masaru Takechi, Yasuaki Kanatsugu, Hiroyuki Hamada and Hisakazu Katch, Science and Technology Research Laboratories, Japan Broadcasting Corporation (NHK)
2010 Honoree
Extending your HD Radio Footprint
Geoffrey Mendenhall, Vice President of Transmission Research and Technology, Harris Broadcast