FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

THE NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY ANNOUNCES THE NOMINEES FOR THE FIRST-EVER ADVANCED MEDIA TECHNOLOGY EMMY AWARDS

Categories Were Created This Year to Recognize New Media
Awards To Be Presented as Part of the Annual
Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards

NEW YORK, NY – September 16, 2003  – The National Television Academy announced today the nominees for the first Advanced Media Technology Emmy Awards which will be presented as part of the annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards.  The ceremony will take place at the Plaza Hotel in New York City on October 23, 2003.

With these newly-created Advanced Media Technology Emmy Awards, the Academy will, for the first time, honor work being done in Interactive Television, New Media and related programming and technology.

The Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Enhancement of Original Television Content will recognize work in areas of Advanced Media Technology that enhance or improve programming intended for delivery and display by traditional broadcast means, including: network, cable and satellite distribution.  The Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Creation of Non-Traditional Programs or Platforms will recognize work developed for delivery and display by non-traditional and or non-linear programming, including:  Systems, EPG’s, User Interfaces, one-screen or two screen applications, CD-ROM, DVD, computer and video games with broadcast components, etc.

“Emerging technology is reshaping the programming and viewing experience of the consumer,” said Peter O. Price, president of the National Television Academy. “The creation of these two new awards acknowledges the important new paradigm of advanced media.”

The nominees for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Enhancement of Original Television Content are:

ABC’s Enhanced TV’s “The View: His/Her Body Test”
ABC Enhanced TV

The First Annual TV Land Awards
TV Land Online and Zetools

Nascar.com's Pitcommand
Turner Sports Interactive/Sportvision

iO Dashboard
Cablevision and Brainstorm

 Showtime Interactive Boxing
Showtime Networks


The nominees for Outstanding Achievement in Advanced Media Technology for the Creation of Non-Traditional Programs or Platforms are:

• ABC's Enhanced TV - An iTV Platform
  ABC Enhanced Television

• AMP/PM (Asset Management and Publishing System and Portal Manager)
  Cablevision Systems Corp.

• Event Matrix Interactive Network
  GoldPocket Interactive

• iO Interactive Optimum Digital Cable Service from Cablevision
  Cablevision

• VOD Time-Shifted Television
  SeaChange International

Charles H. Jablonski, Chair, Technology and Engineering Awards worked with Marty Yudkovitz and Shelly Palmer, new co-chairs of the Advanced Media Committee of the National Television Academy, to create the new award categories.Launched in 1948, Technology and Engineering Awards honor development and innovation in broadcast technology and recognize companies, organizations and individuals for breakthroughs in technology that have a significant effect on television engineering.  Winners of the 2003 Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards will be recognized for excellence and contributions from the 2002 calendar year in the following categories: ·         Pioneering Efforts in the Development of Automated, Server-Based Closed Captioning Systems

• Pioneering Development of Digital Modulator Adaptive Pre-Correction for ATSC 8VSB Digital Transmitter Systems
• Development And Application Of Sub-Pixel Imaging Devices For Television Cameras
• Development of Surround Sound for Television
• Pioneering Development of mass-produced digital reflective imaging technology for consumer rear projection television
• Coding Technology for Optical Recording Formats
• Technology to simultaneously encode multiple video qualities and the corresponding metadata to enable real-time conformance and / or playout of the higher quality video (nominally broadcast) based on the decisions made using the lower quality proxies

###The National Television Academy, whose total dedication is excellence, is a professional service organization for all aspects of the Television, Cable and Satellite industries. Its symbol of excellence, the Emmy, is awarded in six major national categories including Sports, News/Documentary, Daytime, Technology, and International (through its International Academy). Local Emmys are given in nineteen regions across the United States . Beyond awards, the Academy has extensive educational projects, scholarships, publications, and major activities of impact to both industry professionals and the viewing public itself. For more information, please visit the website at www.emmyonline.org.