Philo T. Farnsworth Award

The Philo T. Farnsworth Award is one of the Primetime Engineering Emmy Awards given to honor companies and organizations that have significantly affected the state of television and broadcast engineering over a long period of time. The award is given by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS) at an Engineering Awards ceremony held separately from the main Primetime Emmy award ceremony. The award originated in 2003 with the recognition of Panavision for its contributions to the film and television industries. It has not been awarded in every year since its inception.

The award is named after Philo T. Farnsworth, a pioneer of electronic television technology.

Even though the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) has a separate Technology & Engineering Emmy Award category, the Philo T. Farnsworth award is part of the Los Angeles based ATAS Primetime Emmy award repertoire.

Past winners

• 55th Primetime Emmy Awards (2003) – Panavision - Advancement of cameras, lenses, lighting, video assist, cranes, specialty camera items and grip equipment.^[1]
• 56th Primetime Emmy Awards (2004) – Chyron Corporation - Invention and development of the character generator.^[2]
• 60th Primetime Emmy Awards (2008) – Evertz Microsystems - Video and audio infrastructure equipment for production, post-production, broadcast and IPTV.^[3]
• 61st Primetime Emmy Awards (2009) – NASA for television broadcasts of the Apollo 11 lunar landing.^[4]
• 62nd Primetime Emmy Awards (2010) – Shared by Desilu & Digidesign^[5]
• 63rd Primetime Emmy Awards (2011) – Time Warner and Time Warner Cable^[6]
• 64th Primetime Emmy Awards (2012) – Eastman Kodak^[7]
• 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013) – Sennheiser^[8]
• 66th Primetime Emmy Awards (2014) – Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE)^[9]
• 67th Primetime Emmy Awards (2015) - Grass Valley ^[10]

References

1. Panavision award
2. Chyron press release (2004)
3. ATAS press release (2008)
4. "NASA Wins Emmy for Televised Apollo Moonlanding". TV Technology. 2009-08-20. Retrieved 2009-08-21.
5. "2010 Creative Arts Emmy Winners Press Release" (PDF). Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. Retrieved 13 October 2010.
6. "Emmys: Engineering Awards Announced; VOD Pioneer Time Warner Among Winners". Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. October 19, 2011. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
7. "Olivia Munn Hosts 64th Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards". Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. October 8, 2012. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
8. "Sennheiser Receives Engineering Emmys' Philo T. Farnsworth Award". Sennheiser. October 24, 2013. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
9. Giardina, Carolyn (October 17, 2014). "2010 Creative Arts Emmy Winners Press Release". Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 5 January 2015.
10. "67th (2015) Primetime Emmy Engineering Awards Announced".