Penton’s Broadcast Engineering Announces Winners of the 7th Annual Excellence Awards
2/26/2008
NEW YORK (February 26, 2008) - Penton Media's Broadcast Engineering has announced the winning facilities and runners-up in the magazine's 7th annual Excellence Awards competition. The Excellence Awards recognize innovation, high-quality design and superior construction in new telco, cable, broadcast and production facilities. Winners of the 2008 Excellence Awards will be showcased on www.broadcastengineering.com.
Entries solicited from the industry were published in the magazine's December issue supplement, The Digital Reference Guide. Readers then voted for their favorite entries online at Broadcast Engineering's Web site (www.broadcastengineering.com). The winners will be recognized at the 2008 NAB Show and featured in the special March NAB Preview issue. Winners will receive their award plaques at a special ceremony to be held at the convention.
"Excellence Awards winners are selected, not by publishers or our magazine staff, but by our readers who are professionals working in the broadcast, post-production, network and satellite industries," said Brad Dick, editorial director of Broadcast Engineering.
The 2008 Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award winners are:
New Studio or RF Technology - Station
Winner: Lawson & Associates Architects/AARP
Runner-up: Brightline/WCCO-TV
Runner-up: The Systems Group/WGBH-TV
New Studio Technology - Network
Winner: Omneon/Televisa
Runner-up: Network Electronics/Pan Am Games
New Studio Technology - HD
Winner: TV GLOBO/Globo's Studios
Runner-up: Front Porch Digital/KYW-TV
New Studio Technology - Non-broadcast
Winner: SGI/National Geographic
Runner-up: Communications Engineering Inc./First
Station Automation
Winner: VCI Solutions/KEYE-TV
Runner-up: Thomson Grass Valley/WFSB-TV
Runner-up: Sundance Digital/WFUM-TV
Runner-up: Utah Scientific/WQED-TV
Network Automation
Winner: Sundance Digital/Ascent Media
Newsroom Technology
Winner: TV GLOBO/Intelligent Tool
Runner up: CNN/Frontline Communications
Post & Network Production Facilities
Winner: SGI/NBA Entertainment
Runner up: Communications Engineering Inc./Library of Congress
IPTV & Mobile Technology
Winner: NBC Universal/30 Rock
Runner up: Ross Video/Greene HD Productions
For more information on the winners and the awards program, contact Angela Snell, associate editor, at (913) 967-1763 or e-mail angela.snell@penton.com.
Penton Media's Broadcast Engineering, the journal of digital television, is the acknowledged "must read" for the latest technological information in the television industry. As the only monthly global publication in the industry written by experienced engineers, Broadcast Engineering gives its subscribers peer-to-peer insight on the technical information that matters most in the design, building and maintenance of broadcast and production facilities in the digital era. Visit Broadcast Engineering online at: www.broadcastengineering.com.
Penton Media, Inc. is the largest independent business-to-business media company in the U.S., serving more than six million business professionals every month. The company's market-leading brands are focused on 30 industries and include 113 trade magazines, 145 Web sites, 150 industry trade shows and conferences, and more than 500 information data products. Headquartered in New York City, the privately held company is owned by MidOcean Partners and U.S. Equity Partners II, an investment fund sponsored by Wasserstein & Co., LP, and its co-investors. For additional information on the company and its businesses, visit www.penton.com.
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