• Development of an Event Signaling and Management technology standard and perceptual quality metrics recognized by NATAS
• MediaKind will be honored at the 72nd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards Ceremony

FRISCO, TEXAS – January 27, 2021 – MediaKind, a global change leader in media technology and services, has won two Emmy® Awards for Technology and Engineering. The National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences (NATAS) National Awards Committee’s Technology & Engineering Achievement Committee recognizes MediaKind for ‘Pioneering Development of Event Signaling and Management API’ and ‘AI/Optimization for Real-Time Video Compression.’

The Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards are awarded for the developments and/or standardization involved in engineering technologies that either represent so extensive an improvement on existing methods or are so innovative that they have materially affected television. MediaKind will receive these awards at the 72nd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy® Awards ceremony, set to take place in partnership with the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) at the NAB Show, October 10, 2021.

Pioneering Development of Event Signaling and Management API: ESAM Standard

MediaKind has been instrumental in developing an Event Signalling and Management (ESAM) technology standard that provides a single protocol to communicate between a control system and various stream-handling devices, such as encoders, packagers, and stream switchers, to manipulate in-band signals.

This technology enables automated, real-time, and frame-accurate content switching across products from various vendors, lowering costs in the industry by providing out-of-the-box interoperability between multiple components.

AI/Optimization for Video Compression: Improving perceptual quality metrics and their application to real-time and non-real-time video compression.

In recent years, MK has developed a bundle of efficiency improvements in compression technology and entire video workflows. The judging panel recognized MediaKind for improving perceptual quality metrics to support various encoding processes, such as smart partitioning, Spatio-temporal adaptive quantization (STAQ), and machine learning-based upscaling.

Judges also recognized how these metrics were instrumental in their application to content-aware real-time compression to achieve constant video quality (CVQ) and custom bitrate ladders.

Matt McConnell, CEO, MediaKind, said: “Winning one Emmy® is a fantastic achievement in itself, but for NATAS to recognize MediaKind’s efforts in two different categories is testament to the groundbreaking work our talented team is pioneering. These awards are the culmination of years of research and development to bring practical and innovative technologies to the market, revolutionizing the way the industry delivers television to billions of households around the world.”

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About MediaKind
MediaKind is a global change leader in media technology and services. Its mission is to deliver transformation by building a continuously better media universe alongside its customers and partners. Drawing on a pioneering industry heritage and fueled by innovation, MediaKind embraces and champions new standards, methodologies, and next-generation, immersive live and on-demand media experiences worldwide. Its end-to-end media solutions portfolio includes Emmy award-winning video compression for contribution and direct-to-consumer video service distribution, advertising and content personalization, high-efficiency cloud DVR, and TV and video delivery platforms. For more information, please visit: www.mediakind.com.