HEVC Advance Congratulates JCT-VC for HEVC/H.265 Emmy Win

BOSTON, Oct. 31, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — HEVC Advance, an independent licensing administrator for the HEVC/H.265 Video Standard, congratulates the JCT-VC on their Engineering Emmy for the development of High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC/H.265). The Engineering Emmy awards, which were presented Wednesday, October 25th at the Loews Hollywood Hotel, are given ‘for engineering developments that considerably improve existing methods or innovations that materially affect the transmission, recording or reception of television’.

According to The Television Academy, ‘the development of HEVC has enabled efficient delivery in ultra-high definition (UHD) content over multiple distribution channels. This new compression coding has been adopted, or selected for adoption, by all UHD television distribution channels, including terrestrial, satellite, cable, fiber and wireless, as well as all UHD viewing devices, including traditional televisions, tablets and mobile phones.’ More details can be found at the Television Academy’s website: https://www.emmys.com/news/awards-news/engineering-awards-170927.

“This Emmy is well-deserved recognition for the tremendous accomplishment that HEVC/H.265 technology represents, the game-changing value that HEVC/H.265 technology brings to the consumer electronics and entertainment industries, and another important acknowledgment that HEVC/H.265 represents the video codec of the future,” stated Peter Moller, HEVC Advance CEO. “Our hats are off to the entire JCT-VC group and all those individuals and companies that participated in the development of HEVC/H.265.”