Alliance for Open Media Wins Prestigious Technology and Engineering Emmy® Award for the AV1 Video Codec
AOMedia’s Video Encoder SVT-AV1 Also Recognized with an IBC2025 Innovation Award
WAKEFIELD, Mass. – Sept. 30, 2025 – The Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia), a collaboration of innovators working together to define and deploy open standards that power the next generation of media experiences, today announced it has received a Technology and Engineering Emmy® Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) for its AV1 video codec standard.
AV1 is an open video codec designed to deliver high-quality video with less bandwidth than previous codecs – allowing video programs to reach more people more efficiently and more affordably. As a global standard, AV1 is deployed across a variety of popular platforms and devices.
“AOMedia thanks NATAS for recognizing the impact of AV1 on media and entertainment, and the hard work of the many innovators – from individuals to large organizations – whose dedication has made the standard a success. These innovators came together in 2015 with a fresh approach to developing open media standards, and AV1 stands as clear proof of the power of that approach,” said Dr. Pierre-Anthony Lemieux, Executive Director of AOMedia.
NATAS announced the honorees for the upcoming 76th Annual Technology and Engineering Emmy® Awards, citing AOMedia and its AV1 specification as a winner. Launched in 1948, The Awards honor development and innovation in broadcast technology and recognize companies, organizations and individuals for breakthroughs in technology that have had a significant effect on broadcast engineering.
The Emmy® Award win comes on the heels of another win for AOMedia at the recent IBC Convention in Amsterdam. At the event, AOMedia was presented a 2025 IBC Innovation Award in the Content Everywhere category for its SVT-AV1 software encoder. SVT-AV1 reduces decoding complexity without sacrificing compression efficiency. It was recognized for its success making video streaming viable on low-end mobile devices and low-bandwidth networks.
Learn more about AOMedia's work and the future of innovation in digital media experiences in our upcoming webinar, The Future of Innovation is Open, on Monday, October 20, 2025, at 8 p.m. EST/5 p.m. PST. Register now.
About the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) is a service organization dedicated to the advancement of the arts and sciences of television and the promotion of creative leadership for artistic, educational and technical achievements within the television industry. It recognizes excellence in television with the coveted Emmy® Awards for News & Documentary, Sports, Daytime and Children’s & Family programming, as well as achievements in television Technology & Engineering.
NATAS membership is made up of National members joined by more than 18,000+ broadcast and media professionals represented in 19 regional chapters across the country. Beyond awards, NATAS has extensive educational programs including its National Student Production Awards for outstanding journalistic work by high school students, as well as scholarships for aspiring filmmakers and broadcasters.
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About AOMedia
Launched in 2015, the Alliance for Open Media (AOMedia) develops open standards for media — spanning video, audio, still images, and immersive technologies. AOMedia brings together 49 global innovators — including tech leaders with decades of media tech experience and some of the world’s largest patent holders — to support this mission. Its steering committee consists of Amazon, Apple, Cisco, Google, Intel, Meta, Microsoft, Mozilla, Netflix, NVIDIA, Samsung Electronics, and Tencent. Learn more at www.aomedia.org.
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