Chyron wins Primetime Emmy Engineering Award

Chyron Corporation has won the Philo T. Farnsworth Corporate Achievement Emmy for the invention and development of the character generator.
The award will be given during the Primetime Creative Arts ceremony on Sunday, September 12 at The Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles.
Now in its 56th year, the Primetime Emmy Engineering Award is given to an individual, company or an organisation for developments in engineering that are either so extensive an improvement on existing methods or so innovative in nature that they materially affect the transmission, recording or reception of television.
Chyron CEO, Michael Wellesley-Wesley, said: “It is truly a tremendous honour for Chyron to be recognised by the Academy with this prestigious award. The invention and ongoing development of the character generator has made a significant contribution to the evolution of the television industry and I can speak for all of Chyron’s employees worldwide when I say that we are extremely gratified and proud to be part of an organisation that has made a major impact on our industry.”
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