TV Combiner Manufacturers to Receive Emmys at CES

By Doug Lung
published

Last year Electronics Research (ERI), Dielectric Communications, Harris Broadcast and Micro Communications Inc. (MCI) were honored with Emmy awards for ATSC broadcast transmission system RF filters.

At the 2009 Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, Harris, MCI and Radio Frequency Systems (RFS) will be honored for "Pioneering RF Combiners for Adjacent Channels on Common Antenna Systems."

The awards will be presented in a ceremony at CES on Jan. 7, 2009.

With many companies, including broadcasters, facing budget cutbacks and travel restrictions, it will be interesting to see the impact of the economic slowdown on CES. One indication this year's CES may not be as packed as previous years is two weeks away from the show many hotels rooms are listed as available, some at discounted rates, on the CES Hotel Reservations Web page.

Read more of Doug Lung's RF Reporthere.

Doug Lung
Doug Lung

Doug Lung is one of America's foremost authorities on broadcast RF technology. As vice president of Broadcast Technology for NBCUniversal Local, H. Douglas Lung leads NBC and Telemundo-owned stations’ RF and transmission affairs, including microwave, radars, satellite uplinks, and FCC technical filings. Beginning his career in 1976 at KSCI in Los Angeles, Lung has nearly 50 years of experience in broadcast television engineering. Beginning in 1985, he led the engineering department for what was to become the Telemundo network and station group, assisting in the design, construction and installation of the company’s broadcast and cable facilities. Other projects include work on the launch of Hawaii’s first UHF TV station, the rollout and testing of the ATSC mobile-handheld standard, and software development related to the incentive auction TV spectrum repack.
A longtime columnist for TV Technology, Doug is also a regular contributor to IEEE Broadcast Technology. He is the recipient of the 2023 NAB Television Engineering Award. He also received a Tech Leadership Award from TV Tech publisher Future plc in 2021 and is a member of the IEEE Broadcast Technology Society and the Society of Broadcast Engineers.