ITU-R Awards
Emmy Award
| 2023 Emmy Award ITU has won the 2023 Engineering, Science and Technology Emmy Award for its Recommendation ITU-R BT.2100 on High-Dynamic-Range Television or HDR-TV. The Recommendation provides international specifications and standards that have enabled HDR-TV to become widely available and enhanced viewers visual experience through significantly fuller, richer, and more realistic images. The Recommendation has been developed by the ITU Radiocommunication Sector Study Group 6. ITU-R Study Group 6 ITU-R Recommendations ITU Press Release ITUNews Blog Television Academy Announces Recipients of 75th Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards More |  |
 | 2012 Emmy Award On 12 January 2012, ITU Radiocommunication Bureau received the Technology and Engineering Emmy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for the “Standardization of Loudness Metering for Use in Broadcast Audio”. Recommendation ITU-R BS.1770 on “Algorithms to measure audio programme loudness and true-peak audio level” which was developed over a ten-year period was credited as outstanding and showing excellence in engineering creativity. More |
| 1983 Emmy Award In 1983, the CCIR (now ITU-R) received the Television Academy Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences for the development of a common world standard for digital television studios. Recommendation ITU-R BT.601 ´Studio encoding parameters of digital television for standard 4:3 and wide screen 16:9 aspect ratios’, was credited as an Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development. More |  |
Other Awards
| October 2007 Honorary plaque presented to ITU-R on the 25th Anniversary of the introduction of High-Definition Television in Europe More |  |
 | December 1999 Award presented to ITU-R Study Group 11 for its contribution to International Standardization of Television Broadcasting |
| June 1989 Award presented to CCIR for its contribution to Television Broadcasting |  |