When a video codec wins an Emmy

Here's the Emmy that C-Cube Microsystems won back in 1995 for the MPEG-2 (actually unconstrained MPEG-1) encoder chip set used in the roll-out of DirecTV.

https://www.w6rz.net/DCP_1235.JPG

The original DirecTV encoder was MPEG-1 at 704x480 using eight CL4000 chips. Then in 1995 when the MPEG-2 capable CL4010 was finished, the encoders were upgraded to MPEG-2 (frame only encoding). Then upgraded again to a 12 chip AFF (Adaptive Field/Frame) encoder when the firmware was completed.

https://www.w6rz.net/videorisc.png

Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technology_and_Engineering_Emm...

Related:

AV1 powers approximately 30% of Netflix viewing

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46155135

when is C going to win a Pulitzer?

> AV1 is also the foundation for the image format AVIF, which is deployed across browsers and provides excellent compression for still and animated images

I wish adoption was better. When will Wikipedia support AVIF?

I'm confused - why aren't video codecs winner take all?

Who still uses paten encumbered codecs and why?