Dolby lauded with Technology & Engineering 2021 Emmy Award

The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences will honour Dolby with a Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for its contributions to Dynamic Metadata for optimal high-dynamic-range (HDR) and Wide Colour Gamut (WCG) colour volume mapping at the upcoming 72nd Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards.

HDR is widely acknowledged as changing the way consumers experience films and TV shows at home. Dolby pioneered the use of HDR dynamic metadata and WCG to deliver the best possible imaging experience across a wide variety of consumer devices, from TVs to smartphones.

Since its introduction in 2014, Dolby Vision dynamic metadata has allowed creatives to capture, preserve, and share their artistic expression with consumers exactly as it was intended. Dolby Vision has now been adopted across every aspect of content creation, delivery, and playback, and has featured on hundreds of feature films, including Rocketman (pictured).

Today, there are hundreds of millions of Dolby Vision-enabled devices in consumer homes from manufacturers such as Amazon, Apple, LG, Microsoft, Sony, TCL, VIZIO, and many others.

Thousands of films and TV episodes have been created in Dolby Vision from the world’s top production studios and creatives, which are being delivered to consumers every day via leading streaming services such as Apple TV+, Disney+, Netflix, Vudu, and Tencent.

“Over a decade ago, we set out to transform entertainment through advancements in HDR. These innovations, brought to life as Dolby Vision, provide creatives the tools to tell their stories as they were imagined while allowing consumers to experience these stories in the best quality possible,” says Giles Baker, Senior Vice President Consumer Entertainment, Dolby Laboratories. “We are honoured and humbled to be recognized by The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences for these contributions, which have pushed picture quality forward by leaps and bounds.”

LG OLED has also been honoured at the 72nd Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards for its consumer OLED TV. The recognition highlights LG’s continuing innovations to enhance and evolve the television to meet reference studio specifications.