The European Broadcasting Union (EBU) has received the 2025 Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy® Award, presented by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (ATAS). The honour recognises the EBU, the Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers (SMPTE) and the Video Services Forum (VSF) for their joint development of the ST 2110 suite of standards.
At the awards ceremony in North Hollywood, California, several of the EBU’s key contributors to the ST 2110 initiative were present to receive the honour. They included Félix Poulin (formerly EBU, now Director Innovation Collaborations at CBC/Radio-Canada), Hans Hoffmann (Deputy Director Technology & Innovation, EBU), and Willem Vermost (Senior Media Technology Architect, EBU). Ievgen Kostiukevych (formerly EBU, now Senior Solutions Architect at AWS), and Pavlo Kondratenko (Project Manager Media over IP Networks, EBU) were also named as recipients.
The recognition celebrates years of collaboration across the media technology community that have shaped how professional content is created, transported, and delivered. ST 2110 defines how uncompressed video, audio, and data are transmitted over IP networks in professional environments. Replacing traditional Serial Digital Interface (SDI) systems, it has become a common backbone of high-end broadcast and production infrastructures, offering flexibility, scalability, and interoperability.
As the industry continues its transition to fully digital, software-defined production, ST 2110 stands as a key enabler. It lays foundations for the next steps in this transformation, including the Digital Media Facility (DMF) and Media eXchange Layer (MXL) initiatives, which will further streamline, virtualise, and connect professional media workflows across the ecosystem.
Hans Hoffmann, Deputy Director of EBU Technology & Innovation, said: “This Emmy tells a story of unprecedented collaboration. It represents what is possible when organizations like the EBU, with its 118 broadcast members, SMPTE’s engineering expertise, and the VSF come together.”
Willem Vermost, Senior Media Technologist at EBU Technology & Innovation, said: “Creating a shared, open standard has driven enormous value. It allows companies to innovate, interoperate, and scale more efficiently while reducing costs and complexity. And the industry continues to enjoy secondary benefits from solutions found to problems in the process of this innovation.”
“Today, we find ourselves at another turning point, and this time it’s about moving from hardware-based workflows to software-defined solutions”, Hans Hoffmann added. “Perhaps, in another decade, we will gather to celebrate another milestone. But tonight, we celebrate how SMPTE 2110 has shaped the world of media technology.