NAB Announces 2004 AIM Winners

The National Association of Broadcasters (NAB) announced the winners of the second-annual Awards for Innovation in Media (AIMs). Attendees at the NAB2004 exhibition voted April 19 and 20 for the technological innovations that best addressed current and upcoming issues in the electronic media industry by boosting efficiency, increasing user flexibility and creativity, and lowering cost.



The top five products within each of the Content Creation, Content

Management, and Content Delivery categories received recognition during NAB's Technology Luncheon, sponsored by Thales Broadcast & Multimedia and held on Wednesday, April 21.



Within the Content Creation category, Apple's Motion, Leitch Incorporated's VelocityHD, LitePanels' LitePanels, Panasonic Broadcast's P2 Series, and TM Systems' Dubstation II received the highest number of attendee votes and were each awarded a 2004 NAB AIM.



Winners in the Content Management category were BayStor / Karden Group's BK-2500, ENCO Systems' Guardien, Fast Forward Video's Covert DVR, Maximum Throughput Inc.'s Sledgehammer, and Thales Broadcast & Multimedia's CRYSTAL Logo Inserter.



Also receiving AIMs, within the Content Delivery category, were

Decisionmark's Guide Channel, VBrick Systems, Inc.'s EtherneTV, Vela's CineView Quad, Vyvx's HD VenueNet, and Wolf Coach, Inc.'s Sprinter.



A judging panel of editors from more than 20 key industry publications will review the AIM-winning technologies and other new products exhibited at the show to select an additional winner within each product category. The 2004 "Editors' Choice" award winners will be announced on Thursday, April 29.



NAB 2004 being held April 17 - 22 at the Las Vegas Convention Center, is the world's largest electronic media show covering the development, delivery, and management of professional video and audio content across all mediums.