The winner of the 2015 ABU Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award is Mr Seok Doo, KIM, Executive Managing Director, Technology, Korean Broadcasting System.

Mr Seok Doo, KIM of Korean Broadcasting System wins the ABU Broadcast Engineering Excellence Award 2015 for strengthening the terrestrial broadcasting platform and for his contributions to next generation broadcasting development.

Among other achievements, Mr KIM established the KBS Broadcasting Equipment Certification Center, constructed a file-based radio production/transmission system, and developed a real-time TV participation service. Mr KIM also carried out the world’s first terrestrial 4K UHD live broadcasting.

The winner of the 2015 ABU Engineering Industry Excellence Award is Mr Zou Feng, President of the Academy of Broadcasting Science, People’s Republic of China.

Mr Zou Feng of the Academy of Broadcasting Science, SAPPRFT-China, wins the ABU Engineering Industry Excellence Award 2015 for his outstanding contributions to both the Chinese digital radio industry and terrestrial digital television.

Mr Zou Feng has led the research and rollout of the China Digital Radio (CDR) system since 2007. He was also involved in the research work on testing, coverage and frequency planning of the terrestrial digital TV.

The winner of the 2015 ABU Developing Broadcasters’ Excellence Award is Ms Lim Soh Kwang, Superintendent Engineer (Head of Technical Services) of Radio Television Brunei.

Ms Lim Soh Kwang of Radio Television Brunei wins the ABU Developing Broadcasters’ Excellence Award 2015 for her outstanding role in setting up a digital archiving media asset management system. 

Ms Lim established a dedicated archive section and played a major role in digital migration initiatives, as well as initiating and managing other major engineering projects.

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Radio Republik Indonesia wins the ABU Green Broadcast Engineering Award 2015 for using simple, low-cost technology in launching RRIPlay, an ICT product application.

RRIPlay uses an IP VPN network that already existed, along with the existing computer in the studio and facilities that have long been used for RRI’s network infrastructure.

Mrs Kiymet Erdal, Chief Engineer, TRT and ABU Technical Committee Honorary Vice Chairman presented the certificate to Mr Suresh Chandra Panda who accepted the award on behalf of Mr M S Duhan.

The authors are Mr Kenichiro Masaoka, Mr Takayuki Yamashita, Mr Takuji Soeno, Mr Yukihiro Nishida, Mr Yuichi Kusakabe, and Mr Masayuki Sugawara of the NHK Science & Research Laboratories.

At the TC Meeting on 24 October 2014, Mr Frederico Alexandre do Rosario, Director and Member of the Executive Committee, TDM and TC Honorary Vice Chairman, presented the certificate to Dr Narichika Hamaguchi who accepted on behalf of NHK-Japan.

At the ABU Prizes Night on 27 October 2014, Mr do Rosario presented the certificate to Mr Masakazu Iwaki, the newly elected TC Chairman, who accepted on behalf of NHK-Japan.

The Second Commended Article Prize was awarded to the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting for the article titled How the ICT Application Can Improve Management of Archiving Systems authored by Mr Alireza Bahadori.  

Mr Masakazu Iwaki, TC Acting Chairman presented the certificate to Mr Hamid Nayeri, Director Technical Affairs and TC Vice Chairman who accepted the certificate on behalf of Mr Bahadori during the ABU Technical Committee Opening Session on 24 October.

Dr Keiichi Kubota was presented with the ABU Technology’s highest accolade, the ABU Distinguished Service Award.

Dr Kubota, President & CEO of NHK Integrated Technology Inc, was recognised at the opening day of the ABU Technical Committee meeting which took place during the ABU General Assembly and Associated Meetings in Macau, China.

The ABU Distinguished Service Award recognises the outstanding achievements and contribution by an individual to the broadcasting industry.

During his 38-year career in broadcasting, Dr Kubota has made significant contributions in the area of HDTV standardisation.

He was instrumental in advances in the areas of satellite and terrestrial transmission systems, as well as in signal processing for HDTV.

Dr Kubota also played a leading role in the rollout of NHK’s digital satellite broadcasting service and the coverage of the 2012 London Olympics in Super Hi-Vision.