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2020

BEST ARTICLE | PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION

Doordarshan India

Indigenous News Automation Software at DDK Chennai

By R Arul, S Gurumanickam and K Balaji

April-June 2020 issue

BEST ARTICLE | RESEARCH

Effectiveness of Frequency Sharing Criteria in the Broadcasting Satellite Link

Co-authored by Dr Kazuyoshi Shogen of B-SAT, Japan and Thong Pham Viet of ITU-R

October- November-December 2019 issue

BEST ARTICLE | CASE STUDIES

Doordarshan, India

Seminal motives for Digital TV: Metamorphosis of ATT into DTT

M S Duhan

January- March 2020 issue

2019

BEST ARTICLE | PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION

Korean Broadcasting System, KBS-Korea

Administrating IP-Based UHD Studio which appeared in the April-June 2019 issue.

Kim Hae Jung

April-June 2019 issue

BEST ARTICLE | RESEARCH

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, IRIB-Iran

A Novel Approach for Upgrading TV Studios to HDR Technology

Mohammad Paknahad, Mahmoud Kiani and Dr Mohieddin Moradi

July-September issue.

BEST ARTICLE | CASE STUDIES

Doordarshan India

Anatomy of RF Amplifiers – Failure Mechanics and Maintenance Strategies

M S Duhan

October-December 2018 issue

2018

BEST ARTICLE AWARD

NHK-Japan (NHK Science and Technology Research Laboratories)

AI-Driven Smart Production

Yuko Yamanouchi, Jun Goto, Yoshihiko Kawai, Takahiro Mochizuki, Shoei Sato and Atsushi Imai of the NHK Science and Technology Research Laboratories.

July-September 2018 issue

COMMENDED ARTICLE 1

Doordarshan-India

Human and Technical Resource Development for Digital File-based Solution for HD/ SD TV Workflow

Mr Satyajeet Dash, Dy Director General, (Engineering), Doordarshan-India

April-June 2018 issue

COMMENDED ARTICLE 2

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, IRIB-Iran

Analysis of the Information Technology Maturity Level of the units in the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting (IRIB) based on the ISO/IEC 20000 Standard with a Fuzzy Approach.

Mr Mostafa Darjazi, Director of Information Technology and Systems, Planning and Finance Department,

October-December 2017 issue

2017

BEST ARTICLE AWARD

Impact of Interference on Broadcasting Satellite Services in Terms of Increase Rate of Outage Time Caused by Rain Attenuation

Authored by Dr Kazuyoshi Shogen, B-SAT-Japan,

Mr Masashi Kamei, Japan Telecommunications Engineering and Consulting Service-Japan,

Mr Susumu Nakazawa and Mr Shoji Tanaka, NHK-STRL-Japan.

COMMENDED ARTICLE 1

Doordarshan-India

Article titled Structural Mechanics of TV Towers: Strengthening for Hauling up of Additional DTT Antennas.

M S Duhan

COMMENDED ARTICLE 2

RTPRC-China

WRC-19 Agenda Items Concerning Broadcasting Service and ABU Spectrum Issues.

Dr Li Leilei

2016

BEST ARTICLE AWARD

NHK- Japan

Automatic Generation System of Japanese Sign Language (JSL) with CG Animation of Fixed Pattern Weather Information

By Nobuyuki HIRUMA, Makiko AZUMA, Tsubasa UCHIDA, Shuichi UMEDA, Taro MIYAZAKI,  Naoto KATO and Seiki INOUE.

COMMENDED ARTICLE 1

NBTC-Thailand

Digital Terrestrial Television in Thailand: Technical Aspects.

By Mr Supatrasit Suansook

COMMENDED ARTICLE 2

Phoenix TV-Hong Kong

HD Broadcast Upgrade Project for Phoenix TV

By Mr Terence Yiu

2015

BEST ARTICLE AWARD

Doordarshan-India

Experiences of Evolution of Digital Terrestrial Television in India

M S Duhan

COMMENDED ARTICLE 1

Korean Broadcasting System, KBS-Korea

Realtime 3D Sign Language Avatar Animation from DTV Closed Captions

Juhyun Oh, Byunsun Kim, Kisung Park and Sungchoon Park

COMMENDED ARTICLE 2

Korean Broadcasting System, KBS-Korea

Terrestrial 4K UHD Live Broadcasting of Sports Events by

Injoon Cho, Byungsoon Kim, Sangjin Hahm, Sanghun Kim and Sungho Jeon

2014

BEST ARTICLE AWARD

NHK-Japan

UHDTV System Colourimetry and Technical Development for its Implementation

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.

COMMENDED ARTICLE 1

Television New Zealand

Technical Aspects of Analogue Switch Off in New Zealand

Mr Wayne Huggard

COMMENDED ARTICLE 2

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting

How the ICT Application Can Improve Management of Archiving Systems

Alireza Bahadori

2013

BEST ARTICLE AWARD

Audio Visual Global JSC, AVG-Vietnam

SFN Interference (DVB-T2 Standard) AVG’s Experiences

Dr Ngo Thai Tri, Nguyen Chien Thang and Nguyen Manh Đức

COMMENDED ARTICLE 1

Korean Broadcasting System (KBS-Korea)

Experimental Broadcasting for 4K UHDTV via Terrestrial Network in Korea

Zungkon Yim, Sungho Jeon, Sanghun Kim, Sangjin Hahm and Byungsun Kim

COMMENDED ARTICLE 2

Turkish Radio Television Corporation

e-Radio

By Cemal Gazalci, Dogus Cifteler, Ibrahim, Izlem Gozukeles and Zeynep Yeniaras Pazar

2012

BEST ARTICLE AWARD

Audio Visual Global JSC, AVG-Vietnam

The First DVB-T2 Single Frequency Network (SFN) in Vietnam

Dr Ngo Thai Tri, Nguyen Chien Thang and Hoang Thanh Tung.

April-June 2012 issue

COMMENDED ARTICLE 1

Sony Corporation

HD Imaging Technology by

Chris Grey and Aaron Hee

COMMENDED ARTICLE 2

Television Broadcasts Limited, TVB-Hong Kong

Metadata Project – TVB Experience

By Garry Kum

2011

BEST ARTICLE AWARD

Korean Broadcasting System, KBS-Korea

World’s First Terrestrial 3DTV Broadcasting: How we do it in Korea by

Byungsun Kim, Jinmo Kang, Keunsuk Lee, Injun Cho, Junyong Lee and Changseoub Park.

COMMENDED ARTICLE 1

Nippon Hoso Kyokai, NHK-Japan

Current Status of Internet Protocol Television in Japan – Introduction to NHK on Demand by

Kiyohiko Ishikawa and Yoichi Tokoro

COMMENDED ARTICLE 2

ThaiPBS-Thailand

The Most Economical Surge Protection Approach

By Tawapak Tiyabhorn

2010

BEST ARTICLE AWARD

Nippon Hoso Kyokai, NHK-Japan

Current Status of UHDTV (Super Hi-Vision) Delivery)

By Dr Kazuyoshi Shogen

COMMENDED ARTICLE 1

Radio New Zealand

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By Linden Clark and Steve White

COMMENDED ARTICLE 2

Radio Television Malaysia

DVB S2 Matlab Simulation Model: A Simplified Research and Training Toolkit for Broadcast Engineers

By Jeewa Vengadasalam

2009

BEST ARTICLE AWARD

Mediacorp-Singapore

Paradigm Shift in the Broadcasting Industry

By Mr Mock Pak Lum

COMMENDED ARTICLE 1

Nippon Hoso Kyokai, NHK-Japan

New Developments at NHK STRL

By Nobuyuki Hiruma

COMMENDED ARTICLE 2

MBC-Mauritius & MCML-Mauritius

Digitalisation at MBC-Mauritius

by P Seebaluck, K Carooppunnen, R Armoogum, A Laval, J Gopaul and P Heeramun.

2008

BEST ARTICLE AWARD

Nippon Hoso Kyokai, NHK-Japan

Advanced Multi-Channel Sound System for Future Broadcasting

By Dr Eng Akio Ando

COMMENDED ARTICLE 1

Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting, IRIB-Iran

Virtual Studio System and Tracking Mechanism

By Mohammad Alipour

COMMENDED ARTICLE 2

Astro Malaysia

Astro Media Management System

By Updesh Singh

2007

BEST ARTICLE AWARD

China Jiangsu Broadcasting Corporation

The 10th China National Games – IBC Technical System

By Gu Jian Guo, Director Television Technology Department

COMMENDED ARTICLE 1

Nippon Hoso Kyokai (NHK-Japan)

Study on Remote Activation of One-Set Handheld Receivers with Emergency Warning Broadcasting System

By Yasuhiro Ito, Hiroyuki Hamazumi and Makoto Taguchi

COMMENDED ARTICLE 2

VOV-Vietnam

An Overview of Objective Perceptual Audio Quality Measurement Methods

By Vu Viet Nga

2005

BEST ARTICLE AWARD

Tokyo Broadcasting System Inc

Development of an Advanced Encoder for HDTV Broadcasting

By Hedefumi Yasuda, Syunji Miyazawa and Yasubumi Honma

(Nov/Dec 2004 issue)

COMMENDED ARTICLE 1

All India Radio

Digital Transfer of Central Archives of All India Radio

By R Vidya Sagar and Sanjeev Chawla

(May/June 2005 issue)

COMMENDED ARTICLE 2

Nippon Hoso Kyokai, Japan

Expanding TV Production, What can we do with HDTV ? Parts 1, 2 & 3

By Toshihiro Muta

(Mar/Apr, May/June and July/Aug 2005 issue)

2004

BEST ARTICLE AWARD

Nippon Hoso Kyokai, Japan

Multichannel Surround Production for Broadcasting

By Mick M Sawaguchi

(Mar/Apr and May/June 2004 issue)

COMMENDED ARTICLE 1

Korean Broadcasting System, Republic of Korea

Development of an ATSC/DVB-T RF Signal Capture and Regeneration System

By Tae-Hoon Kwon, Ha-Kyun Mok and Young-Woo Suh

(Nov/Dec 2003 issue)

COMMENDED ARTICLE 2

MediaCorp Radio Singapore Pte Ltd

21st Century Radio On-Air Studios: Consideration in Planning

By Jibby Jacob and Lye Foi Lieng

(Jan/Feb 2004 issue)