Emmy to Animation Research
Animation Research Ltd has won its fourth Emmy Award at the 46th Annual Sports Emmy Awards ceremony in New York.
The Dunedin company won the George Wensel Technical Achievement Award for its 2024 PGA Tour coverage on CBS and NBC, using drones.
It was up against companies working on other large-scale sporting events, including the XXXIII Olympic Games (Immersive Audio at Scale), the NFL (StatusPro Visualizer VR Technology), and Thursday Night Football (AI Feature Latency). — APL
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