Skype TX broadcast technology gets an Emmy Award

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Skype TX, Microsoft’s multi-platform solution that lets broadcasters integrate studio-grade Skype calls into their production workflow, has just won an Emmy Award for Technology & Engineering. While the technology is probably not well known by the public, it’s actually quite popular with real-time broadcasters, enabling some unforgettable TV moments (remember this Professor being distracted by his cute children during a live interview on BBC News?).

“In the four years since inception, the Skype TX team has worked hard to help push the boundaries of broadcast television, and that hard work has paid off with an Emmy Award for Technology & Engineering in 2017,” shared the Skype team in a blog post. Other notable recipients include the Apple TV in the “Contextual Voice Navigation for Discovering and Interacting with TV Content” category, as well as YouTube in the “Video Identification Technology to Protect Content Value and Copyright” category.

“Skype TX has already been used by over 1,200 broadcasters internationally, including the BBC, CNN, ESPN, and Al Jazeera,” explained the Skype team. “We’ve reached 30 percent of top-tier broadcasters and delivered over 20-million minutes of high-quality Skype calls.” In addition to this Emmy award, these numbers are quite a big milestone for the industry technology that launched just four years ago.

Radu Tyrsina

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Radu Tyrsina has been a Windows fan ever since he got his first PC, a Pentium III (a monster at that time). For most of the kids of his age, the Internet was an amazing way to play and communicate with others, but he was deeply impressed by the flow of information and how easily you can find anything on the web. Prior to founding Windows Report, this particular curiosity about digital content enabled him to grow a number of sites that helped hundreds of millions reach faster the answer they're looking for.