AMWA Receives Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for Development of NMOS Discovery, Registration and Connection
Recognition of IS-04 and IS-05 celebrates the open industry collaboration that made interoperable IP media workflows practical at scale
BOTHELL, Wash. — Oct. 19, 2026 — The Advanced Media Workflow Association (AMWA) has received a 2026 Technology & Engineering Emmy Award for the development of AMWA NMOS Discovery, Registration and Connection. The award is shared with Sony Corporation, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), and Streampunk Media Ltd., recognizing their collective contributions to establishing NMOS as an industry-standard control framework for networked media production.
The award was presented Oct. 14 during the joint Engineering, Science & Technology Emmy Awards ceremony at the Television Academy’s Saban Media Center in North Hollywood, California. Brad Gilmer, executive director of AMWA, accepted the award on behalf of the association.
The honor recognizes two foundational Networked Media Open Specifications: IS-04, the NMOS Discovery and Registration Specification, and IS-05, the NMOS Device Connection Management Specification. IS-04 gives devices, senders, receivers, and other media resources a common, vendor-neutral way to be discovered and registered on an IP network. IS-05 enables controllers to establish and manage connections between compatible senders and receivers.
By adding discovery and connection management to SMPTE ST 2110 transport, IS-04 and IS-05 established an open framework for multi-vendor IP production. Interoperability testing, automated test suites, open-source implementations, and broad vendor adoption have made that framework a practical foundation for modern media workflows. Developed through AMWA’s Networked Media Incubator, NMOS reflects the contributions of end users, manufacturers, systems integrators, developers, and industry organizations working together to solve shared operational challenges.
“I’m always amazed by how much our industry can accomplish through open collaboration, and I’m delighted to see that collective effort recognized with this Emmy,” said Brad Gilmer, executive director of AMWA. “NMOS grew from end users, manufacturers, integrators, and developers bringing real operational needs and engineering expertise into the same room. We are grateful to the many AMWA members and contributors whose work made IS-04 and IS-05 a practical reality for broadcasters and media organizations around the world. This award belongs to that community, and it encourages us to keep building the open, interoperable foundations our industry will need next.”
The honor is AMWA’s second Technology & Engineering Emmy in two years, following its 2025 recognition for the standardization of SMPTE ST 2067, the Interoperable Master Format.
Watch Brad Gilmer accept the award on behalf of AMWA at televisionacademy.com/video/amwa-2026-engineering-science-technology-emmy-awards.
See AMWA at approximately 34:14 in the show:
Andrew Bonney's acceptance: https://www.televisionacademy.com/video/british-broadcasting-corporation-2026-engineering-science-technology-emmy-awards
Sakuragi-san's acceptance:
Brad Gilmer's acceptance on behalf of Streampunk Media and Richard Cartwright: https://www.televisionacademy.com/video/steampunk-media-ltd-2026-engineering-science-technology-emmy-awards
See BBC's article here: https://www.bbc.co.uk/rd/articles/2026-10-15-amwa-nmos-networked-media-ip-emmy/
See Sony's article here: https://pro.sony/ue_US/press/nmos-technology-engineering-emmy-award
More information about NMOS is available at amwa.tv/nmos-overview.
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About AMWA
The Advanced Media Workflow Association, Inc. is the organization behind NMOS, a family of open-source, free-of-charge specifications that enable interoperability on the control layer for media devices on an IP infrastructure. NMOS lets you connect, manage, and control your IP devices. Find out more at amwa.tv.
Image Caption: The winners from Advanced Media Workflow Association pose with the Emmy for the development of AMWA NMOS Discovery, Registration and Connection at the 2026 Technology and Engineering Emmy Awards at Television Academy’s Saban Media Center on Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2026 in Los Angeles. Front row left to right: Ryoichi Sakuragi (Sony), Brad Gilmer (AMWA), Andrew Bonney (BBC), and back row: Cindy Zuelsdorf (AMWA), Felix Poulin (CBC/Radio-Canada), Gareth Sylvester-Bradley (NVIDIA), Masayuki Imanishi (Sony).
(Photo by Mark Von Holden/Invision for the Television Academy/AP Content Services.)
