Elemental Honored with Two TechAmerica 2011 Awards as Company Thrives
Leading trade association recognizes Elemental’s growth, innovation and commitment to delivering high-quality video to any device
PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Elemental Technologies, the leading provider of video processing solutions that enable multi-screen content delivery, was honored with both the Rising Star and the Cool Product of the Year awards at the annual TechAmerica Oregon ceremony on Thursday, May 19. Elemental was recognized for its groundbreaking video processing technology, commitment to delivering premium-quality video, and its impact on the technology industry.
The awards come on the heels of several major customer wins in the cable, broadcast, and content programmer markets. Powering leading video applications on the iPad, iPhone and Android platforms, Elemental products are used by the largest and most recognizable media companies in the world, including ABC, Big Ten Networks, CBS Interactive, National Geographic, News-Press & Gazette, Oceanic Time Warner, and PBS. Solutions from Elemental are also in production workflows at several major cable companies and deployed by premium content providers to deliver adaptive streaming to millions of viewers.
As the winner of the Rising Star Award, Elemental is recognized as having made significant progress in the past year toward changing the face of technology. Elemental Live, the world’s first professional-class encoder for live video powered by graphics processing units, was also selected as the Cool Product of the Year by a real-time audience vote at the awards ceremony. Since its launch, Elemental Live has delivered the world’s first live full HD 3D broadcast over the Internet as well as the world’s first full HD live streaming online concert. Major media companies are adopting Elemental Live based on its ability to economically prepare high-quality video for playback on any device.
“Today’s consumers expect to see flawless video on all their Internet-connected devices, from mobile phones to tablet devices, PCs and TVs,” said Sam Blackman, CEO and co-founder of Elemental Technologies. “We’ve built our core technology, and all of the products that use it, in response to this growing demand and we are honored that our hard work has been recognized both by our customers and by TechAmerica Oregon.”
For more about the Oregon TechAwards, visit: http://www.oregontechawards.com.
About Elemental
Elemental Technologies is the leading provider of video processing solutions that enable multi-screen content delivery. The company’s award-winning products help content programmers, service providers and broadcasters bring video to any screen, at any time – all at once. Seven of the top ten media companies in the United States, including CBS, Disney and PBS, rely on unmatched solutions from Elemental. Founded in 2006, Elemental is headquartered in Portland, Oregon. To learn more, visit www.elementaltechnologies.com and @elementaltech.
CONTACT:
OnPR for Elemental Technologies, Inc.
Jeff Fishburn, 503-802-4408
jeff@onpr.com
KEYWORDS: United States North America Oregon
INDUSTRY KEYWORDS: Technology Consumer Electronics Hardware Internet Software Audio/Video Telecommunications Mobile/Wireless VoIP
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