Verizon CEO To Receive High-Tech Emmy

While visitors to Las Vegas this week should not expect the Hollywood stars, paparazzi and red carpet that make the Primetime Emmy Awards in Los Angeles so scrumptious, the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards is a fitting tribute to innovators as part of the Consumer Electronics Show. The awards were launched 60 years ago to honor developments in broadcast technology and recognize companies, organizations and individuals for breakthroughs that have a significant effect on television engineering.

Verizon Communications CEO Ivan Seidenberg will receive a lifetime achievement award at the Wednesday evening ceremony. Seidenberg was instrumental in forming Verizon through a number of mergers and acquisitions including Bell Atlantic and NYNEX in 1997; GTE in 2000; and MCI in 2006. He also helped Verizon create what is now Verizon Wireless in 1999 and championed the deployment of the company's high-speed fiber-optic FiOS Internet, telephone, and TV service. Other honorees include DirecTV, Harris Corporation, Hitachi, Intel, Philips, Scripps Networks, Sony Corporation, Tandberg Television, Toshiba, and XOrbit. Read more about the awards here.