Broadcast veteran Clyde Smith will receive the award at the North American Broadcasters Association’s Annual General Meeting on February 5 at NBCUniversal in New York. The NABA International Achievement Award is bestowed to a single individual for an “outstanding contribution” to the international art and/or science of radio or television that has made a “significant impact on, or improvement in” the state of one or both of these arts.
NABA President Richard Friedel (EVP, Technology Strategy, 21st Century Fox), said: “Clyde’s engineering innovation and technology leadership was always focussed on who was doing it best and what we can do to make it work for all of us.” Clyde is a global thinker and followed the Marshall McLuhan principle of ‘think globally and act locally.’”
Upon finding out that he would receive the award, Clyde said: “It has been my privilege to work closely with the talented and dedicated staff and members of NABA as well as the DPP, EBU, SMPTE, and BBC to develop fundamental improvements in interoperability. I am deeply thankful for their participation, contributions and for this prestigious recognition of our achievements together.”
