LAS VEGAS — The National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences (NATAS) and the Television Academy announced that Jeopardy! game show icon Alex Trebek and Yahoo tech star David Pogue will host the 66th Annual Technology & Engineering Emmy Awards. The event will take place on Thursday, January 8th during CES in Las Vegas, and will be held at the Bellagio hotel.
“I can’t think of a more entertaining and tech-savvy pair of co-hosts than Alex Trebek and David Pogue for our grand celebration of the best in technology across the television spectrum,” states Bob Mauro, president, NATAS. “With honorees such as Apple, HBO, Intel, Microsoft, MLB, Netflix, and TiVo, and lifetime honorees such as, Larry Thorpe from Canon, SMPTE and Kazuo Hirai of the Sony Corporation, this should be one of the best tech shows in all of CES!”
"We’re happy to join with the National Academy in honoring this year’s Engineering Emmy Award recipients,” said Maury McIntyre, President and COO of the Television Academy. “These innovators' achievements set the standards for capturing, presenting, and transmitting the best images and sound for television’s highest quality content. They have transformed television into a truly sensory experience.”