RadioInfo’s Ian MacRae reports from NAB2006 in Las Vegas.

The winners of the fourth-annual Awards for Innovation in Media (AIMs) have been announced.

Attendees at the NAB2006 exhibition voted for the technological innovations that best addressed current and upcoming issues in the electronic media industry by boosting efficiency, increasing user flexibility and creativity, and lowering cost.

The top five products within each of the Content Creation, Content Management, and Content Delivery categories received recognition during the NAB2006 Technology Luncheon.

Within the Content Creation category, Adobe Systems’ Adobe Production Studio, Apple’s Final Cut Studio, Autodesk – Media & Entertainment’s Maya, the XLH1 HD Camcorder from Canon USA, Red Digital Cinema’s 4K Cinema Camera, Panasonic’s HVX200 Camcorder and Sony’s XDCAM HD received the highest number of attendee votes and were each awarded a 2006 NAB AIM.

Winners in the Content Management category were Grass Valley, Inc.’s REV PRO, LaCie’s Little Big Disk 320GB, the TriCaster PRO from NewTek, Omneon Video Networks’ MediaGrid Active Storage System, openGear from Ross Video Limited in cooperation with Cobalt Digital & Ward-Beck Systems and SmartSound Software’s Sonicfire Pro 4.

Also receiving AIMs within the Content Delivery category were the AmiNET124 from Amino Communications, the Configurable Messenger Transmitter (CMT) from Global Microwave Systems, Volicon, Inc.’s Observer 4CH — MultiChannel Broadcast Monitor and Vyvx’s inV.

NAB President and CEO David K. Rehr said: “Attendees at the NAB spring show are especially positioned to recognize the hottest products emerging in the marketplace. NAB extends its congratulations to all of the 2006 AIM winners who received this esteemed recognition.”