Aspera will be presented with an Emmy for Outstanding Achievement in Engineering Development by the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences at a ceremony on 23 October.

The award is for Aspera’s high-speed data transfer software Fasp.

It is one of five engineering Emmys for developments that are “so innovative in nature that they materially affect the transmission, recording or reception of television”.

The other companies to be honoured are YouTube, Digital Dailies, iZotope RX Audio Repair Technology and Previzion Virtual Studio System.