Congratulations to the 2026

EnTech Awards Recipients!


It was great to see 200 members of our community at the Culver Theater in Culver City, Calif., for the 6th annual DEG EnTech Awards on Tuesday.

Hall of Fame Award winner Gray Ainsworth of Lionsgate (r.) accepts congratulations from (l. to r.) Saj Jayasinghe of RRS, Amy Jo Smith of DEG, Cineverse's Michele Edelman,

and Teresa Phillips of Spherex.

EnTech Chair Rick Hack has fun on stage to present the Rising Star Awards.

Hack (r.) and Rising Star Felicity Flesher (l.) of NBCUniversal watch congratulatory videos with the crowd.

DEG's Amy Jo Smith (l.) presents Bill Neighbors of Xperi (r.) with a surprise "MVP" Award for his support of DEG and the EnTech Awards.

Rafa Alvarez of host Prime Video opens the awards presentation.

During the awards, a friend catches Ainsworth

 in repose.

(left) MVP Bill Neighbors (r.) with DEG's Bekah Sturm (l.).

(top) The team from Iyuno represents for colleague Luke Bae, who was named a Rising Star but was unable to attend the event.

(below) Disney's Dave Lindsay (c.) dresses to lead his studio colleagues.

(bottom) It's all merriment for Ainsworth's Lionsgate's team.

Winners

Kenesha Luney of NBCUniversal (l.) presents the award to Kaleidascapes's Jason Welch (c.) and Tayloe Stansbury (r.).

Matt Friedberg accepts the award on behalf of NBCUniversal.

Movies Anywhere's Elissa Brown (r.) accepts the award for Technology Innovation in Content Delivery with Mark Shurgot (l.).

Ellen Goodridge of Amazon MGM Studios (r.) presents the award to Kenesha Luney (l.) of NBCUniversal on behalf of Peacock's team win.

Chester Goodson (l.) represents LG Electronics with presenter Cassandra Moore (r.) of NBCUniversal.

Doug Sylvester (l.) of ProTek Vaults presents the award to Deluxe's Brad Lusher (c.) and Eric King (r.).

Morgan Fiumi (r.) of Global3 accepts his award for Localization Visionary from Disney's Dave Lindsay (l.).

NBCUniversal's Felicity Flesher speaks about being part of the 2026 Rising Star Class.

Dolby's Tom McAndrew (l.) with Hall of Fame Honoree, Gray Ainsworth (r.) of Lionsgate.

The People's Choice Award went to The Walt Disney Company's Disney Animation Songs in Sign Language.

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