The List of the 100 Companies That Matter Most in Online Video in 2016
Our panel of 11 streaming media experts has spoken, and these are the 100 companies doing the most important and innovative work in online video today. Read our introduction to learn more about how the list was created. (Note that the Streaming Media 100 list highlights companies with headquarters in the U.S. We will announce our European Streaming Media 101 on our Streaming Media Europe site in November.)
1 Beyond, Inc.
1BEYOND.COM
Founded: 1997
Chief Officer: Terry Cullen, Founder and CEO
3Play Media
3PLAYMEDIA.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Chris Antunes, COO and Co-Founder
Accenture
ACCENTURE.COM
Founded: 1951
Chief Officer: Pierre Nanterme, Chairman and CEO
Adobe
ADOBE.COM
Founded: 1982
Chief Officer: Shantanu Narayen, President and CEO
AJA Video Systems
AJA.COM
Founded: 1993
Chief Officer: Nick Rashby, President
Akamai
AKAMAI.COM
Founded: 1993
Chief Officer: Tom Leighton, CEO
AllDigital Brevity
ALLDIGITAL.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Tim Napoleon, Founder and Chief Strategist
Amazon
AMAZON.COM
Founded: 1994
Chief Officer: Jeff Bezos, President, CEO, and Chairman
Anvato
ANVATO.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Alper Turgut, CEO
Apple
APPLE.COM
Founded: 1976
Chief Officer: Tim Cook, CEO
Beamr
BEAMR.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Sharon Carmel, CEO
Blackmagic Design
BLACKMAGICDESIGN.COM
Founded: 1984
Chief Officer: Grant Petty, CEO
Brightcove
BRIGHTCOVE.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: David Mendels, CEO
BuyDRM
BUYDRM.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Christopher Levy, Founder and CEO
Canon
CANON.COM
Founded: 1937
Chief Officer: Fujio Mitarai, CEO
Cedexis
CEDEXIS.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Scott Grout, CEO
Cisco
CISCO.COM
Founded: 1984
Chief Officer: Chuck Robbins, CEO
Comcast Wholesale
COMCASTWHOLESALE.COM
Founded: 1981
Chief Officer: Matt McConnell, SVP and GM
Conviva
CONVIVA.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Hui Zhang, Co-Founder and CEO
DaCast
DACAST.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Stephane Roulland, CEO
Datavideo Corporation
DATAVIDEO.COM
Founded: 1997
Chief Officer: Craig Moffat, Managing Director
Dejero
DEJERO.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Brian Cram, CEO
Discover Video
DISCOVERVIDEO.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Rich Mavrogeanes, CEO and President
Dolby Laboratories
DOLBY.COM
Founded: 1965
Chief Officer: Kevin Yeaman, President and CEO
DVEO
DVEO.COM
Founded: 1982
Chief Officer: Laszlo Zoltan, Vice President
Elemental Technologies (an AWS Company)
ELEMENTAL.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Sam Blackman, Co-Founder, CEO, and Chairman
Encoding.Com
ENCODING.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Gregg Heil, Founder and CEO
Encompass Digital Media
ENCOMPASS.TV
Founded: 2010
Chief Officer: Chris Walters, CEO
Epiphan Video
EPIPHAN.COM
Founded: 2003
Chief Officer: Mike Sandler, President and CEO
Ericsson
ERICSSON.COM
Founded: 1876
Chief Officer: Jan Frykhammar, CEO
EuclidIQ
EUCLIDIQ.COM
Founded: 1999
Chief Officer: Richard Wingard, CEO
Evertz
EVERTZ.COM
Founded: 1999
Chief Officer: Romolo Magarelli, CEO
EZDRM
EZDRM.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: David Eisenbacher, CEO and Co-Founder
Fastly
FASTLY.COM
Founded: 2011
Chief Officer: Artur Bergman, Founder and CEO
Google
GOOGLE.COM
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Sundar Pichai, CEO
Grass Valley
GRASSVALLEY.COM
Founded: 1959
Chief Officer: Marco Lopez, President
Haivision
HAIVISION.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Mirko Wicha, CEO
Harmonic
HARMONICINC.COM
Founded: 1988
Chief Officer: Patrick Harshman, President and CEO
Highwinds
HIGHWINDS.COM
Founded: 2002
Chief Officer: Steve Miller, Founder and CEO
IBM Cloud Video (formerly Clearleap)
CLEARLEAP.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Braxton Jarratt, CEO
Imagine Communications
IMAGINECOMMUNICATIONS.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Charlie Vogt, CEO
IneoQuest
INEOQUEST.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Calvin Harrison, President and CEO
Intel Corporation
INTEL.COM
Founded: 1968
Chief Officer: Brian M. Krzanich, CEO
INXPO
INXPO.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Malcolm Lotzof, CEO
iStreamPlanet
ISTREAMPLANET.COM
Founded: 2000
Chief Officer: Mio Babic, CEO and President
JVC
JVC.COM
Founded: 1927
Chief Officer: Takao Tsuji, Chairman and CEO
JW Player
JWPLAYER.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Dave Otten, CEO
Kaltura
KALTURA.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Ron Yekutiel, Co-Founder, CEO, and Chairman
Kencast
KENCAST.COM
Founded: 1994
Chief Officer: William E. Steele, Chairman and CEO
Kollective
KOLLECTIVE.COM
Founded: 2000
Chief Officer: Dan Vetras, CEO
Level 3 Communications, Inc.
LEVEL3.COM
Founded: 1985
Chief Officer: Jeff Storey, President and CEO
Limelight Networks
LIMELIGHT.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Robert Lento, President, CEO, and Director
Livestream
LIVESTREAM.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Jesse Hertzberg, CEO
LiveU
LIVEU.TV
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Samuel Wasserman, CEO
Magewell
MAGEWELL.COM
Founded: 2011
Chief Officer: Tony Tong, CEO
Matrox
MATROX.COM
Founded: 1976
Chief Officer: Lorne Trottier, President
Media Excel
MEDIAEXCEL.COM
Founded: 2000
Chief Officer: Jongil Kim, Founder, President, and CEO
MediaMelon
MEDIAMELON.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Kumar Subramanian, CEO
MediaPlatform
MEDIAPLATFORM.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Mike Newman, CEO
Microsoft (including Skype)
MICROSOFT.COM
Founded: 1975
Chief Officer: Satya Nadella, CEO
Mirror Image
MIRROR-IMAGE.COM
Founded: 1997
Chief Officer: Robert Andrews, COO
MLB Advanced Media
MLBAM.COM
Founded: 2000
Chief Officer: Robert Bowman, CEO
Netflix
NETFLIX.COM
Founded: 1997
Chief Officer: Reed Hastings, CEO
NeuLion, Inc.
NEULION.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Nancy Li, Executive Chair
Newtek
NEWTEK.COM
Founded: 1986
Chief Officer: Jim Plant, CEO
OnStream Media Corporation
ONSTREAMMEDIA.COM
Founded: 1993
Chief Officer: Randy Selman, President and CEO
Osprey Video
OSPREYVIDEO.COM
Founded: 1995
Chief Officer: Roger Bieri, CEO
Panasonic
PANASONIC.COM
Founded: 1918
Chief Officer: Kazuhiro Tsuga, CEO
Panopto
PANOPTO.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Eric Burns, Co-Founder and CEO
PESA
PESA.COM
Founded: 1973
Chief Officer: Chuck D. Tillett, COO
Piksel
PIKSEL.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Peter Heiland, CEO
Polycom
POLYCOM.COM
Founded: 1990
Chief Officer: Mary McDowell, CEO
Qumu
QUMU.COM
Founded: 1978
Chief Officer: Vern Hanzlik, President and CEO
Ramp
RAMP.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Tom Racca, CEO
Roku
ROKU.COM
Founded: 2002
Chief Officer: Anthony Wood, Founder and CEO
Roland Systems Group
PROAV.ROLAND.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Kim Nunney, President
SeaChange International
SCHANGE.COM
Founded: 1993
Chief Officer: Ed Terino, CEO
Sonic Foundry
SONICFOUNDRY.COM
Founded: 1991
Chief Officer: Gary Weis, CEO
Sony Electronics
SONY.COM
Founded: 1946
Chief Officer: Kazuo Hirai, President and CEO
Streambox
STREAMBOX.COM
Founded: 1999
Chief Officer: Bob Hildeman, CEO and Co-Founder
TalkPoint
TALKPOINT.COM
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Nick Balletta, CEO
Telestream, LLC
TELESTREAM.NET
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Dan Castles, President and CEO
Telstra (including Ooyala)
TELSTRA.COM
Founded: 1975
Chief Officer: Andrew Penn, CEO
Teradek
TERADEK.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Nicol Verheem, CEO
TiVo (including Digitalsmiths)
TIVO.COM
Founded: 1983
Chief Officer: Tom Carson, President and CEO
Tulix Systems
TULIX.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: George Bokuchava, CEO
TVU Networks
TVUNETWORKS.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Paul Shen, CEO
Ustream, an IBM Company
USTREAM.TV
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Brad Hunstable, Founder and CEO
Vantrix Corporation
VANTRIX.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Jean Mayrand, CEO
VBrick
VBRICK.COM
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Shelly Heiden, CEO
Verimatrix
VERIMATRIX.COM
Founded: 1999
Chief Officer: Tom Munro, CEO
Verizon Digital Media Services
VERIZONDIGITALMEDIA.COM
Founded: 2011
Chief Officer: Ralf Jacob, President
Vidyard
VIDYARD.COM
Founded: 2011
Chief Officer: Michael Litt, Co-Founder and CEO
VisualOn, Inc.
VISUALON.COM
Founded: 2003
Chief Officer: Andy Lin, President and CEO
VITEC
VITEC.COM
Founded: 1988
Chief Officer: Philippe Wetzel, Founder, President, and CEO
vMix
VMIX.COM
Founded: 2010
Chief Officer: Martin Sinclair, Founder
Winnov
WINNOV.COM
Founded: 1992
Chief Officer: Olivier Garbe, Founder and CEO
Wistia, Inc.
WISTIA.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Chris Savage, CEO and Co-Founder
Wowza Media Systems, LLC
WOWZA.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: David Stubenvoll, Co-Founder and CEO
ZiXi
ZIXI.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Chris Noe, Executive Chairman and CEO
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