The List of the 100 Companies that Matter Most in Online Video in 2012
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.
(You can see many of these companies and their products and services in person at Streaming Media Europe in London next week, Streaming Media West in Los Angeles next month, and at Streaming Media East in New York in May.)
Adap.tv
WWW.ADAP.TV
FOUNDED: 2006
CHIEF OFFICER: AMIR ASHKENAZI, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO
Adobe Systems, Inc.
WWW.ADOBE.COM
FOUNDED: 1982
CHIEF OFFICER: SHANTANU NARAYEN, PRESIDENT AND CEO
AEG Digital Media
WWW.AEGDIGITALMEDIA.COM
FOUNDED: 2009
CHIEF OFFICER: BRYAN PEREZ, PRESIDENT OF DIGITAL, TICKETING, AND MEDIA
Akamai Technologies
WWW.AKAMAI.COM
FOUNDED 1999
CHIEF OFFICER: PAUL SAGAN, CEO
Amazon
WWW.AMAZON.COM
FOUNDED: 1994
CHIEF OFFICER: JEFF BEZOS, PRESIDENT, CEO, AND CHAIRMAN
AmberFin Ltd.
WWW.AMBERFIN.COM
FOUNDED: 2008
CHIEF OFFICER: JEREMY DEANER, CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Anevia.com
WWW.ANEVIA.COM
FOUNDED: 2003
CHIEF OFFICER: TRISTAN LETEURTRE, CEO
AOL On
ON.AOL.COM
FOUNDED: 2012
CHIEF OFFICER: RAN HARNEVO, SENIOR VICE PRESIDENT, VIDEO
Apple
WWW.APPLE.COM
FOUNDED: 1976
CHIEF OFFICER: TIM COOK, CEO
AVIWEST
WWW.AVIWEST.COM
FOUNDED: 2008
CHIEF OFFICER: ERWAN GASC, CEO AND DIRECTOR OF SALES
Bambuser AB
WWW.BAMBUSER.COM
FOUNDED: 2007
CHIEF OFFICER: JONAS VIG, FOUNDER AND CEO
Blackmagic Design Pty. Ltd.
WWW.BLACKMAGICDESIGN.COM
FOUNDED: 2006
CHIEF OFFICER: GRANT PETTY, CEO
Blip Networks, Inc.
WWW.BLIP.TV
FOUNDED: 2005
CHIEF OFFICER: KELLY DAY, CEO
Boxee, Inc.
WWW.BOXEE.TV
FOUNDED: 2007
CHIEF OFFICER: AVNER RONEN, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO
Brightcove, Inc.
WWW.BRIGHTCOVE.COM
FOUNDED: 2004
CHIEF OFFICER: JEREMY ALLAIRE, CHAIRMAN AND CEO
Cisco
WWW.CISCO.COM
FOUNDED: 1984
CHIEF OFFICER: JOHN T. CHAMBERS, CHAIRMAN AND CEO
Comcast (including thePlatform)
WWW.COMCAST.COM
FOUNDED: 1963
CHIEF OFFICER: BRIAN L. ROBERTS, CHAIRMAN AND CEO
comScore, Inc.
WWW.COMSCORE.COM
FOUNDED: 1999
CHIEF OFFICER: MAGID M. ABRAHAM, PH.D., CO-FOUNDER, PRESIDENT, AND CEO
Concentric Cloud Solutions, LLC
WWW.CONCENTRIC.COM
FOUNDED: 2012
CHIEF OFFICER: MIKE TOPLISEK, PRESIDENT
Conviva, Inc.
WWW.CONVIVA.COM
FOUNDED: 2006
CHIEF OFFICER: DARREN FEHER, PRESIDENT AND CEO
Dailymotion
WWW.DAILYMOTION.COM
FOUNDED: 2005
CHIEF OFFICER: CEDRIC TOURNAY, CEO
Digital Rapids
WWW.DIGITAL-RAPIDS.COM
FOUNDED: 2001
CHIEF OFFICER: BRICK EKSTEN, PRESIDENT AND CEO
Digitalsmiths Corp.
WWW.DIGITALSMITHS.COM
FOUNDED: 1998
CHIEF OFFICER: BEN WEINBERGER, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO
Digitas
WWW.DIGITAS.COM
FOUNDED: 1980
CHIEF OFFICER: COLIN KINSELLA, CEO, NORTH AMERICA
Dolby Laboratories, Inc.
WWW.DOLBY.COM
FOUNDED: 1965
CHIEF OFFICER: KEVIN YEAMAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO
DTS, Inc.
WWW.DTS.COM
FOUNDED: 1990
CHIEF OFFICER: JON KIRCHNER, CHAIRMAN AND CEO
EdgeCast Networks, Inc.
WWW.EDGECAST.COM
FOUNDED: 2006
CHIEF OFFICER: ALEX KAZERANI, CHAIRMAN AND CEO
Elemental Technologies, Inc.
WWW.ELEMENTALTECHNOLOGIES.COM
FOUNDED: 2006
CHIEF OFFICER: SAM BLACKMAN, CO-FOUNDER and CEO
Encoding.com
WWW.ENCODING.COM
FOUNDED: 2008
CHIEF OFFICER: GREGGORY HEIL, FOUNDER AND CEO
Envivio
WWW.ENVIVIO.COM
FOUNDED: 2000
CHIEF OFFICER: JULIEN SIGNES, PRESIDENT, CEO, AND CO-FOUNDER
Epix
WWW.EPIXHD.COM
FOUNDED: 2009
CHIEF OFFICER: MARK GREENBERG
Equilibrium
WWW.EQUILIBRIUM.COM
FOUNDED: 1989
CHIEF OFFICER: SEAN BARGER, FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN, AND CEO
Facebook
WWW.FACEBOOK.COM
FOUNDED: 2004
CHIEF OFFICER: MARK ZUCKERBERG, FOUNDER AND CEO
Front Porch Digital
WWW.FPDIGITAL.COM
FOUNDED: 2000
CHIEF OFFICER: MICHAEL KNAISH, PRESIDENT AND CEO
Google
WWW.GOOGLE.COM
FOUNDED: 1998
CHIEF OFFICER: LARRY PAGE, CEO
Haivision Network Video
WWW.HAIVISION.COM
FOUNDED: 2004
CHIEF OFFICER: MIROSLAVWICHA, PRESIDENT, CEO, AND CHAIRMAN
Harmonic, Inc.
WWW.HARMONICINC.COM
FOUNDED: 2004
CHIEF OFFICER: PATRICK HARSHMAN, PRESIDENT AND CHAIRMAN
Highwinds Network Group, Inc.
WWW.HIGHWINDS.COM
FOUNDED: 2002
CHIEF OFFICER: STEVE MILLER, CEO AND CHAIRMAN
Ignite Technologies
WWW.IGNITETECH.COM
FOUNDED: 2000
CHIEF OFFICER: JIM JANICKI, PRESIDENT AND CEO
Influxis
WWW.INFLUXIS.COM
FOUNDED: 2002
CHIEF OFFICER: RICHARD BLAKELY, CEO
Intel
WWW.INTEL.COM
FOUNDED: 1968
CHIEF OFFICER: PAUL S. OTTELINI, PRESIDENT AND CHIEF EXECUTIVE
Interxion
WWW.INTERXION.COM
FOUNDED: 1998
CHIEF EXECUTIVE: DAVID RUBERG, CEO
Irdeto
WWW.IRDETO.COM
FOUNDED: 1969
CHIEF OFFICER: GRAHAM KILL, EXECUTIVE OFFICER
iStreamPlanet Co.
WWW.ISTREAMPLANET.COM
FOUNDED: 2000
CHIEF OFFICER: MIO BABIC, PRESIDENT AND CEO
Justin.tv, Inc.
WWW.JUSTIN.TV
FOUNDED: 2006
CHIEF OFFICER: JUSTIN KAN, FOUNDER AND PRESIDENT
Kaltura, Inc.
CORP.KALTURA.COM
FOUNDED: 2006
CHIEF OFFICER: RON YEKUTIEL, CO-FOUNDER, CEO, AND CHAIRMAN
KIT digital, Inc.
WWW.KITD.COM
FOUNDED: 2008
CHIEF OFFICER: K. PETER HEILAND, INTERIM CEO
Level 3 Communications
WWW.LEVEL3.COM
FOUNDED: 1985
CHIEF OFFICER: JAMES Q. CROWE, CEO
Limelight Networks
WWW.LIMELIGHT.COM
FOUNDED: 2001
CHIEF OFFICER: JEFFREY W. LUNSFORD, CHAIRMAN AND CEO
Livestream
NEW.LIVESTREAM.COM
FOUNDED: 2008
CHIEF OFFICER: MAX HAOT, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO
LiveU Ltd.
WWW.LIVEU.TV
FOUNDED: 2006
CHIEF OFFICER: SAMUELWASSERMAN, CEO
LongTail Video
WWW.LONGTAILVIDEO.COM
FOUNDED: 2007
CHIEF OFFICER: DAVE OTTEN, CEO
Machinima, Inc.
WWW.MACHINIMA.COM
FOUNDED: 2000
CHIEF OFFICER: ALLEN DEBEVOISE, CHAIRMAN AND CEO
Maker Studios
WWW.MAKERSTUDIOS.COM
FOUNDED: 2009
CHIEF OFFICER: LISA DONOVAN, CEO
MediaExcel
WWW.MEDIAEXCEL.COM
FOUNDED: 2000
CHIEF OFFICER: JONGIL KIM, FOUNDER, PRESIDENT, AND CTO
MediaPlatform, Inc.
WWW.MEDIAPLATFORM.COM
FOUNDED: 2005
CHIEF OFFICER: JIM MCGOVERN, CEO
Microsoft
WWW.MICROSOFT.COM
FOUNDED: 1975
CHIEF OFFICER: STEVEN A. BALLMER, CEO
miniCASTER
WWW.MINICASTER.COM
FOUNDED: 2010
CHIEF OFFICER: MICHAEL WESTPHAL, CEO
Mixmoov
WWW.MIXMOOV.COM
FOUNDED: 2008
CHIEF OFFICER: RALPH PELAMOURGUES, FOUNDER AND CEO
MLB Advanced Media, L.P.
MLB.MLB.COM
FOUNDED: 2000
CHIEF OFFICER: BOB BOWMAN, CEO
Mobile Viewpoint
MOBILEVIEWPOINT.NL
FOUNDED: 2011
CHIEF OFFICER: MICHEL BAIS, MANAGING DIRECTOR
Netflix
WWW.NETFLIX.COM
FOUNDED: 1997
CHIEF OFFICER: REED HASTINGS, FOUNDER AND CEO
NeuLion
WWW.NEULION.COM
FOUNDED: 2000
CHIEF OFFICER: NANCY LI, CEO
NewTek, Inc.
WWW.NEWTEK.COM
FOUNDED: 1985
CHIEF OFFICER: JIM PLANT, PRESIDENT AND CEO
Octoshape ApS
WWW.OCTOSHAPE.COM
FOUNDED: 2003
CHIEF OFFICER: MICHAEL KOEHN MILLAND, CEO
ON24, Inc.
WWW.ON24.COM
FOUNDED: 1998
CHIEF OFFICER: SHARAT SHARAN, PRESIDENT AND CEO
Ooyala, Inc.
WWW.OOYALA.COM
FOUNDED: 2007
CHIEF OFFICER: JAY FULCHER, PRESIDENT AND CEO
Polycom, Inc.
WWW.POLYCOM.COM
FOUNDED: 1990
CHIEF OFFICER: ANDY MILLER, CEO
Qumu, Inc.
WWW.QUMU.COM
FOUNDED: 2003
CHIEF OFFICER: RAY HOOD, CEO
RAMP
WWW.RAMP.COM
FOUNDED: 2006
CHIEF OFFICER: TOMWILDE, CEO
RealNetworks, Inc.
WWW.REALNETWORKS.COM
FOUNDED: 1994
CHIEF OFFICER: ROB GLASER, FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN, AND INTERIM CEO
Revision3 (A Discovery Communications Co.)
WWW.REVISION3.COM
FOUNDED: 2003
CHIEF OFFICER: JIM LOUDERBACK, CEO
RGB Networks
WWW.RGBNETWORKS.COM
FOUNDED: 2005
CHIEF OFFICER: JEF GRAHAM, CHAIRMAN AND CEO
Roku, Inc.
WWW.ROKU.COM
FOUNDED: 2003
CHIEF OFFICER: ANTHONY WOOD, FOUNDER AND CEO
Rovi Corp. (including DivX and MainConcept)
WWW.ROVICORP.COM
FOUNDED: 1983
CHIEF OFFICER: TOM CARSON, PRESIDENT AND CEO
Sonic Foundry, Inc.
WWW.SONICFOUNDRY.COM
FOUNDED: 1991
CHIEF OFFICER: GARYWEIS, CEO
Sorenson Media, Inc.
WWW.SORENSONMEDIA.COM
FOUNDED: 1995
CHIEF OFFICER: PETER CSATHY, PRESIDENT AND CEO
T3Media, Inc. (formerly Thought Equity Motion)
WWW.T3MEDIA.COM
FOUNDED: 2003
CHIEF OFFICER: KEVIN SCHAFF, FOUNDER AND CEO
TalkPoint
WWW.TALKPOINTCOMMUNICATIONS.COM
FOUNDED: 1998
CHIEF OFFICER: NICK BALLETTA, CEO
Telestream, Inc.
WWW.TELESTREAM.NET
FOUNDED: 1998
CHIEF OFFICER: DAN CASTLES, PRESIDENT AND CEO
Teradek, LLC
WWW.TERADEK.COM
FOUNDED: 2008
CHIEF OFFICER: NICOL VERHEEM, CEO
Thomson Reuters
WWW.THOMSONREUTERS.COM
FOUNDED: 2008
CHIEF OFFICER: JAMES C. SMITH, PRESIDENT AND CEO
Tremor Video
WWW.TREMORVIDEO.COM
FOUNDED: 2005
CHIEF OFFICER: BILL DAY, CEO
TubeMogul, Inc.
WWW.TUBEMOGUL.COM
FOUNDED: 2006
CHIEF OFFICER: BRETTWILSON, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO
TVU Networks, Inc.
WWW.TVUNETWORKS.COM
FOUNDED: 2005
CHIEF OFFICER: PAUL SHEN, CEO
Unicorn Media, Inc.
WWW.UNICORNMEDIA.COM
FOUNDED: 2007
CHIEF OFFICER: BILL RINEHART, FOUNDER, CHAIRMAN, AND CEO
Ustream, Inc.
WWW.USTREAM.TV
FOUNDED: 2007
CHIEF OFFICER: JOHN HAM, FOUNDER AND CEO
VBrick Systems
WWW.VBRICK.COM
FOUNDED: 1997
CHIEF OFFICER: DOUG HOWARD, CEO
VEVO, LLC
WWW.VEVO.COM
LAUNCHED: 2009
CHIEF OFFICER: RIO CARAEFF, CEO
Viddy, Inc.
WWW.VIDDY.COM
FOUNDED: 2011
CHIEF OFFICER: BRETT O'BRIEN, CEO AND FOUNDER
ViewCast Corp.
WWW.VIEWCAST.COM
FOUNDED: 1994
CHIEF OFFICER: JOHN HAMMOCK, PRESIDENT AND CEO
Vimeo, LLC
VIMEO.COM
FOUNDED: 2004
CHIEF OFFICER: KERRY TRAINOR, CEO
VUDU, Inc.
WWW.VUDU.COM
FOUNDED: 2004
CHIEF OFFICER: TONY MIRANZ, FOUNDER
WeVideo
WWW.WEVIDEO.COM
FOUNDED: 2011
CHIEF OFFICER: JOSTEIN SVENDSEN, FOUNDER AND CEO
Winnov
WWW.WINNOV.COM
FOUNDED: 1992
CHIEF OFFICER: OLIVIER GARBE, FOUNDER AND CEO
Wowza Media Systems, LLC
WWW.WOWZA.COM
FOUNDED: 2005
CHIEF OFFICER: DAVID STUBENVOLL, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO
Xstream
WWW.XSTREAM.DK
FOUNDED: 2006
CHIEF OFFICER: FRANK THORUP, CEO AND FOUNDER
Yahoo!
WWW.YAHOO.COM
FOUNDED: 2004
CHIEF OFFICER: MARISSA MAYER, CEO
YuMe
WWW.YUME.COM
FOUNDED: 2004
CHIEF OFFICER: JAYANT KADAMBI, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO
Zixi, LLC
WWW.ZIXI.COM
FOUNDED: 2006
CHIEF OFFICER: DENNIS ALBANO, CEO
THE VOTERS
James Careless, Freelance Technology Writer
Jose Castillo, Technology and Social Media Consultant*
Troy Dreier, Senior Associate Editor, Streaming Media and OnlineVideo.net
Tony Klejna, President, High Park Media*
Jan Ozer, Principal, Doceo Publishing*
Dan Rayburn, Senior Vice President, Streaming Media
Paul Riismandel, Director of Curriculum Support, Northwestern University
Dom Robinson, Principal D2 Consulting*
Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen, Editor, Streaming Media and OnlineVideo.net
Joel Unickow, Publisher, Streaming Media and OnlineVideo.net
Sjoerd Vogt, Director U.K. and Europe Sales, Streaming Media
*Contributing Editor to Streaming Media magazine
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