The 2015 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Winners
Last month, we published our Streaming Media 100 list, in which our magazine and website contributors take the pulse of the online video industry. This month, it’s the readers’ turn, with the Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Awards, still the only awards program in the industry where the end users have their say in what products and services they rely on to do their jobs.
This year’s awards brought in 326 nominations; after weeding out the duplicates and the nominations that weren’t appropriate for their categories, we narrowed the field down to 249 nominees and opened the voting to StreamingMedia.com readers. Nearly 3,600 of you voted, casting a total of nearly 36,000 votes in our 29 categories, which bridge both the Streaming Media and Streaming Media Producer purviews. We announced the finalists in mid-October, and presented the winners at the Streaming Media West show in Huntington Beach, Calif. today.
Did your favorites take the top prizes? Read on. And congratulations to all of our winners.
- Audio Mixer
- Winner: Yamaha MG Series
- Runners-Up
- Mackie ProFX Series
- Roland M-480
- Capture Card
- Winner: Blackmagic Design UltraStudio Capture and Playback
- Runners-Up
- Magewell USB Capture Dongle HDMI or SDI
- Teradek Bolt
- Cellular Bonding Solution
- Winner: Teradek Bond II
- Runners-Up
- LiveU LU200
- Streambox, Inc. Avenir Micro
- Closed Captioning Solution
- Winner: Adobe Primetime
- Runners-Up:
- 3Play Media Video Clip Captioner
- Telestream MacCaption and CaptionMaker
- Cloud Encoding/Transcoding Service
- Winner: Elemental Technologies Elemental Cloud
- Runners-Up
- Brightcove Zencoder
- Encoding.com
- Content Delivery Network
- Winner: Akamai Technologies Intelligent Platform
- Runners-Up
- Level 3 Communications CDN
- Limelight Networks Orchestrate CDN
- Desktop Video Editing Software
- Winner: Adobe Premiere Pro CC
- Runners-Up
- Apple Final Cut Pro X
- Avid Media Composer
- DRM/Access Control Solution
- Winner: Adobe Primetime DRM
- Runners-Up
- BuyDRM KeyOS
- Verimatrix Verspective Intelligence Center
- Education Video Platform
- Winner: Kaltura Video Platform
- Runners-Up
- Discover Video DEVOS
- Sonic Foundry Mediasite
- Encoding Software
- Winner: FFmpeg
- Runners-Up
- Sorenson Squeeze Desktop 10
- Telestream Episode
- Enterprise Video Platform
- Winner: Ustream Align
- Runners-Up:
- Brightcove Video Cloud
- Qumu Enterprise
- Field Recorders/Monitors
- Winner: Blackmagic Design Video Assist
- Runners-Up
- Aja Ki Pro Quad
- Panasonic AG-HMR10
- Hardware Encoder (Live)
- Winner: Teradek Cube
- Runners-Up
- Livestream Broadcaster Pro
- Matrox Monarch HDX
- Hardware Encoder (On-Demand)
- Winner: Telestream Lightspeed Server
- Runners-Up
- DVEO H.264
- Elemental Technologies Elemental Server
- Live Video Platform
- Winner: Ustream
- Runners-Up
- DaCast LLC Streaming as a Service
- thePlatform mpx Live Events and On-Demand Service
- Media & Entertainment Video Platform
- Winner: Adobe Primetime
- Runners-Up
- Brightcove Video Cloud
- Limelight Networks Orchestrate Solution for Media and Broadcasters
- Media Server
- Winner: Wowza Media Systems Wowza Streaming Engine
- Runners-Up
- Adobe Media Server
- Unified Streaming Unified Origin
- Multi-Language Solution
- Winner: Telestream Post Producer
- Runners-Up
- Aberdeen Broadcast Services AberLingo
- Streaming Ltd. Medial Media Management System (formerly Helix Media Library)
- OTT Platform for MSO and MVPD
- Winner: Adobe Primetime
- Runners-Up
- Akamai Technologies Media Delivery Solutions
- thePlatform mpx
- Portable Live Streaming Appliance
- Winner: Teradek VidiU Mini
- Runners-Up
- NewTek TriCaster Mini
- Streambox Inc. Drone Encoder Pro
- Reporting & Analytics Platform
- Winner: Adobe Primetime/Adobe Analytics
- Runners-Up
- Akamai Technologies Media Analytics
- Conviva Insights
- Search & Discovery Platform
- Winner: ThinkAnalytics Recommendation Engine
- Runners-Up
- Critical Mention
- Digitalsmiths Seamless Discovery
- Transparent Video Caching Solution
- Winner: Juniper Junos Content Encore
- Runners-Up
- Blue Coat Cache Flow
- Huawei Internet Cache Solution
- Video Advertising Solution
- Winner: Ustream LiveAd
- Runners-Up
- Adobe Primetime
- Akamai Technologies ADScaler
- Video Camera (Less than $2500)
- Winner: Sony PXW-X70
- Runners-Up
- Blackmagic Design Micro Studio Camera 4K
- Canon XA25
- Video Camera (More than $2500)
- Winner: Sony NEX-FS700
- Runners-Up
- Blackmagic Design URSA Mini
- Canon EOS C100 Mark II
- Video Switcher/Mixer
- Winner: Blackmagic Design ATEM Production Studio 4K Switcher
- Runners-Up
- Roland V-1200HD
- Telestream Wirecast
- Webcasting/Presentation Solution (Cloud)
- Winner: Qumu Cloud
- Runners-Up
- MediaPlatform WebCaster
- ON24
- Webcasting/Presentation Solution(On-Prem)
- Winner: Telestream Wirecast
- Runners-Up
- NewTek Tricaster
- Sonic Foundry Mediasite
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