The List of the 100 Companies that Matter Most in Online Video in 2013
Our panel of 7 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.
Adap.tv (An AOL Company)
ADAP.TV
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Amir Ashkenazi, Co-Founder and CEO
Adobe
ADOBE.COM
Founded: 1982
Chief Officer: Shantanu Narayen, President and CEO
AEG Digital Media
AEGDIGITALMEDIA.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Bryan Perez, President of Digital, Ticketing, and Media
Akamai
AKAMAI.COM
Founded 1999
Chief Officer: Dr. Tom Leighton, CEO
AllDigital
ALLDIGITAL.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Paul Summers, Chairman and CEO
Amazon
AMAZON.COM
Founded: 1994
Chief Officer: Jeff Bezos, President, CEO, and Chairman
AmberFin
AMBERFIN.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Jeremy Deaner, Chief Executive
Apple
APPLE.COM
Founded: 1976
Chief Officer: Tim Cook, CEO
AVIWEST
AVIWEST.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Erwan Gasc, CEO and Director of Sales
BitTorrent
BITTORRENT.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Eric Klinker, CEO
Blackmagic Design
BLACKMAGICDESIGN.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Grant Petty, CEO
Brightcove
BRIGHTCOVE.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: David Mendels, CEO
BuyDRM (An INISOFT Company)
BUYDRM.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Christopher Levy, Founder and CEO
CDNetworks
CDNETWORKS.COM
Founded: 2000
Chief Officer: Samuel Ko, Founder, Chairman, and CEO
Cisco
CISCO.COM
Founded: 1984
Chief Officer: John T. Chambers, Chairman and CEO
Conviva
CONVIVA.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Hui Zhang, Founder and CEO
DaCast
DACAST.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Stephane Roulland, CEO
Dejero
DEJERO.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Brian Cram, CEO
Digital Rapids
DIGITAL-RAPIDS.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Brick Eksten, President and CEO
Digitalsmiths
DIGITALSMITHS.COM
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Ben Weinberger, Co-Founder and CEO
Discover Video, LLC
DISCOVERVIDEO.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Rich Mavrogeanes, President and CEO
Dolby
DOLBY.COM
Founded: 1965
Chief Officer: Kevin Yeaman, President and CEO
DVEO (A Division of Computer Modules, Inc.)
DVEO.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Laszlo Zoltan, CEO
EdgeCast
EDGECAST.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Alex Kazerani, Chairman and CEO
Elemental Technologies
ELEMENTALTECHNOLOGIES.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Samuel Blackman, Co-Founder, CEO, and Chairman
Encoding.com
ENCODING.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Greggory Heil, Founder and CEO
Envivio
ENVIVIO.COM
Founded: 2000
Chief Officer: Julien Signès, President, CEO, and Co-Founder
Ericsson
ERICSSON.COM
Founded: 1876
Chief Officer: Hans Vestberg, CEO
Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute
HHI.FRAUNHOFER.DE
Founded: 1928
Chief Officer: Hans-Joachim Grallert, Managing Director
Globecomm
GLOBECOMMSYSTEMS.COM
Founded: 1994
Chief Officer: David E. Hershberg, CEO and Chairman
Google
GOOGLE.COM
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Larry Page, CEO
Grass Valley
GRASSVALLEY.COM
Founded: 1959
Chief Officer: Tim Thorsteinson, President and CEO
Haivision
HAIVISION.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Miroslav Wicha, President, CEO, and Chairman
Harmonic
HARMONICINC.COM
Founded: 1988
Chief Officer: Patrick Harshman, President and Chairman
Intel
INTEL.COM
Founded: 1968
Chief Officer: Brian Krzanich, CEO
INXPO
INXPO.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Malcolm L. Lotzof, CEO
iStreamPlanet
ISTREAMPLANET.COM
Founded: 2000
Chief Officer: Mio Babic, President and CEO
Justin.tv
JUSTIN.TV
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Justin Kan, Founder and CEO
Kaltura
KALTURA.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Ron Yekutiel, Co-Founder, CEO, and Chairman
Level 3
LEVEL3.COM
Founded: 1985
Chief Officer: Jeff Storey, CEO
Limelight Networks
LIMELIGHT.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Robert Lento, President and CEO
LiveGear (A VISLINK Company)
LIVE-GEAR.COM
Founded: 1999
Chief Officer: John Hawkins, Executive Chairman
Livestream
LIVESTREAM.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Max Haot, Co-Founder and CEO
LiveU
LIVEU.TV
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Samuel Wasserman, CEO
LongTail Video
LONGTAILVIDEO.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Dave Otten, CEO
Matrox
MATROX.COM
Founded: 1976
Chief Officer: Lorne Trottier, President
mDialog
MDIALOG.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Greg Philpott, Founder and President
Media Excel
MEDIAEXCEL.COM
Founded: 2000
Chief Officer: Jongil Kim, Founder, President, and CTO
MediaPlatform
MEDIAPLATFORM.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Jim McGovern, CEO
Microsoft
MICROSOFT.COM
Founded: 1975
Chief Officer: Steven Ballmer, CEO
Mirror Image Internet, Inc.
MIRROR-IMAGE.COM
Founded: 1997
Chief Officer: Gustav Vik, CEO and President
MobiTV, Inc.
MOBITV.COM
Founded: 2003
Chief Officer: Charlie Nooney, CEO and Chairman
NeuLion
NEULION.COM
Founded: 2000
Chief Officer: Nancy Li, CEO
NewTek
NEWTEK.COM
Founded: 1985
Chief Officer: Jim Plant, President and CEO
ON24
ON24.COM
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Sharat Sharan, President and CEO
Onstream Media
ONSTREAMMEDIA.COM
Founded: 1993
Chief Officer: Randy S. Selman, Co-Founder and CEO
Ooyala
OOYALA.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Jay Fulcher, CEO
Origin Digital (An Accenture Company)
ORIGINDIGITAL.COM
Founded: 1997
Chief Officer: Darcy Lorincz, CEO
PeerApp
PEERAPP.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Robert Mayer, CEO
Piksel (Formerly KIT Digital)
PIKSEL.COM
Founded: 2013 (KIT founded 2008)
Chief Officer: Peter Heiland, Interim CEO
Polycom
POLYCOM.COM
Founded: 1990
Chief Officer: Andrew M. Miller, CEO
Qualcomm
QUALCOMM.COM
Founded: 1985
Chief Officer: Paul E. Jacobs, CEO
Qumu
QUMU.COM
Founded: 2003
Chief Officer: Sherman Black, CEO
Qwilt
QWILT.COM
Founded: 2010
Chief Officer: Alon Maor, CEO, Co-Founder
RadiantGrid (A Wohler Brand)
WOHLER.COM/RGPRODUCT.ASPX
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Carl Dempsey, CEO
RAMP
RAMP.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Tom Wilde, CEO
RealNetworks
REALNETWORKS.COM
Founded: 1994
Chief Officer: Rob Glaser, Founder, Chairman, and CEO
RGB Networks
RGBNETWORKS.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Jef Graham, Chairman and CEO
Roku, Inc.
ROKU.COM
Founded: 2003
Chief Officer: Anthony Wood, Founder and CEO
Roland Systems Group
WWW.ROLANDSYSTEMSGROUP.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Kim Nunney, President
Rovi
WWW.ROVI.COM
Founded: 1983
Chief Officer: Tom Carson, President and CEO
SeaChange International
SCHANGE.COM
Founded: 1993
Chief Officer: Raghu Rau, CEO
SeaWell
SEAWELLNETWORKS.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Brian Collie, Founder, CEO, and Director
Sonic Foundry
SONICFOUNDRY.COM
Founded: 1991
Chief Officer: Gary Weis, CEO
Sorenson Media
SORENSONMEDIA.COM
Founded: 1995
Chief Officer: Marcus Liassides, president and CEO
Sovee
SOVEE.COM
Founded: 2011
Chief Officer: Scott Gaskill, President
Streambox
STREAMBOX.COM
Founded: 1999
Chief Officer: Robert Hildeman, CEO and Co-Founder
T3Media
T3MEDIA.COM
Founded: 2003
Chief Officer: Kevin Schaff, Founder and CEO
TalkPoint
TALKPOINTCOMMUNICATIONS.COM
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Nick Balletta, CEO
Telestream
TELESTREAM.NET
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Dan Castles, President and CEO
Teradek, LLC
TERADEK.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Nicol Verheem, CEO
thePlatform
THEPLATFORM.COM
Founded: 2000
Chief Officer: Ian Blaine, CEO
Tremor Video
TREMORVIDEO.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Bill Day, CEO
TubeMogul
TUBEMOGUL.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Brett Wilson, Co-Founder and CEO
TVU Networks
TVUNETWORKS.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Paul Shen, CEO
Unicorn Media, Inc.
UNICORNMEDIA.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Bill Rinehart, Founder, Chairman, and CEO
Ustream
USTREAM.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Brad Hunstable, Founder and CEO
VBrick
VBRICK.COM
Founded: 1997
Chief Officer: Shelly Heiden, CEO
Verimatrix
VERIMATRIX.COM
Founded: 2000
Chief Officer: Tom Munro, CEO
Verizon Digital Media Services
VERIZONDIGITALMEDIA.COM
Founded: 2011
Chief Officer: Bob Toohey, President
VidBlaster (A CombiTech Company)
VIDBLASTER.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Mike Versteeg, Owner
Vidyo
VIDYO.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Ofer Shapiro, CEO and Co-Founder
ViewCast
VIEWCAST.COM
Founded: 1994
Chief Officer: David Brandenburg, CEO
Vimeo
VIMEO.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Kerry Trainor, CEO
VITEC
VITECMM.COM
Founded: 1988
Chief Officer: Philippe Wetzel, CEO
vMix (StudioCoast Pty. Ltd.)
VMIX.COM.AU
Founded: 2010
Chief Officer: Martin Sinclair, CEO
WeVideo
WEVIDEO.COM
Founded: 2011
Chief Officer: Jostein Svendsen, Founder and CEO
Winnov
WINNOV.COM
Founded: 1992
Chief Officer: Olivier Garbe, Founder and CEO
Wowza Media Systems, LLC
WOWZA.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: David Stubenvoll, Co-Founder and CEO
YuMe
YUME.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Jayant Kadambi, Co-Founder and CEO
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