The List of the 100 Companies That Matter Most in Online Video in 2015
Our panel of 9 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.
1 Beyond
1BEYOND.COM
Founded: 1996
Chief Officer: Terry Cullen, CEO
Adobe
ADOBE.COM
Founded: 1982
Chief Officer: Shantanu Narayen, President and CEO
AJA Video Systems
AJA.COM
Founded: 1993
Chief Officer: John Abt, CEO
Akamai
AKAMAI.COM
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Tom Leighton, CEO
AllDigital
ALLDIGITAL.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Michael Linos, President and CEO
Amazon Web Services
AMAZON.COM
Founded: 1994
Chief Officer: Jeff Bezos, President, CEO, and Chairman
Anvato
ANVATO.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Alper Turgut, CEO
Apple
APPLE.COM
Founded: 1976
Chief Officer: Tim Cook, CEO
AVIWEST
AVIWEST.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Erwan Gasc, CEO
Beamr
BEAMR.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Sharon Carmel, Founder and CEO
Bitmovin
BITMOVIN.COM
Founded: 2013
Chief Officer: Stefan Lederer, CEO
Blackmagic Design
BLACKMAGICDESIGN.COM
Founded: 1984
Chief Officer: Grant Petty, CEO
Blonder Tongue Laboratories
BLONDERTONGUE.COM
Founded: 1950
Chief Officer: Robert J. Palle, CEO and President
Brightcove
BRIGHTCOVE.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: David Mendels, CEO
BuyDRM
BUYDRM.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Christopher Levy, Founder and CEO
Cedexis
CEDEXIS.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Scott Grout, CEO
Cisco Systems
CISCO.COM
Founded: 1984
Chief Officer: Chuck Robbins, CEO
Clearleap
CLEARLEAP.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Braxton Jarratt, CEO
Cogent Communications
COGENTCO.COM
Founded: 1999
Chief Officer: Dave Schaffer, Founder and CEO
Comcast Wholesale
COMCAST.COM
Founded: 1994
Chief Officer: Matt McConnell, Senior Vice President and General Manager
Conviva
CONVIVA.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Hui Zhang, Founder and CEO
DaCast
DACAST.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Stephane Roulland, CEO
Dejero Labs
DEJERO.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Brian Cram, CEO
Digital Primates
DIGITALPRIMATES.NET
Founded: 1994
Chief Officer: Michael Labriola, Founder
Digitalsmiths (A TiVo Company)
DIGITALSMITHS.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Matt Berry, Cofounder and President
Discover Video
DISCOVERVIDEO.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Rich Mavrogeanes, President and CEO
Dolby Laboratories
DOLBY.COM
Founded: 1965
Chief Officer: Kevin Yeaman, President and CEO
DVEO (A Division of Computer Modules, Inc.)
DVEO.COM
Founded: 1982
Chief Officer: Laszlo Zoltan, CEO
Elemental Technologies
ELEMENTALTECHNOLOGIES.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Sam Blackman, Cofounder, 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 Cofounder
Epiphan Video
EPIPHAN.COM
Founded: 2003
Chief Officer: Mike Sandler, President and CEO
Ericsson
ERICSSON.COM
Founded: 1876
Chief Officer: Hans Vestberg, CEO
EuclidIQ
EUCLIDIQ.COM
Founded: 1999
Chief Officer: Richard Wingard, CEO
Fastly
FASTLY.COM
Founded: 2011
Chief Officer: Artur Bergman, Founder and CEO
Float Left Interactive
FLOATLEFTINTERACTIVE.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Tom Schaeffer, CEO
Google
GOOGLE.COM
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Sundar Pichai, CEO
Haivision
HAIVISION.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Miroslav (Mirko) Wicha, President, CEO, and Chairman
Harmonic
HARMONICINC.COM
Founded: 1988
Chief Officer: Patrick Harshman, President and CEO
HeyWatch
HEYWATCHENCODING.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Bruno Celeste, Founder and CTO
Highwinds
HIGHWINDS.COM
Founded: 2002
Chief Officer: Steve Miller, Founder and CEO
Imagine Communications
IMAGINECOMMUNICATIONS.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Charlie Vogt, CEO
Intel
INTEL.COM
Founded: 1968
Chief Officer: Brian Kraznich, CEO
Irdeto
IRDETO.COM
Founded: 1969
Chief Officer: Doug Lowther, CEO
iStreamPlanet
ISTREAMPLANET.COM
Founded: 2000
Chief Officer: Mio Babic, President and CEO
JVC
JVC.COM
Founded: 1927
Chief Officer: Haruo Kawahara, Chairman and CEO
JW Player
JWPLAYER.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Dave Otten, CEO
Kaltura
KALTURA.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Ron Yekutiel, Cofounder, CEO, and Chairman
Kencast
KENCAST.COM
Founded: 1994
Chief Officer: William E. Steele, Chairman and CEO
Level 3 Communications
LEVEL3.COM
Founded: 1985
Chief Officer: Jeff Storey, CEO
Limelight Networks
LIMELIGHT.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Robert Lento, President, CEO, and Director
LiveGear (A Vislink Company)
LIVE-GEAR.COM
Founded: 1999
Chief Officer: Mike Payne, CEO
Livestream
LIVESTREAM.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Max Haot, Cofounder and CEO
LiveU
LIVEU.TV
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Samuel Wasserman, CEO
Matrox
MATROX.COM
Founded: 1976
Chief Officer: Lorne Trottier, 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: Satya Nadella, CEO
Mirror Image Internet, Inc.
MIRROR-IMAGE.COM
Founded: 1997
Chief Officer: Gustav Vik, CEO and President
MLB Advanced Media
MLBAM.COM
Founded: 2000
Chief Officer: Robert A. Bowman, CEO
NeuLion
NEULION.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Kanaan Jemili, CEO
NewTek
NEWTEK.COM
Founded: 1986
Chief Officer: Jim Plant, CEO
ON24
ON24.COM
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Sharat Sharan, President and CEO
OnStream Media
ONSTREAMMEDIA.COM
Founded: 1993
Chief Officer: Randy S. Selman, Chairman, President, and CEO
Ooyala
OOYALA.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Jay Fulcher, President and CEO
Osprey by Variosystems
OSPREYVIDEO.COM
Founded: 1993
Chief Officer: Peter Ermish, General Manager
Panasonic
PANASONIC.COM
Founded: 1918
Chief Officer: Kazuhira Tsuga, CEO
Panopto
PANOPTO.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Eric Burns, CEO
PESA
PESA.COM
Founded: 1973
Chief Officer: Chuck D. Tillett, COO
Piksel
PIKSEL.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Peter Heiland, Interim CEO
Polycom
POLYCOM.COM
Founded: 1990
Chief Officer: Peter A. Leav, President and CEO
Qualcomm, Inc.
QUALCOMM.COM
Founded: 1985
Chief Officer: Steven Mollenkopf, CEO
Qumu
QUMU.COM
Founded: 2002
Chief Officer: Vern Hanzlik, CEO
Qwilt
QWILT.COM
Founded: 2010
Chief Officer: Alon Maor, CEO, Cofounder
Ramp
RAMP.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Tom Wilde, CEO
Roku
ROKU.COM
Founded: 2002
Chief Officer: Anthony Wood, Founder and CEO
Roland Systems Group
ROLANDSYSTEMSGROUP.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Kim Nunney, President
Sonic Foundry
SONICFOUNDRY.COM
Founded: 1991
Chief Officer: Gary Weis, CEO
Sony Electronics
SONY.COM
Founded: 1946
Chief Officer: Kazuo Hirai, President and COO
Sorenson Media
SORENSONMEDIA.COM
Founded: 1995
Chief Officer: Marcus Liassides, President and CEO
Streambox
STREAMBOX.COM
Founded: 1999
Chief Officer: Bob Hildeman, CEO and Cofounder
TalkPoint
TALKPOINT.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 for Media
THEPLATFORM.COM
Founded: 2000
Chief Officer: Jamie Miller and Marty Roberts, Co-CEOs
Tulix
TULIX.COM
Founded: 1994
Chief Officer: Gia “George” Bokuchava, CEO
TVU Networks
TVUPACK.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Paul Shen, CEO
Ustream
USTREAM.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Brad Hunstable, Founder and CEO
Vanguard Video
VANGUARDVIDEO.COM
Founded: 1995
Chief Officer: Irena Terterov, Founder and CEO
VBrick Systems
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: Bob Toohey, President
VideoRX
VIDEORX.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: R Blank, CEO
Vimeo
VIMEO.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Kerry Trainor, CEO
VisualOn
VISUALON.COM
Founded: 2003
Chief Officer: Andy Lin, President and CEO
VITEC
VITEC.COM
Founded: 1988
Chief Officer: Philippe Wetzel, CEO
vMix (StudioCoast Pty. Ltd.)
VMIX.COM.AU
Founded: 2002
Chief Officer: Martin Sinclair, Director and Founder
Winnov
WINNOV.COM
Founded: 1992
Chief Officer: Olivier Garbe, Founder and CEO
Wowza Media Systems, LLC
WOWZA.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: David Stubenvoll, Cofounder and CEO
ZiXi
ZIXI.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Yaron Simler, CEO
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