Presenting the 2026 Streaming Media Readers’ Choice Awards
We’ve counted all the votes in the 2026 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards, and it’s time for the big reveal! It is my pleasure and privilege to present winners and runners-up in each of this year’s 15 categories.
The Readers’ Choice Awards program captures our readers’ selections for the industry's top products from all streaming industry companies based outside of Europe. Check out the 2026 Streaming Media Innovation Awards to see who readers of Streaming Media Europe chose as the top products from European tech companies.
This year’s awards brought scores of nominees, which were then voted on by StreamingMedia.com readers. More than 900 readers cast more than 8,000 votes in categories that run the gamut of Streaming Media’s present purview. After discarding votes from obviously phony email addresses, as well as votes by employees casting ballots for their own companies' products, we identified the top three vote-getters in each category. Many of the names are familiar, even expected, but you'll find more than a few surprises in the list that follows. And if you’re surprised that a company isn't represented, well, all we can say is that it either wasn’t nominated or didn't get enough votes.
Congratulations to all of our winners and runners-up! (Runners-up are listed in alphabetical order in each category below.)
Streaming Innovation of the Year
Winner
Haivision – Makito ONE
Runners-Up
ViewLift – ViewLift
Wowza – Video Intelligence Framework
AI Streaming Workflow Solution
Winner
MediaKind – AI Orchestration
Runners-Up
Bitmovin – Vertical Clipping AI Agents
IdeaNova – Inplay AI
AI Translation, Captioning, and Localization Solution
Winner
Interra Systems – BATON Captions
Runners-Up
3Play Media – Dubs
Softvelum – Nimble Streamer Voice Recognition
Cloud Workflow Solution
Winner
Haivision – Hub 360
Runners-Up
Blackmagic Design – Cloud Store Ultra
Sony Electronics – Ci Media Cloud
Corporate Video/Enterprise Video Content Management Platform
Winner
Telestream – DIVA
Runners-Up
Muvi – Flex
Vimeo – Enterprise
CTV/OTT Ad Platform
Winner
Amagi – ADS PLUS
Runners-Up
AWS – Elemental MediaTailor
Comcast Technology Solutions – AdFusion
DRM/Content Protection
Winner
EZDRM – Precision Envelope Management
Runners-Up
Big Blue Marble – Cloud DRM
BuyDRM – KeyOS Platform
Linear Channel Creation Platform
Winner
Crispin – FASTWheel
Runners-Up
Amagi – Channel Creation
Zixi – ZaaS
Live Encoding Solution
Winner
LiveU – LU900Q
Runners-Up
Haivision Falkon – X2
Miri Technologies – Miri V410
Meeting/Collaboration/Webcasting Solution
Winner
IdeaNova – InTouch
Runners-Up
Vimeo – Venues
Zoom – Zoom Events
Monitoring/QC Platform
Winner
TAG Video Systems – QC Station
Runners-Up
Akamai – BOCC
Telestream – UP.Lens
On-Prem Encoding/Transcoding Solution
Winner
Ateme – MV-HEVC
Runners-Up
Magewell – Ultra Encode AIO
NETINT – T408
OTT Video Platform
Winner
Deltatre – VESPER
Runners-Up
MediaKind – Engage
ViewLift – ViewLift
Real-Time Streaming Solution
Winner
Wowza – Streaming Engine
Runners-Up
Ant Media – Ant Media Server
Haivision – SRT Gateway
Video Mixer
Winner
Blackmagic Design – ATEM 4 M/E
Runners-Up
Magewell – Director Plus
Telycam – Mix One
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