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The 2010 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Award Winners

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Maybe it was something in the water. Maybe Streaming Media West's move from San Jose to Los Angeles had people more excited than usual about the event. Or maybe, just maybe, it's because 2010 saw more attention placed on online video than ever before.

But whatever the reason, the numbers in this year's Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards blew away all previous editions. More than 7,000 voters cast more than 58,000 votes, which means each one cast their vote in an average of 8 of our 22 categories. By comparison, last year's awards drew just over 2,000 voters and a just over 5,000 votes.

We announced the winners last nightat a reception during Streaming Media West, sponsored by InternapDigital RapidsViewCastWowzaAEG Digital Media,  and Sonic Foundry Mediasite.

Click here for video of the awards presentation. We also have interviews with our diamond and platinum sponsors: Internap, Digital Rapids, ViewCast, and Wowza.

Thanks to everyone who nominated and voted-after all, these are your awards.

You can watch the video from the awards ceremony here. Below that are the winners; you can see all the finalists (the top three vote-getters in each category) here.

Best Streaming Innovation
Long Tail Video, JW Player

Best Online Video Company, Content
Netflix

Best Online Video Company, Technology
Adobe

Encoding Software under $1000
Adobe Media Encoder CS5

Encoding Software over $1000
Digital Rapids Transcode Manager

Enterprise Video Platform
ViewCast VMp

Hardware Encoder (HD)
Digital Rapids StreamZHD

Hardware Encoder (SD)
Digital Rapids StreamZ DRC-Stream

Global CDN
Akamai

Live Streaming Platform
Ustream

Mobile Video Platform
Ooyala

Online Video Platform under $50 per month
YouTube

Online Video Platform, Premium
Brightcove

Over-the-Top Video Solution
Juniper Networks Media Flow Controller

Portable Live Encoding Appliance
Digital Rapids TouchStream

Regional (North American) Delivery Network
Streaming Media Hosting

Reporting and Analytics Solution
Akamai Media Analytics

Search and Indexing Platform
Digitalsmiths VideoSense 3.0

Server Hardware/Software
Adobe Flash Media Server3.5

Video Advertising Network
YuMe

Video Advertising Management Platform
TubeMogul PlayTime

Webcasting/Presentation Solution
Sonic Foundry Mediasite

Thanks again to our sponsors: InternapDigital RapidsViewCastWowzaAEG Digital Media,  and Sonic Foundry Mediasite.

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