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The List of the 100 Companies that Matter Most in Online Video in 2014

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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

3Play Media

3PLAYMEDIA.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Peter Wege, Director

Accenture

ACCENTURE.COM
Founded: 1913
Chief Officer: Pierre Nanterme, CEO

Adap.tv (An AOL Company)

ADAP.TV
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Toby Gabriner, CEO

Adobe

ADOBE.COM
Founded: 1982
Chief Officer: Shantanu Narayen, President and CEO

Akamai

AKAMAI.COM
Founded 1999
Chief Officer: Tom Leighton, CEO

AllDigital

ALLDIGITAL.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Michael Linos, President and Interim CEO

Amazon

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

Bitmovin

BITMOVIN.COM 
Founded: 2012
Chief Officer: Stefan Lederer, CEO

BlackArrow

BLACKARROW.TV
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Dean Denhart, CEO

Blackmagic Design

BLACKMAGICDESIGN.COM
Founded: 1984
Chief Officer: Grant Petty, CEO

Brightcove

BRIGHTCOVE.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: David Mendels, CEO

Brightroll

BRIGHTROLL.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Tod Sacerdoti, CEO and Founder

BuyDRM

BUYDRM.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Christopher Levy, Founder and CEO

Cedexis

CEDEXIS.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Scott Grout, CEO

Cisco

CISCO.COM
Founded: 1984
Chief Officer: John T. Chambers, Chairman and CEO

Clearleap

CLEARLEAP.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Braxton Jarratt, CEO

Comcast

COMCAST.COM
Founded: 1963
Chief Officer: Brian L. Roberts, CEO

Conviva

CONVIVA.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Hui Zhang, Founder and CEO

DaCast

DACAST.COM
Founded: 2010
Chief Officer: Stephane Roulland, CEO

Dejero

DEJERO.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Brian Cram, CEO

Destiny Media Technologies

DSNY.COM
Founded: 1991
Chief Officer: Steven Vestergaard, President and CEO

Digital Primates

DIGITALPRIMATES.NET
Founded: 1994
Chief Officer: Michael Labriola, Founder

Digitalsmiths

DIGITALSMITHS.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Ben Weinberger, Co-Founder and CEO

DivX

DIVX.COM
Founded: 1999
Chief Officer: Kanaan Jemili, CEO

Dolby

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, 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

Google

GOOGLE.COM
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Larry Page, 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 CEO

HeyWatch

HEYWATCHENCODING.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Bruno Celeste, Founder and CTO

Imagine Communications

IMAGINECOMMUNICATIONS.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Charlie Vogt, CEO

Influxis

INFLUXIS.COM
Founded: 2002
Chief Officer: Richard Blakely, CEO

Intercall

INTERCALL.COM
Founded: 1991
Chief Officer: Scott Etzler, President

Ipera Technology

IPERATECH.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Ian Xie, Founder, CTO, and CEO

Irdeto

IRDETO.COM
Founded: 1969
Chief Officer: Graham Kill, CEO

iStreamPlanet

ISTREAMPLANET.COM
Founded: 2000
Chief Officer: Mio Babic, President and CEO

JW Player

JWPLAYER.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Dave Otten, CEO

Kaltura

KALTURA.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Ron Yekutiel, Co-Founder, CEO, and Chairman

Keynote Systems

KEYNOTE.COM
Founded: 1995
Chief Officer: Jennifer Tejada, President and CEO

Level 3

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, Co-Founder 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

MobiTV, Inc.

MOBITV.COM
Founded: 1999
Chief Officer: Charlie Nooney, CEO and Chairman

Mushroom Networks

MUSHROOMNETWORKS.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Cahit Jay Akin, CEO and Co-Founder

NeuLion

NEULION.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Nancy Li, 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, CEO

Osprey by Variosystems

OSPREYVIDEO.COM
Founded: 1993
Chief Officer: Peter Ermish, CEO

Panopto

PANOPTO.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: William L. Guttman, Executive Chairman

PeerApp

PEERAPP.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Gadi Tamari, CEO

Piksel

PIKSEL.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Peter Heiland, Interim CEO

Polycom

POLYCOM.COM
Founded: 1990
Chief Officer: Peter A. Leav, President and CEO

Qumu

QUMU.COM
Founded: 2003
Chief Officer: Sherman Black, President and CEO

Qwilt

QWILT.COM
Founded: 2010
Chief Officer: Alon Maor, CEO, Co-Founder

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: 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: Michael Fasulo, President and COO

Sorenson Media

SORENSONMEDIA.COM
Founded: 1995
Chief Officer: Marcus Liassides, President and CEO

Sovee

SOVEE.COM
Founded: 2011
Chief Officer: Scott Gaskill, President

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

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

TVUPACK.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Paul Shen, CEO

Ustream

USTREAM.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Brad Hunstable, Founder and CEO

Vaddio

VADDIO.COM
Founded: 2003
Chief Officer: Rob Sheeley, President and CEO

VBrick

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

VisualOn, Inc.

VISUALON.COM
Founded: 2003
Chief Officer: Andy Lin, CEO and President

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

Wistia

WISTIA.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Chris Savage, 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

ZiXi

ZIXI.COM
Founded: 2006
Chief Officer: Yaron Simler, CEO

Note: Accenture was inadvertently left out of the print version of this list. We regret the omission.

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