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