The 2023 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards Finalists

We've counted all the votes in the 2023 Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards, and today we're announcing the finalists—the top three vote-getters in each of our 18 categories. The Readers' Choice Awards program recognizes our readers' selections for the industry's top products from companies based in North America. Check out the 2023 Streaming Media Innovation Awards to see who readers of Streaming Media Global chose as the top products from European tech companies.

This year’s awards brought in more than 100 nominees, which were then voted on by StreamingMedia.com readers. More than 1,200 readers cast more than 9,000 votes in 18 categories that reflect both the Streaming Media and Streaming Media Producer purviews. 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.

We'll announce the winners in the November/December issue of Streaming Media magazine.

If you'd like to see what companies took home the Streaming Media Readers' Choice Award in 2022, look to our list of winners.

Congratulations to our finalists, listed in alphabetical order in each category below.

Analytics/Quality of Experience (QoE) Platform

Bitmovin – Bitmovin Analytics
Interra Systems – ORION-OTT
Triveni Digital –ATSC 3.0 StreamScope XM Monitor

Best New Streaming Innovation

Harmonic – VOS 360 Ad SaaS
IMAX – Stream Smart
Skreens Entertainment – Ultra Low Latency Live Streaming Platform

Closed Captioning Solution

IBM Watson Video – Watson Live Captioning
Telestream – Stanza
Videolinq – AI-Generated Closed Captions

Cloud Encoding/Transcoding Service

Ateme – Ateme+
Bitmovin – Next-Generation VOD Encoder
Harmonic – VOS 360 Media SaaS

Cloud Video Production Platform

Backlight – Wildmoka Digital Media Platform
Sony – M2 Live Virtual Cloud Switcher
Vimeo – Vimeo Platform

Content Delivery Network (including Edge)

Akamai – Connected Cloud
Amazon Web Services – CloudFront
Google – Cloud CDN

Corporate Video/Enterprise Video Content Management Platform

Ateliere – FrameDNA
MediaPlatform – Broadcaster
Muvi – Flex

DRM/Content Protection

BuyDRM – KeyOS MultiKey
EZDRM – Universal Complete 
Intertrust Technologies – ExpressPlay Media Security Suite

Encoding Hardware for Live Production

AMD – Alveo MA35D
Haivision – Makito X4 Encoder
NETINT – Quadra VPU AV1 + AI Video Encoder & Transcoder

Live Streaming Service

Akamai – Adaptive Media Delivery
Dolby.io – Real-Time Streaming
Red5Pro – Low Latency WebRTC Live Video Streaming at Scale

Meeting/Collaboration/Webcasting Solution

LiveU – Air Control
Vizrt – NewTek CaptureCast
Muvi – Live Meetings

On-Prem Encoding/Transcoding Solution

Haivision – Makito X4 Encoder
Harmonic – XOS Advanced Media Processor
Telestream – Vantage Media Processing Platform

OTT Video Platform

Ateliere – Discover
Backlight – Zype Streaming Platform
MediaKind – Engage

Per-Title Encoding Solution

Bitmovin – Per-Titler
Telestream – Encoding.com
Visionular – Aurora1

Quality Control/Monitoring Platform

Akamai – Broadcast Operations Command Center (BOCC)
Interra Systems – ORION Suite with OCM and 2110 Probe
Telestream – ARGUS

Server-Side Ad Insertion (SSAI) Solution

Amazon – AWS Elemental MediaTailor
Harmonic – VOS360 Ad SaaS
MediaKind – PRISMA

Single- or Dual-Stream Encoding Hardware

Haivision – Single-Channel Makito X4
LiveU – LU800
Osprey Video – Talon 4K-SC

Video Mixer

Blackmagic Design – ATEM Television Studio Live Production Switcher
Vizrt – NewTek TriCaster Mini X
Telestream – Wirecast Gear 4K