The shortlists for the Videonet Connected TV Awards 2015 have been announced. The judges were impressed with the high quality of the entries and have worked hard to narrow the field to four potential winners in each category. The winners and runners-up will now be unveiled at our awards ceremony on the evening of Wednesday, June 24th at the end of the Day One conference sessions at Connected TV World Summit 2015. We will also disclose which of the category winners will be given the final prize of ‘Outstanding Achievement in TV 2015’.
We would like to thank everyone that entered this year and everybody who was personally involved in planning and submitting the entries. And a special thank you to our judges for their time and energy. You can see the list of judges here and at the bottom of the shortlists.
THE SHORTLISTS
Best TV/Video Service Update or Launch
Freeview (Australia)
FreeviewPlus ‘green button’ HbbTV service including broadband delivered catch-up
Hotel Internet Services
BeyondTV: Chromecast-like video streaming with access to hotel amenities at Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino
Swisscom, supported by Verimatrix
Swisscom TV 2.0 with secure linear TV over UDP to Android-based set-top box
Telekom Romania, supported by Viaccess-Orca
Telekom TV multiscreen TV with Voyage TV Everywhere solution
Contribution to User Experience
Accedo
Accedo AppGrid cloud-based solution for control and configuration of multiscreen and STB applications
Sky Deutschland
Bundesliga live satellite UHD multi-camera broadcast in HEVC at 50 frames per second
Vigour & Viacom
The MTV Play ‘contextual multiscreen’ OTT platform supported by Vigour Video
VOO
Videowall real-time TV Mosaic categorized by programme genre
The Multiscreen & Streaming Prize
Clearleap
Cloud-based Live TV and Events Solution for premium live content
Edgeware
Video Consolidation Platform (VCP) single origination and delivery solution for live and on-demand to all device types
Harmonic
‘IP Video to All Screens’ unified multicast HTTP ABR delivery architecture
Seven West Media
Live streaming of all 600 2015 Australian Open tennis matches across all devices including HbbTV
Video Technology Hero
Harmonic
Harmonic VOS software-based and virtualizable platform for broadcast and multiscreen media processing
Imagine Communications
CloudXtream cloud video platform for multiscreen video distribution and monetization
SeaChange International
SeaChange Adrenalin back-office platform for multiscreen video services
Verimatrix
Verimatrix MultiRights, arbitrating rights management across multiple device types and DRM formats
Achievement in Advertising
BlackArrow & Time Warner Cable
Dynamic advertising insertion on the TWC app for IP devices
NAGRA
NAGRA MediaLive Secure Player for VOD dynamic advertising insertion with DISH Anywhere
TagvanceMedia & LiquidThread Turkey
Kara Para Aşk synchronised second screen app experience
VIDEONET CONNECTED TV AWARDS JUDGES
All categories except advertising:
- Ben Schwarz, CEO, CTOi Consulting
- William Cooper, Founder and Chief Executive, informitv
- Ian Nock, Managing Director, Fairmile West
- Graham Lovelace, Director, Lovelace Consulting
- Jay Chinnadorai, Managing Director, Sumtotal
- David Mercer, VP, Principal Analyst, Digital Consumer Practice, Strategy Analytics
- Steve Hawley, Principal Analyst & Consultant, tvstrategies
- Harish Reddy, Principal Consultant, IBB Consulting Group
- Jack Davison, Managing Consultant, 3Vision
- Matthieu de Chanville, Senior Principal, A.T. Kearney
- Jon Watts, Director & Co-Founder, MTM London
- Ned Wiley, Independent Consultant
- Stephen Featham, Founder, Aspect 23 Limited
- Tom Thomas, Senior Security Consultant, Farncombe
- John Moulding, Editor, Videonet
Advertising Category:
- Simon Thomas, Strategic Systems Director, GroupM
- Niko Muñoz, Head of Global Corporate Development, SVP, Havas Media
- Stephen Adshead, Associate Director, MTM London
- Andrew Rosenman, President, Arise Communications Inc.
- Jean-Paul Edwards, Strategy and Product Development Director EMEA, OMD
- Ned Wiley, Independent Consultant
- David Brennan, Founder, MEDIA NATIVE
- John Moulding, Editor, Videonet
