special report
ConnectedWorld.TV Awards
• Artklikk Kft - fullXS system which makes live & VOD content available immediately. • Brilaps, LLC - Veedios cross-platform app generation tool. •
justAd.TV - cross-platform ad formats. • Pace PLC - Pace App Café. • Smartclip - universal television Adserver interface. • Snell - synchronisation of online/mobile apps with broadcast TV. Service Delivery Platform Award*: for service delivery platforms that provide online video service providers with their ability to create new propositions and differentiate in the market. The finalists (in alphabetical order): • Advanced Digital Broadcast - connected TV portal. • Amino Communications - Freedom Jump companion box for OTT distribution by cable & satellite operators. • Aspiro TV - white label mobile TV & VOD streaming application. • Coeno GmbH &
co.kg/nacamar GmBH - OnTeVe white-label platform for social TV & video. • NDS - MediaHighway STB software platform. • Swisscom - advertising-free delivery of live & on- demand video to smartphones and tablets. • thePlatform - mpx platform for publishing to PCs, mobile phones & TVs. Content Security Award*: for advances in content security. The finalists (in alphabetical order): • Irdeto - Active Cloak multi-device secure delivery solution. • Nagra - multiscreen cross-device solution. • NDS - Infinite TV Exchange - ITXg. • SecureMedia - Encryptonite ONE HLS+. • Viaccess - CA & DRM content security solutions.
Technology Awards
Production Tool Award *: for new production techniques and tools that take advantage of Internet connectivity. The finalists (in alphabetical order): • Aviwest - digital mobile news gathering system. • Grass Valley - MediaFUSE system for the repackaging of content for multiple devices. • Reelway GmbH - cloud-based media asset management platform. • SatStream - EventStream for the live broadcast of events via the Internet. • Streambox, Inc - many-to-many mobile video contribution & distribution service. • Teracue AG - lightweight portable H264 HD-SDI encoder.
• Siemens Communications, Media and Technology. - OTT TV suite for the distribution of HD content. • Vidiator - Xenon 6.0 streaming and encoding platform. • ZiXi - multimedia transport solution exploiting the cloud. Technology Breakthrough of the Year**: for the technologies, devices, service or applications that are expanding the ‘business of content everywhere’. The finalists (in alphabetical order): • Avid - InGame end-to-end video production solution for sports marketing organisations. • CJ Hellovision - Tving n-screen video distribution platform. • EchoStar Europe - SlingLoaded HDS-600RS Freesat+ HD DVR. • MobiTV - converged media platform. • Redefine - ipla end-to-end live & VOD platform. • Samsung Electronics - Samsung Smart Hub. • Streambox, Inc - many-to-many mobile video contribution & distribution service.
The Awards will be presented at a gala dinner at the Hotel Okura Amsterdam on Monday 12 September.
Building Block Award*: for innovative components, software, modules or sub-systems that will help shape the successful products and services of the future. The finalists (in alphabetical order): • Access - Netfront browser DTV profile HbbTV edition. • Civolution - VideoSync 2nd screen synchronisation. • Digital Living Network Alliance (DLNA) - technical guidelines to promote interoperability between consumer electronic devices. • Movea - MoveTV motion-based user interfaces for connected TVs and STBs. • Nagra - MediaPlayer solution. • Oregan Networks - media browser. Content Delivery Technology Award*: for the new transmission technologies and techniques that will support the on-going explosive growth in Internet video traffic. The finalists (in alphabetical order): • Arris - XD access module. • Broadpeak - Bk100 Mediator for ‘follow-me’ OTT delivery. • QoE Systems, Inc. - ITU J.341 dd-compliant Q- Master 2 SW & system test system. • RGB Networks - video multiprocessing gateway/transact packager.
ConnectedWorld.TV Broadcaster of the Year Award
Awarded to the broadcaster considered to have done most to advance the concept of 'content everywhere' by demonstrating a clear vision of how the connected world can complement traditional broadcast distribution. The finalists (in alphabetical order): • BBC News (UK). • CJ Hellovision (Korea). • NHK World (Japan). • TV5Monde (France). • Visual Unity (Czech Republic).
In addition to the 15 awards that organisations from around the world have entered, there will be three other awards that will be decided by a poll of professionals in the broadcasting and digital media sectors: • Connected TV of the Year. • Portable Connected Device of the Year. •
ConnectedWorld.TV Personality of the Year.
* Denotes a category created by sub-dividing one of the original categories offered. ** Entrants in other categories were permitted to re-submit their entries in this category.
The list of ConnectedWorld judges can be found at:
www.connectedworldawards.tv/content/judges.
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