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Winners of 2025 StreamTV Show Awards announced

Ten industry executives were inducted into the Emerging Leaders Class of 2025.

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Several inductees of the Emerging Leaders Class of 2025 at the StreamTV Show Awards in Denver. (Courtesy photo)
Several inductees of the Emerging Leaders Class of 2025 at the StreamTV Show Awards in Denver. (Courtesy photo)

LG Electronics, Philo and Spectrum Reach were among the companies honored with awards at the 2025 StreamTV Show in Denver this week.

The winners were named during a ceremony on the opening day of the program, which ran from June 11 to June 13.

“This year’s competition was more exciting than ever,” Kevin Gray, the Vice President of Questex and the founder of the StreamTV Show, said in a statement. “Winners stood out for their bold innovation, unmatched audience engagement, sharp strategic thinking, revenue growth, and game-changing partnerships. Congratulations to the leaders and companies who are shaping the future of the streaming industry.”

The winners and finalists are named below:

Content Partnerships Executive of the Year

  • Charlie Neiman, Amazon Prime Video – Winner
  • Amy Leasca, AMC Networks – Finalist
  • Asheem Khondker, The Walt Disney Company – Finalist
  • Rob Thun, DirecTV – Finalist
  • Stefan Van Engen, Xumo – Finalist

Emerging Leaders, Class of 2025

  • Andrew Kerson, Fubo
  • David Kinrich, Roku
  • Emily Mosbacher, Philo
  • Erik Bortz, Xumo
  • Garrett Winkler, LG Electronics
  • Ioanna Protogiannis, LG Ad Solutions
  • James Patrick, OTT Studio and Sports Studio
  • Laura Resnick, CBS Sports
  • Marc Forman, Spectrum Reach
  • Sebastian Quinn, Atmosphere TV

FAST Channel of the Year

  • MTRSPT1: The Pinnacle of FAST Motorsports Entertainment – Winner
  • Creator Television – Finalist
  • Love The Planet – Finalist
  • NFL Channel – Finalist
  • Tastemade – Finalist

Innovation in Advertising

  • Xumo Advertising Management Solution – Winner
  • Ease Live: Powering the Future of Interactive Advertising in Streaming – Finalist
  • NBC Universal Advertising & Partnerships – Finalist
  • Redefining the Future of CTV Ads: BrightLine’s Immersive, Interactive, and Fraud-Free Solutions Lead the Way – Finalist

Innovation in Content Delivery & Distribution

  • Schedule Automator: Dynamic creation and optimization of every schedule element by Frequency – Winner
  • CaaS by Allrites – Finalist
  • Cerberus Tech Livelink With Gateway Agent – Finalist
  • Interra Systems’ ORION with Multiviewer – Finalist
  • MK.IO Beam: Scalable, Reliable, Real-Time – The New Standard in Live Streaming by MediaKind – Finalist

Innovation in Monetization

  • The Evergent End-to-End Monetization Platform by Evergent Technologies, Inc. – Winner
  • Dynamic Strategy Rules by JWP Connatix – Finalist
  • Ease Live: Interactive Monetization That Enhances the Viewer Experience – Finalist
  • GoGo CTV Ad Server – Finalist
  • ThinkMediaAI by ThinkAnalytics – Finalist

Innovation in User Experience

  • Fallout Global Fan Premiere by LCDigital – Winner
  • Ease Live: Redefining the Interactive Streaming Experience – Finalist
  • Tennis Channel Multi-View Experience by Foxxum – Finalist
  • ThinkAnalytics: Revolutionizing the User Experience with Personalized Dynamic UI – Finalist

Marketing Campaign of the Year

  • Bird Ballparks by DirecTV – Winner
  • Revolutionizing Automotive CTV Advertising: 133% Lift in Vehicle Sales with Strategus & Experian OmniImpact-Driven Campaigns by Strategus – Finalist
  • Shout TV’s Handpicked Horror – Finalist
  • T2 – Women’s Day by Tennis Channel – Finalist

Marketing Executive of the Year

  • Fern Feistel, Xumo – Winner
  • Domenic DiMeglio, Paramount Streaming – Finalist
  • Larissa Stanley, CP Communications, Red House Streaming & RHStv – Finalist
  • Tony Marlow, LG Ad Solutions – Finalist

StreamTV Impact Award

  • Freely – Winner
  • ABC News Live by ABC News – Finalist
  • Danny Fisher, FilmRise – Finalist

Streaming Platform of the Year

  • Freely – Winner
  • Disney Plus – Finalist
  • Google TV – Finalist
  • Paramount Plus – Finalist

Technology Executive of the Year

  • Vibol Hou, Paramount Streaming – Winner
  • David Dworin, FreeWheel – Finalist
  • David Rudnick, LG Ad Solutions – Finalist
  • Tony Huidor, Cineverse – Finalist

Technology Executive of the Year

  • Trey Kennedy – Winner

Last year’s StreamTV Awards winners included products and executives from the Walt Disney Company, Paramount Global, Samsung TV Plus, Fubo, Cox Media Group, Blue Ant Media, Sinclair, Wurl, Verimatrix, Cleeng, Bango and AMC Networks. Roku was the winner of Streaming Platform of the Year, while Plex’s Scott Olechowski won Technology Executive of the Year.

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Matthew Keys

Matthew Keys is the award-winning founder and editor of TheDesk.net, an authoritative voice on broadcast and streaming TV, media and tech. With over ten years of experience, he's a recognized expert in broadcast, streaming, and digital media, with work featured in publications such as StreamTV Insider and Digital Content Next, and past roles at Thomson Reuters and Disney-ABC Television Group.
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