Questex’s media industry event StreamTV Show has unveiled the finalists for its annual StreamTV Awards.
The StreamTV Awards saw 200 percent more applications for consideration this year compared to 2023, according to Kevin Gray, the Vice President and Market Leader at Questex Technology Group.
“With 200 percent more applications than 2023, we’re thrilled with the growth of our annual StreamTV Awards program,” Gray said in a statement this week. “As a result, this year’s finalists are as deserving as any in the history of the competition. Congratulations to all finalists, and thank you to our esteemed judges for their hard work in making this year’s program a success.”
The finalists include the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), Samsung TV Plus, DirecTV, Cleeng, Plex, Amagi Corporation and Wurl, among others. The winners will be revealed at a ceremony during the multi-day StreamTV Show, which will take place next month in Denver.
The finalists for the 2024 StreamTV Awards are listed below:
Advertising Executive of the Year
- Amy Leifer (DirecTV Advertising)
- Jamie Power (the Walt Disney Company)
- Ria Madrid (Wurl)
- Tony Marlow (LG Ad Solutions)
Content Partnerships Executive of the Year
- Akhilesh Gupta (Asia TV USA)
- Amy Kuessner (Pluto TV/Paramount Global)
- Annie O’Brien (Samsung TV Plus)
- Leslie Falbo (Amagi)
Emerging Leaders
- Danny Pruett (Samsung TV Plus)
- Isabel Bonebrake (Fubo)
- Matthew Dominguez (Cox Media Group)
- Tyler Budd (Blue Ant Media)
FAST Channel of the Year
- BBC Top Gear (BBC Studios)
- Love Nature (Blue Ant Media)
- Love The Planet (Love TV Channels)
- NFL Channel (National Football League)
- Tennis Channel – T2 (Sinclair, Inc.)
- The Walking Dead FAST Channel (AMC Networks)
Innovation in Advertising
- DirecTV Advertising and Yospace: Maximizing fill-rates for live sports
- DirecTV Advertising: Innovation in Advanced Advertising
- Harmonic: VOS360 Ad SaaS with In-Stream Advertising
- Wurl: Wurl ContentDiscovery
Innovation in Content Delivery & Distribution
- Eluvio: Eluvio Content Fabric and Application Suite – Casablanca Release
- Allen Media Group: Local Now
- Verimatrix: Verimatrix Streamkeeper
- Zixi: Zixi Software Defined Video Platform (SDVP)
Innovation in Monetization
- Cleeng: ChurnIQ
- MyBundle: MyBundle – Innovating Monetization During the Migration from Legacy Pay TV to Streaming
- ThinkAnalytics: ThinkFAST
- Vevo
- Xumo: Xumo AMS
Innovation in User Experience
- Plex: Discover Together, streaming’s first integrated community feature
- Google: Google TV and the Android TV OS
- Bango: The Digital Vending Machine
- XITE
Marketing Campaign of the Year
- Conan O’Brien TV (Samsung TV Plus)
- HauntTV (HauntTV / Blue Ant Media)
- Pluto TV Country (Pluto TV / Paramount Global)
- Stingray Naturescape celebrates Earth Day (Stingray)
Marketing Executive of the Year
- Aileen del Cid (Samsung TV Plus)
- Sylvia George (AMC Networks)
- Val Kaplan (Pluto TV)
Streaming Platform of the Year
- Local Now (Allen Media Group)
- Plex
- Pluto TV (Paramount Global)
- Roku
- Samsung TV Plus
Technology Executive of the Year
- Ashley Hovey (CW Network / Nexstar Media Group)
- Jeff DiTullio (Atmosphere TV)
- Scott Olechowski (Plex)
- Vijay Sajja (Evergent Technologies)
StreamTV Impact Award
- AMC Networks
- Innovid
- Pluto TV (Paramount Global)
This is the second year that Questex has hosted an awards ceremony in tandem with its annual StreamTV Show. Amy Kuessner of Paramount Global and Aileen Del Cid of Samsung were finalists for last year’s StreamTV Awards, as were products and services offered by Roku, Pluto TV, Samsung TV Plus, Vevo and others.
The 2024 StreamTV Show will take place from June 24 to June 26 in Denver. To learn more, including information about accommodations and tickets, click or tap here.
Disclosure: Questex is the owner of StreamTV Insider. The author of this story contributed to StreamTV Insider, formerly Fierce Video, from August 2021 to February 2023.
