Videonet Connected TV Awards Shortlists Announced<\/p>\n
The shortlists for the Videonet Connected TV Awards 2014 have just been announced and leave Sky Deutschland\u2019s Snap, Com Hem\/SeaChange, the BBC iPlayer relaunch and Ziggo\u2019s CI Plus 1.3 based VOD\/catch-up TV service fighting for the prize of \u2018Best Connected TV Service Update or Launch\u2019. In the new \u2018The Multiscreen Goes Mainstream Award\u2019 category, Com Hem\u2019s next-generation TV Experience, TiVo Roamio DVR, Alcatel Lucent\u2019s Cloud DVR and Elemental Cloud from Elemental Technologies are competing for first prize.<\/p>\n
In total there were 85 entries in this year\u2019s awards, spread over five categories and the winners will be announced during Day One of Connected TV Summit on June 11 at the Royal College of Physicians in London. This is the fourth year the awards have been running and, with up to 23 entries in one of the categories, they remain fiercely competitive. The awards are robustly independent, with 16 judges working on the entries in 2014. Anyone can be shortlisted or win the awards based purely on merit.<\/p>\n
The awards ceremony and networking reception is free to attend for all shortlisted companies (and of course for delegates at Connected TV Summit). The full shortlists are:<\/p>\n
Best Connected TV Service Update or Launch – Shortlist<\/p>\n
Snap OTT service, Sky Deutschland<\/p>\n
Adrenalin MSV Platform for Com Hem, SeaChange International<\/p>\n
BBC iPlayer relaunch, BBC<\/p>\n
Ziggo VOD\/catch-up using CI Plus 1.3, Ziggo & ActiveVideo<\/p>\n
Connected Technology Hero – Shortlist<\/p>\n
Media Delivery Network (MDN), Ericsson<\/p>\n
Massivision Multiscreen Development Kit (MDK), Massive Interactive<\/p>\n
Humax Freesat HDR-1010S hybrid, Wi-Fi DVR, Humax<\/p>\n
Universal Video Player, SoftAtHome<\/p>\n
The Companion & Second Screen Prize – Shortlist<\/p>\n
SES Satellite TV App, SES & Red Bee Media<\/p>\n
Virgin TV Anywhere, Virgin Media<\/p>\n
Show Pal, TV3 Group<\/p>\n
Second Screen Framework, IRT<\/p>\n
Achievement in Advertising – Shortlist<\/p>\n
OnBeauty interactive beauty network on Connected TV, L\u2019Or\u00e9al USA, BrightLine and ActiveVideo<\/p>\n
Sky AdSmart, supported by Cisco, Sky Media<\/p>\n
SyncNow Automatic Content Recognition technology, Civolution<\/p>\n
VOD targeted advertising, Channel 4<\/p>\n
The Multiscreen Goes Mainstream Award – Shortlist<\/p>\n
Com Hem next-generation TV Experience, Com Hem, TiVo and Verimatrix<\/p>\n
TiVo Roamio DVR, TiVo<\/p>\n
Cloud DVR, Alcatel-Lucent<\/p>\n
Elemental Cloud, Elemental Technologies<\/p>\n
The judges for the 2014 awards were:<\/p>\n
All categories except advertising:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Ben Schwarz, CEO, CTOi Consulting
\n\u2022 William Cooper, Founder and Chief Executive, informitv
\n\u2022 Ian Nock, Managing Director, Fairmile West
\n\u2022 Graham Lovelace, Director, Lovelace Consulting
\n\u2022 Jay Chinnadorai, Managing Director, Sumtotal
\n\u2022 David Mercer, VP, Principal Analyst, Digital Consumer Practice, Strategy Analytics
\n\u2022 Steve Hawley, Principal Analyst & Consultant, tvstrategies
\n\u2022 Jack Davison, Managing Consultant, 3Vision
\n\u2022 Stephen Featham, Founder, Aspect 23 Limited
\n\u2022 Matthieu de Chanville, Senior Principal, A.T. Kearney
\n\u2022 John Moulding, Editor, Videonet<\/p>\n
Advertising category:<\/p>\n
\u2022 Simon Thomas, Strategic Systems Director, GroupM EMEA
\n\u2022 Niko Mu\u00f1oz, Head of Global Corporate Development, SVP, Havas Media
\n\u2022 Stephen Adshead, Associate Director, MTM London
\n\u2022 Andrew Rosenman, President, Arise Communications Inc.
\n\u2022 Jean-Paul Edwards, Executive Director, Futures, Manning Gottieb OMD
\n\u2022 John Moulding, Editor, Videonet<\/p>\n
You can find out more about the Videonet Connected TV Awards and Connected TV Summit here.<\/p>\n