IABM today announced the shortlisted entries for the 2024 NAB Show edition of its BaM Awards®. The shortlist has been selected by the judges from over 130 entries – reinforcing the value that technology developers place on the recognition provided by the BaM® Awards. The BaM Awards® reward innovation in each of the nine BaM Content Chain® categories, together with a tenth award recognizing an outstanding project, event or collaboration.
The panel of 40+ non-affiliated, expert judges is now examining the shortlisted entries in close detail. Visits to the stands of shortlisted companies will take place once NAB Show 2024 opens to complete the judging process. The eventual winners will be announced and presented on Tuesday 16 April during the show.
“A very high level of innovation was immediately apparent when reviewing the submissions for this edition of the BaM Awards®,” said Stan Moote, CTO at IABM and chair of the judging panel. “We are seeing an increase year-on-year in the number of entries in the Manage category, which clearly shows how the vendors have reacted to the industry’s requirement for orchestration and workflow management, along with faster methods for content preparation. The Support category has, however, been trending downwards, which should be a red flag for the industry that cyber security and QC operations are not being given the priority they require.”
The shortlisted entries are:
Create
MRMC – Cinebot Mini
Pixellot – Pixellot Show S3: the world’s best AI-automated camera for streaming sports
Quicklink – Quicklink Remote Studio (ST250)
Produce
Id3as – Norsk low-code SDK
NewsMaker Systems – NewsCaster Compose
VoiceInteraction – Audimus.Media
Manage
MetaBroadcast – MetaBroadcast Audit
Perifery – Perifery’s Intelligent Content Engine revolutionizes media asset management by using AI
Veritone – Product name embargoed
Publish
Agile Content – Agile CDN Director: Unified multi-CDN and private CDN session control layer
Comcast Technology Solutions and Sky – CTS Managed Channel Origination, powered by Sky
Varnish Software – Varnish Software and Intel: Reducing carbon emissions from content delivery
Monetize
Broadpeak – Product name embargoed
Evergent Technologies – Intelligent AI-powered churn management with integrated QOE and engagement data
Viaccess-Orca – VO Segmenter: Audience segmentation service
Consume
Qvest – TVXRAY: Personalized live sports viewing
THEO Technologies – Open Video UI
Quickplay – Media Companion: AI-driven conversational search and situational awareness for improved content discovery
Connect
Bitmovin – Live Encoder
Black Box – Emerald AV WALL
Riedel Communications – MediorNet HorizoN
Store
Dell Technologies – All-new, all-flash PowerScale F210 and F710 Nodes accelerate M&E AI innovations
DigitalGlue – creative.space: Shared storage reimagined for creative video teams
Hammerspace – Global Data Environment software
Support
Leader Electronics – ‘ZEN-W Series’
NEP Group – TFC: Total Facility Control enhanced with Ephemeral Productions and Resource Manager
Skyline Communications – dataminer.MediaOps: Harmonizing ICT and media
Project, event or collaboration
Pixellot – SuperSport Schools (SSS) OTT overtakes Premier League sports viewing in South Africa
Vizrt – Going where the audience is: UEFA makes a strong play in social media with Viz Libero
BBC and Neutral Wireless, supported by LiveU, Haivision, Sony, Amarisoft, AW2S and Alpha Wireless – The world’s largest pop-up private 5G standalone network deployed to connect news contributions at the Coronation of HM King Charles III
The winning entries will automatically be submitted for IABM’s prestigious Peter Wayne Golden BaM Award®, with the winner announced in December 2024.
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