Winners to be announced on 5 December at awards dinner in London
IABM today announced the shortlisted candidates for the IABM Annual Awards. These awards recognize excellence and achievement across 12 categories: Andrew Jones Young Person of the Year; Technology Leader of the Year; Broadcast/Media Company of the Year; Community Impact; M&E Mentoring; Environmental Sustainability; IABM member Partnering; Most Supportive IABM Member; Global Engaged Partner of the Year; New Member of the Year; Start-up Member of the Year; and Bronze (Affiliate) Member of the Year.
The eventual winners of the IABM Annual Awards will be announced at a special Awards dinner on Thursday 5 December at the IET in Savoy Place, London. You can reserve your place at this very special event here.
In addition to the announcement of the winners of the IABM Annual Awards, the winner of the Peter Wayne Golden BaM Award® will also be revealed – chosen as the very best of the best from the 20 BaM Award® winners announced at NAB Show and IBC this year.
The shortlisted candidates for each IABM Annual Awards category are:
Andrew Jones Young Person of the Year
Ben Killackey – Technical Supervisor, Sky
Sophie Humphrey – Associate Technical Supervisor, Sky Television
Ciarán Ennis – Graduate Engineer, Techex
Rares Paunescu – Broadcast Engineer, BFBS
Jerguš Gallo – Junior developer/consultant, Mistv
Alex Locking – Senior Graphics Operator, MOOV LTD
Technology Leader of the Year
| Stefan Lederer – CEO & Co-Founder, Bitmovin |
| Glenn Skare Pedersen – Co-Founder and Co-Chief, CuttingRoom AS. |
| Muralidhar Sridhar – SVP AI/ML and Global Head of Product Management, Prime Focus Technologies |
| Ben Vandenberghe – CEO, Skyline Communications |
| Nilupa T. K. Ranaweera – Group Director – Engineering, EAP Broadcasting Company Limited |
| Ciro Noronha – Chief Technical Officer, Cobalt Digital |
| Idunn Sofie Riise – Co-Founder and Managing Director, Zille Media |
| Sue Farrell – Broadcast Engineering Manager, Channel 4 Television |
| Nadeem Ahmad – Secretary General, Asia-Pacific Broadcasting Union |
| Andrew Bunten – COO of Video Entertainment, Irdeto |
| Richard Bailey – Chief Product & Technology Officer, Techex |
| Nick Thexton – EVP, Media Cloud Services, Synamedia |
| Nilupa T. K. Ranaweera – Group Director – Engineering, EAP Broadcasting Company Limited |
| Dan Goman – CEO, Ateliere Creative Technologies |
| Andy Rayner – Chief Technology Officer, Appear |
| Damon Neale – Founder & CEO, Metadat-AI |
| Rick Allen – CEO, ViewLift |
| Sergio Ammirata – founder & chief scientist, SipRadius |
| Brent Yates – CEO, swXtch.io |
| Paulette Pantoja – CEO and Founder, Blu Digital Group |
| Liam J. Hayter – Product Manager, Vizrt |
| Karen Walker – Vice President – Camera Motion Systems, Ross Video |
| Helge Svela – CEO, Media City Bergen |
| Baskar Subramanian – Co-founder & CEO, Amagi |
Media/Broadcast Company of the Year
Brightcove
Rai Radiotelevisione Italiana
Skandha Media Services
RGBlink
Es’hailSat – Qatar Satellite Company
ViewLift
24i
beIN MEDIA GROUP
Vislink
Amagi Corporation
Community Impact
Metadat-AI
CJP Broadcast Service Solutions Ltd
EMG/Gravity Media
M&E Mentoring
Jyothi Nayak –EVP Content Localization, Prime Focus Technologies
Andy Beale – Co-Founder and Chair of Trustees, Rise Academy
Stephen Stewart – Member of the IET Media Executive/Vice Chair RTS Technology Centre/Ambassador – Trusted Partner Network
Kat Lancaster – Senior Manager of Production Applications
Lisa Spencer – VP of Marketing at Irdeto
Paul Briscoe – Chief Architect, TAG Video Systems
Kari Grubin, HPA President Elect – Hollywood Professional Association Young Entertainment Professional Program
Andre Edmonson – Director, Technical Product Management – MAM and Platforms, Ross Video
Carla Maroussas – Global Mentoring Programme Manager, Rise Women in Broadcast
Global Media and Entertainment Talent Manifesto
Environmental Sustainability
Prime Focus Technologies
MainStreaming
Irdeto
Accedo
The Flint – Green Line to IBC2024
RaceTech & ES Broadcast
Ateliere Creative Technologies
Ross Video
Humans Not Robots (HNR)
SONY
IABM Member Partnering
Bridge Technologies & Skyline Communications
Projective & LucidLink
Most Supportive IABM Member
Wohler Technologies
Mistv
Manor Marketing
SONY
Grass Valley
Etere
Projective
Global Engaged Partner of the Year
Matt Westrup – A&E Networks
Carlos Octávio de Alexandre Queiroz – Globo Comunicação e Participações
Geir Bordalen – NRK
Chaitanya Chinchlikar – Whistling Woods International
Asha Kulkani – ZEE Entertainment Enterprises Ltd.
New Member of the Year
Alpha Cogs
Akta
Tiledmedia
Quickplay
SetPlex
Cheqroom
DigitalGlue
Start-up Member of the Year
Postudio
Imaginario AI
Bronze (Affiliate) Member of the Year
Bubble Agency
Exhibition Freighting
Wall Street Communications
Stan Moote, IABM CTO and chair of the Awards judges, said: “The IABM Annual Awards are unique in recognizing the MediaTech industry as a whole and the people and companies behind the technological innovations that are truly outstanding. The expanded categories at this year’s IABM Annual Awards seek to recognize the fantastic contributions from both IABM member companies and our extended family in supporting the MediaTech community and helping it focus on doing better business for everyone involved.
“The timing of the Annual Awards also gives attendees an excellent networking opportunity to reflect on the year’s successes and developments, and to share ideas and look forward to the opportunities the coming year will bring,” Moote concluded.
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