[September 04, 2008] 2nd Annual Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards Finalists Announced Tweet (Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) MEDFORD, NJ, September 4 / MARKET WIRE/ -- Streaming Media magazine has announced the finalists for its annual "Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards." Over 4,000 readers voted on products and services in the streaming media, online video, CDN, and other categories in the 2nd annual awards competition. Streaming Media will be announcing the winners in each category on Wednesday, September 24 during the Streaming Media West conference at the San Jose McEnery Convention Center in San Jose, CA. An awards ceremony is being held that night at 7:30 p.m. at The Sainte Claire Hotel, located directly across the street from the convention center. The reception is open to all full-conference attendees. Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen, Editor of Streaming Media magazine, was encouraged by the excellent response to the reader voting system. "This year's Readers' Choice Awards presented more than 200 different products and services from more than 150 different companies from around the world," he said. "The fact that there's so much competition for these awards is a reflection of just how many competitive solutions are now available to consumers, enterprises, and educational institutions looking for online video solutions; the fact that nearly 4,000 Streaming Media readers voted in the awards shows just how passionately they feel about the tools they've chosen." Here is the list of topic categories and finalists for 2008. Content Protection/DRM Solution -- BroadRamp Inc. -- BuyDRM -- Entriq -- Widevine Technologies Encoding Hardware -- Digital Rapids -- NewTek -- ViewCast Encoding Software -- Adobe -- Rhozet -- Sorenson Global Content Delivery Network (non P2P) -- Akamai -- Limelight Networks -- Mirror Image Internet Internet TV Platform -- Adobe -- Brightcove -- Permission TV Internet TV Set-Top Box -- Apple -- NeuLion -- Sling Media IPTV Hardware -- Digital Rapids -- Optibase -- VBrick Mobile Video Platform -- Flixwagon -- Kyte -- Qik P2P Delivery Network -- Ignite -- Kontiki -- Pando Networks Regional (North American) Content Delivery Service Provider (non P2P) -- PowerStream Streaming Delivery Service -- StreamGuys -- Streaming Media Hosting Regional (North American) Content Delivery Service Provider (non P2P) -- PowerStream Streaming Delivery Service -- StreamGuys -- Streaming Media Hosting Regional (UK/Europe) Delivery Network (non P2P) -- Global-MIX -- Jet Stream -- Stream UK Reporting and Analytics -- Keynote Systems -- Visible Measures -- WebTrends Search and Indexing Platform -- Blinkx -- Digitalsmiths -- Gotuit Server Hardware/Software -- Adobe -- Microsoft -- Wowza Media Streaming Radio Solution -- Liquid Compass -- Live365 -- Wowza Media User-Generated Content Platform -- Blip.tv -- Veoh -- YouTube Video Advertising Network -- BrightRoll -- SpotXchange -- Tremor Media Network Video Advertising Platform -- BlackArrow -- Internap -- SpotXchange Webcasting Platform -- Accordent Capture Station -- IVT Media Platform 4.0 -- Sonic Foundry Webconferencing Platform -- Dimdim -- Qumu -- WebEx For more information on the awards, or to register for a pass and attend the reception, go to http://streamingmedia.com/west/ReadersChoice.asp. Add to Digg Bookmark with del.icio.us Add to Newsvine Contact: David G. White 609-654-6266Email Contact Copyright ? 2008 Marketwire [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]