IP&TV Awards 2012 Entries Submissions Are Now Open
Informa Telecoms & Media are now accepting entries for the 6th Annual IP&TV Awards
LONDON--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Now in their sixth year, the incredibly successful IP&TV Industry Awards are now open for any company that wishes to have their achievements and innovations recognised in the global IP and TV markets. The 2012 Awards categories have been updated to reflect the pervasiveness of OTT which has truly become a mainstream delivery in the past few years.
The awards are a symbol of recognition and respect in the industry. By winning an award previous winners have been able to showcase their products and services, stand out as a market leader amongst their competitors and peers and generate a lot of free advertising through headlines throughout the world and through Informa Telecoms & Media’s dedicated marketing activities.
Tufan Unal, Senior Director of Digital Media at Turkish ISP TTNET, which won Best IPTV, Hybrid or Connected TV Service Growth Achievement Award for its Web TV service 'Tivibu' in 2011, spoke to IPTV News about what the award meant to TTNET. Tufan claims, “It showed the industry that it is possible to reach the mass market with an innovative service. It is also testament to our efforts that we are on the right track with our strategies. The award gave everyone involved in creating and maintaining the service greater motivation to produce and contribute more.”
Another 2011 winner, Simon Frostad, Chairman and co-founder of Bridge Technologies, also speaking to IPTV News explains why winning the Best Quality Improvement Solution for IP, Hybrid or Connected TV Award was important to his company. Simon says, “Recognition like this does help to highlight that the microVB is a one-of-a-kind product, and it really drives home the message that true end-to-end monitoring is possible – all the way from the satellite to the STB. Many digital media operators are still trying to get by without an adequate monitoring strategy, sometimes because they don’t understand the issues, and sometimes because they don’t know what the latest technology is capable of, so this award helps spread the word.”
2012 successful entrants will be competing for the following award categories:
Best TV Service Innovation
Recognizes an operator, service provider, ISP, content provider brand or solution provider for a service or solution which supports the delivery of video over both the IP and non-IP video networks in parallel, or which delivers IP video services over a traditionally non-IP infrastructure.
Best Service Growth Achievement
Recognizes an operator, service provider, ISP or content provider brand that has achieved significant growth in its subscriber numbers for an IP enabled TV services during 2011. Independent verification will be sought by the organisers for subscriber number.
Best Multiscreen TV Service
Recognizes an operator, network provider, ISP, content provider or solution provider, for a multiscreen TV service implementation or solution which supports the delivery of video to several output terminals, such as (but not limited to) TV, PC and mobile.
Best Multiscreen TV Solution
Recognizes a technology provided by a vendor for the successful implementation of multiscreen TV services which supports the delivery of video to several output terminals, such as (but not limited to) TV, PC and mobile.
Best Network Technology for IP TV
Recognizes an excellent product or innovation in the area of Networks or Access Networks by a telecom solutions vendor or a broadband operator/service provider (mobile, wireless, ISP) which offered significant new prospects for increased revenue, managing costs, improving quality or increasing customer satisfaction.
Best Quality Improvement Solution
This category covers any technology or service that can be used to test, monitor, report upon, analyze or manage (proactively or reactively) video services delivered over IP-based networks.
Best Rights and Asset Management for TV
Recognizes a technology provided by a vendor which supports IP implementation from the initial point of content capture and/or throughout the TV workflow.
Best Service Delivery Platform for IP TV
Recognizes a Service Delivery Platform that support IP-based video delivered via a managed network.
Best TV App
Recognizes excellence in an application which can be accessed via a TV appstore or other TV based application environment. This special award will be judged on site at the IP&TV World Forum on 21st March 2012 by a specific judging panel drawn from the overall judging panel plus other specific sector experts.
Best Component or Enabler
Recognizes an excellent product, service or innovation in the area silicon, component technology or IP by a solutions vendor or a TV operator/service provider which offered significant new prospects for increased revenue, managing costs, improving quality or increasing customer satisfaction.
Best TV Consumer Device
Recognizes excellence in consumer equipment utilizing IP in the video experience, such as (but not limited to) receivers, screens, devices that can be paired with the screen or receiver, network devices, and home networking solutions.
About Informa Telecoms & Media
The IP&TV Awards are organized by Informa Telecoms & Media (www.informatm.com), the leading provider of business intelligence and strategic services to the global telecoms and media markets. Driven by constant first-hand contact with the industry, its 90 analysts and researchers produce a range of intelligence services including news and analytical products, in depth market reports and datasets focussed on technology, strategy and content. Informa Telecoms & Media also organises 125 global annual events, attended by more than 70,000 executives worldwide.
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