The winning entries for the 2024 Digital Media Awards in all categories are now listed in Gold, Silver, Bronze and Special Merit.
The winning entries for the 2024 Digital Media Awards in all categories are listed below for the Gold, Silver, Bronze and Special Merit awards.
Congratulations to the many companies who entered their products and services into our Digital Media World Awards this year. It’s exciting to see the entries come in and reflect on the important advances the broadcast and media industries have made over the last 12 months. From increasing confidence in IP production and delivery, the growing diversity of cloud applications and sophistication in the use of HDR, to the rapid advance of AI into an expanding range of processes, the world of broadcast never stops changing.
These Awards recognise the work that organisations and teams have devoted to content creation, distribution and consumers everywhere. Many thanks to everyone for participating – we are now looking forward to 2025.
STREAMING
IMAX - StreamSmart On-Air
StreamSmart On-Air employs IMAX ViewerScore (XVS), a patented perceptual quality metric based on IMAX VisionScience that measures video quality in real-time based on human vision to ensure bitrate reductions only occur when they are visually imperceptible to viewers. StreamSmart On-Air, an API-based optimization software, leverages existing encoding and packaging workflows and uses an AI-driven approach to dynamically select optimal segments from ABR/HLS/standard streams and optimize bitrates in real time.
Accedo Managed Services
Designed to reduce complexity and risk for video service providers, Accedo Managed Services operates and enhancing OTT video services, managing the entire end-to-end ecosystem, including technology, functionality, people, and processes.
Witbe - Virtual NOC Technology
With a virtual NOC, video service providers can monitor their service on real devices, immediately catch errors, and share video clips and collaborate with their teams and partners to resolve them efficiently. It helps providers deliver the best viewing experience possible.
Broadpeak - Click2
Broadpeak’s Click2 is a new interactive advertising feature designed to elevate the monetization of streaming services. Available on the company’s SaaS platform, broadpeak.io, Click2 is the first feature of its kind, enabling streaming viewers to interact with ads as they consume video content — boosting their engagement with the content they watch and their overall experience with that particular service provider.
Finalists
latakoo - Mobile live to the cloud, clip edit in the cloud, translation into 133+ languages
24i - 24i Video Cloud
Veset - Veset AdWise
Bitmovin - Bitmovin Multiview Player
Harmonic - VOS360 Ad SaaS with In-Stream Advertising
Quickplay - Curator Assistant
PLAYOUT
Pebble - PRIMA
PRIMA, the Platform for Real-time Integrated Media Applications, is a state-of-the-art software platform designed to cater to the ever-changing needs of media and broadcast organisations. This comprehensive solution offers unified services for flexible deployment, robust security, economic scalability, and centralised management.
Harmonic XOS Advanced - Media Processor
XOS Advanced Media Processor features a cloud-native software foundation, a complete playout feature set and advanced media processing technology, enabling operators to efficiently deliver video streaming and broadcast services. Through AI-powered video compression and quality optimization technology, the XOS media processor allows service providers to reliably deliver crystal-clear video content at the lowest possible bitrates.
BCNEXXT - Vipe RT
Vipe is a cloud-native, software solution that simplifies and speeds up the deployment of fully automated linear playout, OTT streaming and VOD playout. The latest release introduces Vipe RT, a dedicated, real-time playout engine that supports the most complex live event and sports requirements.
Cinegy Subtitling Service
This update to Cinegy Subtitling Service gives broadcast accessibility with AI-powered automatic subtitling. The new AI component enables real-time speech-to-text conversion, dramatically improving accuracy across multiple languages, reducing manual intervention, and enhancing our ability to handle
live broadcasts and last-minute changes.
Finalists
Blackmagic Design - Blackmagic Replay
ioMoVo - ioMoVo
Blu Digital Group - BluConductor
Cromorama - Ennio
CAMERAS
Canon EOS C80 Cinema camera
The EOS C80 cinema camera is the newest expansion in Canon’s cinema EOS line. The EOS C80 features a native RF-mount and full-frame, back-illuminated stacked CMOS sensor, designed for filmmakers that require a full-featured camera in a compact body, for doc filmmaking, narrative features, commercials.
Grass Valley - LDX 110 and LDX C110
The new LDX 110 and LDX C110 cameras bring the advanced technology of the LDX 100 Series to the entry-level market in the media and entertainment industry. Grass Valley introduced these cameras for budget-conscious productions. The LDX 110 and its compact counterpart, the LDX C110, are native UHD cameras equipped with new features designed for a wide range of applications, including sports, studio, and entertainment productions.
Blackmagic Design - Blackmagic PYXIS 6K
PYXIS 6K is a next generation digital film camera with a versatile box or cube design so users can rig up the perfect camera for their production. This new model features a 36 x 24mm 6K sensor with 13 stops of dynamic range and dual CFexpress media recorders, all in a customizable body. Blackmagic PYXIS 6K is available in three models, with users able to choose between L-Mount, PL or Locking EF lens mounts.
Finalists
Grass Valley - LDX 135 RF
Canon - Canon EOS C400 Cinema Camera
PRODUCTION
Vizrt - TriCaster Vizion
TriCaster Vizion offers the latest in IP connectivity, configurable SDI I/O supplied by Matrox devices, powerful switching, audio mixing and graphics. It features graphics capabilities with TriCaster Graphics powered by Viz Flowics as standard, which means cloud-native, web-based platform for easy-to-use and HTML5 graphics. This feature also includes social media integration, allowing audiences to interact with the content live from their feeds and participate in elements such as polls.
Ateliere Creative Technologies - Ateliere Live
Ateliere Live is a cloud-native live production and editing platform. Production editing, mixing, graphics, and effects are integrated on a single software platform that enables REMI workflows with advanced proxy editing. The innovative design simplifies the creation of multiple production versions, enabling customers to reach more viewing platforms with relevant content.
EVS Neuron - View
Neuron View is a high-performance, low-latency IP and SDI multiviewer specifically designed for live production environments where every millisecond counts. Whether orchestrating critical events or managing complex workflows, Neuron View delivers the power, reliability, and flexibility needed to ensure seamless and flawless operations.
nxtedition - XR/Mixed Reality Studio Control
nxtedition’s XR/Mixed Reality studio control is a solution for modern broadcast production, blending XR/MR technology with nxtedition’s unified control environment. This approach allows directors to manage live productions from virtually any location with unprecedented flexibility.
Finalists
Cromorama Sp z o.o - Ennio
latakoo - Mobile live to the cloud, clip edit in the cloud, translation into 133+ languages
AJA Video Systems - OG-ColorBox
AJA Video Systems - Ki Pro Go2
Vizrt - Viz Connect Tetra
Lawo - Lawo Flex Subscription model
POST PRODUCTION
Blackmagic Design - DaVinci Resolve Studio 19
DaVinci Resolve 19 is a major new update which adds new AI tools, more than 100 feature upgrades such as IntelliTrack AI, Ultra NR noise reduction, ColorSlice six vector grading, film look creator FX, multi-source editing, new multipoly rotoscoping tools, new Fairlight AI audio panning to video, ducker track FX and ambisonic surround sound plus new features in Blackmagic Cloud for large users.
Maxon - ZBrush for iPad
The ZBrush for iPad app brings over 200 of the digital sculpting brushes found in its desktop counterpart, enabling artists to achieve intricate details with ease. Key features such as ZRemesher, Sculptris Pro, and DynaMesh are included to ensure that artists can focus on their creative vision without being hindered by technical limitations.
Bridge Technologies Integration of Cromorama’s ORION-CONVERT with the VB440
Augmenting the VB440’s colour management capabilities, this additional integration brings ORION-CONVERT’s colour science to IP-based production. The integration brings colour consistency for both HDR and SDR in live productions,environments including sports broadcasts. Technologically, this integration addresses the complex task of managing and converting HDR and SDR signals across varied camera setups with precision.
Finalist
Black Box Network Services India - Emerald DESKVUE with AV WALL
IP BROADCAST SOLUTIONS
arkona technologies manifold technologies - EASY-IP
EASY-IP is a highly integrated package that combines arkona’s BLADE/runner with manifold’s manifold CLOUD for audio/video routing, processing, and multi-viewing tools in one cohesive multifunctional platform. This unified solution integrates into existing broadcast facilities via common industry-standard control protocols bringing Tier-1 broadcasters a seamless transition to a more flexible and future-proof IP infrastructure.
TAG Video Systems - ACO Workflow - TAG|Techex Integration
TAG’s Automatic Change Over (ACO) switch provides a real-time response to signal disruptions. It actively monitors the health of both primary and secondary signal paths, ensurung the highest quality content delivery by transitioning to a backup source at the first sign of trouble. This not only preserves the integrity of the broadcast but also eliminates the potential for significant viewer disruption.
Grass Valley - Sport Producer X
Sport Producer X enables a single operator to manage the entire process from start to finish. The solution's key features include an IP-based workflow that handles live video, replay, and audio signals, all integrated into a single, unified control surface. This streamlined approach simplifies the production process, reducing the need for large crews and allowing one operator to oversee the entire operation.
SipRadius S.iPTV HUB Simplified IPTV Distribution Node
The SipRadius S.iPTV HUB is an IPTV distribution node designed to simplify IP broadcast workflows for content management, viewing, and monitoring across multiple devices and networks. This solution addresses the need for accessible and flexible media viewing in both local and remote production environments, enabling broadcasters to organize, preview, and monitor all live and on-demand streams using either a web-based interface or dedicated hardware.
Finalists
Black Box Network Services India - Emerald DESKVUE with AV WALL
FOR-A - MixBoard
Blackmagic Design - Blackmagic 2110 IP Converters
Riedel Communications - MediorNet HorizoN
Caton - Media XStream
Triveni Digital - Station
Open Broadcast Systems - OBE 5G Flyaway
CLOUD
24i - Video Cloud
24i Video Cloud is a video delivery platform with a modular functional technology stack to address the complexities of modern services. This unified media delivery platform integrates live and linear TV, video on-demand, FAST and sports together into a single platform. It manages front-end UX, content management, metadata management and enhancement, segmentation to create personalized experiences and third-party systems integration - with no coding required.
Cinedeck - CloudFlow Hub
CloudFlow Hub is cloud-based video production and distribution. Eliminating the need for physical satellite infrastructure, CloudFlow Hub lowers operational costs and introduces flexibility to the hybrid/remote cloud scenario, with a tailored approach to the project’s size and duration for added customization.
Dalet Pyramid Planner
Dalet Pyramid Planner is a cloud-native, customizable news planning application that maximizes collaboration and synergies across the news organization. The solution employs a digital-first, story-centric workflow that is NOT tied to the rundown. This enables a dynamic workflow that is adaptive and responsive to audiences on every platform.
Vubiquity - MetaVU
MetaVU is a title management solution that aggregates, enriches, localizes and delivers media and entertainment content metadata at a global scale. The cloud-native solution works with industry standard metadata records (CableLabs & EMA), streamlines integrations (EIDR, Gracenote, IMDB), configuration of outputs (2,000+ OTT & cable endpoints already in use), providing actionable business insights. Initially developed for Vubiquity’s licensing division, MetaVU SaaS is now available to customers to manage titles and normalize libraries.
Videocraft Pro Cloud Storage
Videocraft Pro Cloud Storage provides, Active Storage designed for frequently accessed images and video. Cold Storage designed for infrequently accessed images and video, cold storage is often used for backups and archives.
Finalists
latakoo - Mobile live to the cloud, clip edit in the cloud, translation into 133+ languages
Brainstorm - Edison OnCloud
Dalet - Dalet Flex
SDVI - Rally Access Workstation
STORAGE
Quantum Corporation - ActiveScale Z200 All-Flash Object Storage
ActiveScale Z200 broadens the existing ActiveScale portfolio, the industry’s only object storage platform architected for both active and cold data, with an all-flash solution to help customers accelerate mission-critical AI pipelines and massive content workflows.
LucidLink - New LucidLink
LucidLink’s new platform enables real-time collaboration across desktop, web, and soon, mobile devices. Teams can instantly access and work on files without the need to download or sync files, revolutionizing how geographically distributed creatives work together on projects of any scale.
QC QA MONITORING
Interra Systems - BATON 9 Series
BATON 9 series is a AI - ML-enabled automated QC platform for media professionals working with UHD content and Dolby Atmos. The latest version of the BATON 9 series, is continually developed to meet the evolving demands of Interra Systems’ customers, offering advanced video and audio quality checks, widespread format support, a high-performance media player
IMAX - StreamAware
IMAX StreamAware is an all-in-one, automated software platform that provides quality measurement insights and automates quality verification checks for live and on-demand streaming video. Based on patented IMAX VisionScience technology, StreamAware provides a consistent quality metric to measure and monitor live streams, devices, channels, and paths in a unified view; as well as configurable test plans to ensure on-demand content meets requirements.
Leader - ZEN-W Series
The ZEN-W Series, comprised of the LV5600W waveform monitor and LV7600W rasterizer, is designed for broadcast operations and production test and measurement environments. A series of new features ensures provides support to monitor UHD/HD/SD SDI as well as video-over-IP signals seamlessly in a true-hybrid operating environment.
Mediaproxy - LogServer
Mediaproxy LogServer records and stores multiple feeds of live video and audio, together with the accompanying metadata. All this can be compared to As Run logs, which detail what has been transmitted from a playout system on to a channel - or channels - over a specified period of time. Through this comparison, the broadcaster and its regulatory authority can see if transmissions complied with standards and where any problems or failures occurred.
Finalists
Skandha Media Services - Evince
Accedo - Accedo Insights
TAG Video Systems - TAG Language Detection
TAG Video Systems - Integration of Structural Similarity Index Measure (SSIM)
Leader - Leader LPX500 - Quad-input Waveform Monitor with Dual-independent displays for Hybrid IP/SDI workflows
VIDEO PROCESSING
TAG Video Systems - TAG Realtime Media Platform
TAG Video Systems’ Realtime Media Platform, is a 100% software solution running on COTS and cloud, structured to optimize operations at any scale, and adapt as business needs evolve. The Platform enables media operations to monitor and analyze video, audio and metadata content across all IP workflows. It provides deep probing and monitoring, insightful alarms, integrated realtime decryption, smart recording, advanced analysis and ultra-low latency visualization.
Vizrt - Viz Connect Tetra
Viz Connect Tetra is an ultra-compact live production workstation that enables multi-channel 4K video and audio connectivity with a simple internet or network connection, anywhere in the world. It helps multi-camera, on-location, live productions with 4 flexible channels supporting up to 4K. Viz Connect Tetra’s I/O channels can be used as up to 12G NDI to SDI, 12G SDI to NDI or even NDI to NDI – at home in a server room rack as it is on a desk, on location, wherever connection is needed.
AJA Video Systems - OG-ColorBox
OG-ColorBox brings AJA’s proven ColorBox color management and conversion toolset and intuitive UI to a high channel density openGear form factor. OG-ColorBox supports ultra-low latency, high-density 4K/UltraHD HDR and WCG video processing, including color correction, HDR/SDR conversions, and custom LUTs for live production workflows.
Cromorama Sp z o.o - Ennio
The Ennio orchestration application helps HDR production setup by centralizing and simplifying the configuration of conversion channels across multiple devices in an outside broadcast truck or any live production environment. Its user-friendly interface reduces the complexity and time traditionally required to manage devices from various manufacturers, enhancing flexibility, efficiency and accuracy.
Finalists
SipRadius - M.aX EXP Encoding eXchange Portal
Agile Content - Agile ASR Subtitling
MainConcept - Easy Video API (EVA)
Dalet - Dalet AmberFin
VIRTUAL PRODUCTION
Brainstorm - Edison OnCloud
Edison OnCloud enhances the Edison Ecosystem's flexibility, building on existing tools such as custom-built capture environments and apps like Edison eDesk and EdisonGO. Edison eDesk provides a portable chroma set, workstation, camera, and lights. The EdisonGO app uses an iPad Pro for video with tracking information, enabling Edison PRO to insert in-context AR objects. Users can also control devices like the Stream Deck and free applications such
as Edison OnDemand.
Brainstorm - InfinitySet Lite
InfinitySet Lite works n SDI or 2110 environments, and it is fully compatible with Unreal Engine, allowing use of Unreal’s real-time rendering alongside Brainstorm’s features. It includes Brainstorm’s Differential Chroma Keyer but can also use other hardware keyers if the client prefers.
Blackmagic Design - Blackmagic URSA Cine 12K LF
The lackmagic URSA Cine 12K LF is a new digital film camera with a sensor designed for quality images at all resolutions from 4K to 12K. The larger sensor builds on the technology of URSA Mini Pro 12K with larger photo-sites leading to 16 stops of dynamic range. The RGBW architecture provides equal amounts of red, green and blue pixels. This means it is optimized to deliver rich colors at all resolutions and provide image quality and flexibility.
VIRTUALISATION
Grass Valley - Maverik X
Maverik X, a native AMPP (Agile Media Processing Platform) production switcher, flexible and scalable capable of expanding from very small to extremely large setups, depending on the needs of the production. Its scalability is underpinned by the AMPP platform, which further enhances Maverik X's versatility. This platform allows various other Software as a Service (SaaS) applications to run on the same COTS servers, whether on-premises or in the cloud.
Leostream - Leostream Remote Desktop Access Platform version 2024-3
The Leostream Remote Desktop Access Platform provides connectivity for distributed studio environments requiring remote work enablement, allowing production team members to access the resources needed to develop data intensive media projects. The platform’s flexibility enables organizations to scale, secure, and automate usage, accommodating more users and increasingly complex projects based on demand.
Black Box Network Services India - Emerald DESKVUE with AV WALL
The Emerald AV WALL is a video wall upgrade of the Emerald DESKVUE receiver. It combines the control and management of a video wall and a
KVM-over-IP system on a single platform.
Matrox Video - Avio 2
Matrox Video's Avio 2 is an open standards-based, IPMX/ST 2110 IP KVM extender. The newest addition to Matrox Video’s IP KVM product line, the Avio 2 HDMI IP KVM extender supports up to 4K60 4:4:4 resolution, delivering real-time remote performance
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ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - MACHINE LEARNING
Humans Not Robots - HNR Deliver
HNR Deliver, leverages Causal Machine Learning (Causal ML) to optimise AWS Lambda configurations, leading to significant cost reductions and a lowered carbon footprint.
Viaccess-Orca - Audience Segmentation Service (VO Segmenter)
The service allows video service providers to identify and target subgroups within their audience, harnessing their full monetization potential. It provides segmentation of viewers based on personal interests and preferences — as well as geographic, demographic, and behavioral criteria.The solution helps video service providers boost revenue through targeted advertising, marketing campaigns, and proactive viewer retention strategies.
Ateliere Creative Technologies - Connect AI
Connect AI usesa learning GenAI engines that leverage machine learning models, automating the packaging, localization, and distribution of content with real-time, AI-driven insights that enable stakeholders to optimize efficiency across the business and operation.
ThinkAnalytics - ThinkFAST
ThinkFAST using AI to streamline the process of creating and optimising thematic and genre-based FAST channels that are based on real time viewing data.By optimising channel schedules and strategically placing content where it will enhance engagement, ThinkFAST reduces churn while also boost advertising revenues.
Finalist
Skandha Media Services - Evince
AUTOMATION
Cerberus Tech - Livelink
Livelink simplifies complex processes by integrating provisioning, orchestration, and automation into a unified platform. With the recent addition of source permissions and on-demand motion compensated standards conversion, the platform enables seamless management of live content transport across multiple destinations, addressing increasing market demand for flexible, reliable, high-quality video distribution.
Skandha Media Services - Evince
Evince leverages advanced AI and machine learning to automate the detection and capture of ad elements in live sports streams. This technology surpasses traditional methods, providing precise visual proof-of-delivery that was previously unattainable.
