2012 Readers' Choice Awards Winners
                
                Just announced today at Streaming Media West in Los Angeles, here are the winners of this year's Streaming Media Readers' Choice Awards. We had more than 58,000 votes cast for more than 350 products, services, and companies in a total of 24 categories. You can see the finalists—the top three vote-getters—in each category in our article from last week.
Congratulations to all of our winners, and a big thanks to our sponsors: Wowza, Digital Rapids, Livestream, and Telestream.
Best Streaming Innovation
- Ustream Broadcast for Friends
 
                Best Online Video Content Company
Best Online Video Technology Company
Cloud Encoding/Transcoding Service
- Sorenson  Media Squeeze Cloud
 
CDN Service Provider
Desktop Video Editing Software
DRM/Access Control Solution
Encoding Software (Desktop)
Encoding Software (Enterprise Class)
- Sorenson Media Squeeze Server
 
Field Encoder
Hardware Encoder (On Demand)
- Cisco Media Processor AS-8100
 
Hardware Encoder (Live)
Live Video Streaming Service
- Livestream New Livestream
 
MSO OTT Solution
- Digital Rapids StreamZ Live
 
Multi-Screen/OTT Solution for Content Publishers
- Haivision HyperStream Live
 
Online Video Platform
- Livestream New Livestream 
 
Portable Live Streaming Appliance
Reporting and Analytics Platform
Search and Discovery Platform
- Digitalsmiths Seamless Discovery
 
Server Hardware/Software
Transparent Video Caching Solution
Video Advertising Management Platform
Video Advertising Network
Webcasting/Presentation Solution
                
                
                
                
        
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