The 2018 Streaming Media Europe 101
This year’s Streaming Media Europe 101 represents our seventh annual look at the most interesting, important, and influential companies in the online video space, and it’s even more Euro-centric than last year’s. We still acknowledge the importance of U.S.-based companies that are active in Europe—and who can deny the impact of Apple and Google anywhere?—but this year’s list contains more companies operating in Europe than ever before.
Of course, those European companies’ operations and customers aren’t limited to Europe; one of the most satisfying things about putting together this list every year is seeing how many European-based companies are having an impact outside of the continent, whether that’s by way of customers or by establishing an outpost elsewhere, typically in the U.S. This year’s list also shows how dynamic the streaming industry in Europe is—25 of these companies weren’t on last year’s list.
Once again this year, we stayed away from honouring content providers, and instead we’re emphasising the companies that create the technologies that enable those content publishers to grow their businesses. In some cases, those companies are also content publishers or providers, but that’s not why they’re being recognised here.
So how do we pick the Streaming Media Europe 101? We start with a master list of all the companies we’re aware of in our space, then ask our editorial and publishing team to rank them on a scale of 0 (doesn’t belong on the final list at all) to 5 (no list of important companies would be complete without it). The top 101 make the list. Interestingly, not a single company averaged a perfect 5.
Congratulations to the 101 companies that matter most in online video.
The 2018 Streaming Media Europe 101 voters:
Troy Dreier
Adrian Pennington
Dom Robinson
Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen
Sjoerd Vogt
24i Media
24I.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Martijn van Horssen, Co-Founder and CEO
3xScreen Media
3XSCREEN.CO.UK
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Scott Robinson, Founder and Managing Director
Accedo
ACCEDO.TV
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Michael Lantz, CEO
AccepTV
ACCEPTV.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Mathieu Carnec, CEO and Technical Director
AdsWizz
ADSWIZZ.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Alexis Van De Wyer, CEO
Agama Technologies
AGAMA.TV
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Mikael Dahlgren, CEO
Akamai Technologies
AKAMAI.COM
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Tom Leighton, CEO
Amazon Web Services
AWS.AMAZON.COM
Founded: 1994
Chief Officer: Jeff Bezos, President, CEO, and Chairman
Amino Communications
AMINOCOM.COM
Founded: 1997
Chief Officer: Donald McGarva, CEO
Anevia
ANEVIA.COM
Founded: 2003
Chief Officer: Laurent Lafarge, President and CEO
Apple
Apple.com
Founded: 1976
Chief Officer: Tim Cook, CEO
Archiware
ARCHIWARE.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Josef Doods, CEO
Arqiva
ARQIVA.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Simon Beresford-Wylie, CEO
Ateme
ATEME.COM
Founded: 1991
Chief Officer: Michel Artières, Co-Founder, President, and CEO
AVIWEST
AVIWEST.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Erwan Gasc, CEO
Axinom
AXINOM.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Ralph Wagner, Co-Founder and CEO
Bitmovin GmbH
BITMOVIN.COM
Founded: 2013
Chief Officer: Stefan Lederer, Co-Founder and CEO
Broadpeak
BROADPEAK.TV
Founded: 2010
Chief Officer: Jacques Le Mancq, CEO and President
BT
BT.COM
Founded: 1969
Chief Officer: Gavin Patterson, CEO, Global Services
CamStreamer
CAMSTREAMER.COM
Founded: 2017
Chief Officer: David Capoušek, CEO
CasterStats
CASTERSTATS.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Pierre Mengal, CEO
castLabs
CASTLABS.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Michael Stattmann CEO
CDN77
CDN77.COM
Founded: 2012
Chief Officer: Zdenek Cendra, Founder
Cinegy
CINEGY.COM
Founded: 2002
Chief Officer: Jan Weigner, CTO and President
Cires21
CIRES21.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Ernesto Sâez, CEO
Cleeng
CLEENG.COM
Founded: 2011
Chief Officer: Gilles Domartini, Co-Founder and CEO
Comprimato
COMPRIMATO.COM
Founded: 2013
Chief Officer: Jirí Matela, Co-Founder and CEO
ContentArmor
CONTENTARMOR.NET
Founded: 2016
Chief Officer: Alain Durand, CEO
Dalet Digital Media Systems
DALET.COM
Founded: 1990
Chief Officer: David Lasry, Co-Founder and CEO
Danidin (A GlobalDots Company)
GLOBALDOTS.COM
Founded: 2002
Chief Officer: Yuval Rachlin, CEO
DDVTech
DDVTECH.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Jaron Vietor, CTO
Digisoft.tv
DIGISOFT.TV
Founded: 2000
Chief Officer: Fearghal Kelly, CEO
Edgeware AB
EDGEWARE.TV
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Karl Thedeen, CEO
Elecard
ELECARD.COM
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Nikolay Milovanov, CEO
Epic Labs
EPICLABS.IO
Founded: 2014
Chief Officer: Javier Peletier, CEO and Founder
Exterity
EXTERITY.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Colin Farquhar, Founder and CEO
FlyOnTheWall
FLYONTHEWALL.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Jason Gleave, Chief Executive
G&L Geißendörfer & Leschinsky
GL-SYSTEMHAUS.DE
Founded: 1999
Chief Officer: Alexander Leschinsky, Co-Founder and Managing Director
Garland Partners
GPL-UK.CO.UK
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Malcolm Harland, Managing Director
GlobeCast
GLOBECAST.COM
Founded: 1997
Chief Officer: Philippe Bernard, Chairman and CEO
Google
GOOGLE.COM
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Sundar Pichai, CEO
Grabyo
GRABYO.COM
Founded: 2013
Chief Officer: Gareth Capon, CEO
Groovy Gecko
GROOVYGECKO.COM
Founded: 1999
Chief Officer: Craig Moehl, Managing Director
HiScale
HISCALE.COM
Founded: 2014
Chief Officer: Tilo Skomudek, CEO
Hive Streaming
HIVESTREAMING.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Johan Ljungberg, CEO
i2i Media
I2IC.COM
Founded: 2002
Chief Officer: Philip Radley-Smith, Managing Director
Icareus Ltd.
ICAREUS.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Toni Leiponen, CEO
id3as
ID3AS.CO.UK
Founded: 2010
Chief Officer: Dr. Adrian Roe, Director
Inside Secure
INSIDESECURE.COM
Founded: 1995
Chief Officer: Amedeo d’Angelo, President and CEO
Intinor
INTINOR.SE
Founded: 2003
Chief Officer: Roland Axelsson
Jet-Stream Services
JET-STREAM.COM
Founded: 1994
Chief Officer: Stef van der Ziel, CEO
Kinow
KINOW.COM
Founded: 2015
Chief Officer: Philippe Sang, CEO and Co-Founder
Limelight Networks
LIMELIGHT.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Robert Lento, CEO and President
Livewire Digital Ltd
LIVEWIRE.CO.UK
Founded: 1991
Chief Officer: Tristan Wood, Managing Director
M2A Media
M2AMEDIA.TV
Founded: 2016
Chief Officer: Marina Kalkanis, CEO
MainStreaming
MAINSTREAMING.TV
Founded: 2015
Chief Executive: Antonio Corrado, CEO
Mangomolo
MANGOMOLO.COM
Founded: 2013
Chief Officer: Wissam Sabbagh, Founder and CEO
MediaKind
MEDIAKIND.COM
Founded: 2018
Chief Officer: Angel Ruiz, CEO
Medianova
MEDIANOVA.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Serkan Sevim, Co-Founder and CEO
Metaliquid
META-LIQUID.COM
Founded: 2016
Chief Officer: Simone Bronzin, Co-Founder and CEO
Mobile Viewpoint
MOBILEVIEWPOINT.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Michel Bais, Managing Director
Mware Solutions
IPTVMIDDLEWARE.COM
Founded: 2010
Chief Officer: Sander Kerstens, CEO
Nagra Kudelski
NAGRA.COM
Founded: 1951
Chief Officer: André Kudelski, CEO
Nanocosmos
NANOCOSMOS.DE
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Oliver Lietz, CEO and Founder
Netgem
NETGEM.COM
Founded: 1996
Chief Officer: Joseph Haddad, Founder and CEO
Net Insight
NETINSIGHT.NET
Founded: 1997
Chief Officer: Henrik Sund, CEO
Nice People At Work
NICEPEOPLEATWORK.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Ferran Gutiérrez Vilaró, Co-Founder and CEO
Norigin Media
NORIGINMEDIA.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Ajey Anand, CEO
Overcast
OVERCASTHQ.COM
Founded: 2015
Chief Officer: Philippe Brodeur, CEO
Piksel
PIKSEL.COM
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Ralf Tillmann, Interim CEO
Quadia Online Video
EN.QUADIA.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Nico Verspaget, Co-Founder and CEO
Quicklink
QUICKLINK.TV
Founded: 2003
Chief Officer: Richard Rees, CEO
Radiant Media Player
RADIANTMEDIAPLAYER.COM
Founded: 2015
Chief Officer: Arnaud Leyder, Founder and CEO
Rohde & Schwarz GmbH
ROHDE-SCHWARZ.COM
Founded: 1933
Chief Officer: Christian Leicher, President and CEO
Sharpstream Ltd
SHARP-STREAM.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Dane Streeter, CEO and Managing Director
Simplestream
SIMPLESTREAM.COM
Founded: 2010
Chief Officer: Adam Smith, Founder and CEO
SIS LIVE
SISLIVE.TV
Founded: 1989
Chief Officer: David Meynell, Managing Director
Sky
SKY.COM
Founded: 1990
Chief Officer: Jeremy Darroch, CEO
StreamAMG Media Services
STREAMAMG.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Duncan Burbidge, CEO
The Streaming Company
THESTREAMINGCOMPANY.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Ben Kittow, CEO and Founder
Streaming Tank
STREAMINGTANK.COM
Founded: 2003
Chief Officer: James Wilkinson, Founder and CEO
StreamOne
STREAMONE.NL
Founded: 2012
Chief Officer: Ruud van der Linden, Founder and CEO
Streamroot
STREAMROOT.IO
Founded: 2014
Chief Officer: Pierre-Louis Théron, Co-Founder and CEO
TATA Communications (UK)
TATACOMMUNICATIONS.COM
Founded: 1986
Chief Officer: Vinod Kumar, Managing Director and CEO
Teracue
TERACUE.COM
Founded: 1991
Chief Officer: Thomas Buck, CEO
THEO Technologies NV
THEOPLAYER.COM
Founded: 2012
Chief Executive: Steven Tielemans, CEO
ThinkAnalytics
THINKANALYTICS.COM
Founded: 1995
Chief Officer: Gabriel Berger, CEO
Tripleplay
TRIPLEPLAY.TV
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Steve Rickless, CEO
Unified Streaming
UNIFIED-STREAMING.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Dirk Griffioen, CEO
Varnish Software
VARNISH-SOFTWARE.COM
Founded: 2010
Chief Officer: Erik Junesjo, CEO
Viaccess-Orca
VIACCESS-ORCA.COM
Founded: 2012
Chief Officer: Paul Molinier, CEO
Videomenthe
VIDEOMENTHE.FR
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Muriel Le Bellac, Co-Founder and CEO
Vimond Media Solutions
VIMOND.COM
Founded: 2011
Chief Officer: Helge Høibraaten, CEO
V-Nova
V-NOVA.COM
Founded: 2011
Chief Officer: Guido Meardi, Co-Founder and CEO
Vualto
VUALTO.COM
Founded: 2012
Chief Officer: Camilla Young, Co-Founder and CEO
Watchity
WATCHITY.COM
Founded: 2015
Chief Officer: Albert Rodes, CEO
Wiztivi
WIZTIVI.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Ari Bensimon, CEO
Wowza Media Systems
WOWZA.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: David Stubenvoll, Co-Founder and CEO
Xstream
XSTREAM.NET
Founded: 1999
Chief Officer: Michael Rasmussen, CEO
Xtendx
XTENDX.COM
Founded: 2003
Chief Officer: Charles A. Fraefel,
Founder and CEO
Yospace
YOSPACE.COM
Founded: 1999
Chief Officer: Tim Sewell, CEO
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