The 2017 Streaming Media Europe 101
This year’s Streaming Media Europe 101 is our sixth annual list of the most interesting, important, and influential companies in the online video space, and it’s our most Eurocentric 101 list yet. We still acknowledge the importance of U.S.-based companies that are active in Europe, but this year’s list contains fewer U.S.-based companies than in any of our previous lists—companies that even a Europe-focused list like this one can’t ignore.
Those are some of the more familiar names on the list as well; none of the U.S. companies mentioned here are startups, and most have been operating for more than a decade. The same can’t be said of the rest of the list, which includes more than 15 companies that weren’t on last year’s list, pointing to the fact that even though the European market has reached a level of maturity, there are still plenty of upstarts that are worth our attention—and yours.
Once again this year, we stayed away from honouring content publishers, and instead we’re emphasising the companies that create the technologies that enable those content publishers to grow their businesses.
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 zero (doesn’t belong on the final list at all) to five (no list of important companies would be complete without it). The top 101 make the list. Interestingly, not a single company averaged a perfect five.
Congratulations to the 101 companies that matter most in online video.
The 2017 Streaming Media 101 Voters
Troy Dreier
Adrian Pennington
Dom Robinson
Eric Schumacher-Rasmussen
Sjoerd Vogt
100TB
100TB.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Tom Hancock, General Manager
24i Media
24I.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Martijn van Horssen, Co-Founder and CEO
3xScreen Media
3XSCREEN.CO.UK
Founded: 2009
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-GROUP.COM
Founded: 2003
Chief Officer: Laurent Lafarge,
President and CEO
Apple
APPLE.COM
Founded: 1976
Chief Officer: Tim Cook, CEO
Arkena
ARKENA.COM
Founded: 2014
Chief Officer: Aymeric de Cardes, 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
Avioon
AVIOON.COM
Founded: 2014
Chief Officer: Tilo Skomudek, CEO
AVIWEST
AVIWEST.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Erwan Gasc, CEO
Axinom
AXINOM.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Ralph Wagner, Co-Founder and CEO
Bambuser
BAMBUSER.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Hans Eriksson, CEO
Beamr Video
BEAMR.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Sharon Carmel, CEO
Bitmovin
BITMOVIN.COM
Founded: 2013
Chief Officer: Stefan Lederer, Co-Founder and CEO
Bridge Technologies
BRIDGETECH.TV
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Simen Frostad, Chairman
Broadpeak
BROADPEAK.TV
Founded: 2010
Chief Officer: Jacques Le Mancq, CEO and President
BT
BT.COM
Founded: 1982
Chief Officer: Bas Burger, CEO, Global Services
castLabs
CASTLABS.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Michael Stattmann
and Martin Tews, Managing Directors
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
Conax
CONAX.COM
Founded: 1994
Chief Officer: Morten Solbakken, President 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: Shalôm Carmel, CTO
Datapath
DATAPATH.CO.UK
Founded: 1982
Chief Officer: Bjorn Krylander, Managing Director
Dativa (formerly Genius Digital)
DATIVA.COM
Founded: 2012
Chief Officer: Michael Collette, CEO
DDVTech
DDVTECH.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officer: Alfred Dijs, Founder and CEO
Deltatre
DELTATRE.COM
Founded: 1986
Chief Officer: Giampiero Rinaudo, Co-Founder and CEO
Deutsche Telekom
TELEKOM.DE
Founded: 1996
Chief Officer: Timotheus Höttges, CEO
Edgeware
EDGEWARE.TV
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Joachim Roos, Co-Founder and CEO
Ericsson
ERICSSON.COM
Founded: 1876
Chief Officer: Börje Ekholm, President and CEO
Exterity
EXTERITY.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Colin Farquhar, Founder and CEO
Fly On The Wall
FLYONTHEWALL.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Jason Gleave, Chief Executive
Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute
HHI.FRAUNHOFER.DE
Founded: 1928
Chief Officer: Hans-Joachim Grallert, Managing Director
Fraunhofer Institute for Integrated Circuits IIS
IIS.FRAUNHOFER.DE
Founded: 1949
Chief Officer: Albert Heuberger, Executive Director
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
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
Hive Streaming
HIVESTREAMING.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Johan Ljungberg, CEO
i2i Media
I2IC.COM
Founded: 2002
Chief Officer: Philip Radley-Smith, Managing Director
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
Interxion
INTERXION.COM
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: David Ruberg, CEO
Irdeto
IRDETO.COM
Founded: 1969
Chief Officer: Doug Lowther, CEO
Jet-Stream Services
JET-STREAM.COM
Founded: 1994
Chief Officer: Stef van der Ziel, CEO
Keepixo
KEEPIXO.COM
Founded: 2015
Chief Officer: Pierre Marty, Co-Founder and CEO
MainStreaming
MAINSTREAMING.TV
Founded: 2015
Chief Executive: Antonio Corrado, CEO
Mangomolo
MANGOMOLO.COM
Founded: 2013
Chief Officer: Wissam Sabbagh, Founder and CEO
Mobile Viewpoint
MOBILEVIEWPOINT.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Michel Bais, Managing Director
movingimage
MOVINGIMAGE.COM
Founded: 2009
Chief Officers: Erdal Ahlatci & Dr. Rainer Zugehör, Co-CEOs
Nagra Kudelski
NAGRA.COM
Founded: 1951
Chief Officer: André Kudelski, CEO
Nanocosmos
NANOCOSMOS.DE
Founded: 1998
Chief Officer: Oliver Lietze, CEO and Founder
Net Insight
NETINSIGHT.NET
Founded: 1997
Chief Officer: Fredrik Tumegård, CEO
Netgem
NETGEM.COM
Founded: 1996
Chief Officer: Joseph Haddad, Founder and CEO
Nice People At Work
NICEPEOPLEATWORK.COM
Founded: 2008
Chief Officer: Ferran Gutiérrez Vilaró, Co-Founder and CEO
Paywizard
PAYWIZARD.COM
Founded: 1997
Chief Officer: Bhavesh Vaghela, Chief Executive
Perform Group
PERFORMGROUP.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Simon Denyer, 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
Rohde & Schwarz
ROHDE-SCHWARZ.COM
Founded: 1933
Chief Officer: Christian Leicher, President and CEO
SES Platform Services
SES.COM
Founded: 2004
Chief Officer: Karim Michel Sabbagh, President and CEO
Sharpstream
SHARP-STREAM.COM
Founded: 2001
Chief Officer: Dane Streeter, CEO and Managing Director
Siemens Convergence Creators
SIEMENS-CONVERGENCE.COM
Founded: 2013
Chief Officer: Daniel-Rui Felicio, CEO
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
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
Streamstar
STREAMSTAR.COM
Founded: 2005
Chief Officer: Radoslav Toth, 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: Eddie Young, Chairman
Unified Streaming
UNIFIED-STREAMING.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Dirk Griffioen, CEO
Varnish Software
VARNISH-SOFTWARE.COM
Founded: 2010
Chief Officer: Lars Larsson, CEO
VEWD (formerly Opera TV)
VEWD.COM
Founded: 2002
Chief Officer: Aneesh Rajaram, 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
Vizrt
VIZRT.COM
Founded: 1997
Chief Officer: Michael Hallén, President and CEO
V-Nova
V-NOVA.COM
Founded: 2011
Chief Officer: Guido Meardi, Co-Founder and CEO
Voddler Group
VODDLERGROUP.COM
Founded: 2007
Chief Officer: Adam H. Lewis, President and CEO
Vualto
VUALTO.COM
Founded: 2012
Chief Officer: Camilla Young, Co-Founder and 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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