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Digital Media World Awards

DMW Awards 2021 Winners Announced

The 2022 DMW Awards, now in its fifth year, has attracted a huge range of products and services. Cloud services and virtualisation, including remote production and post, IP transformation and AI/ML applications are among the strongest trends.

DMW Awards Featured Entries

Ateliere Connect

Ateliere Connect ateliere.com Cloud Ateliere Creative Technologies is a leading cloud-native media supply chain company that empowers media companies and content creators to reach consumers globally. The Ateliere suite of SaaS solutions incorporates…

Brightcove - Cloud Playout

Cloud Playout brightcove.com PlayoutArtificial intelligence AI - Machine learning ML Brightcove Cloud Playout is a new feature that enhances Brightcove’s end-to-end video platform and allows users to create a video playlist and schedule it to run at a…

Brightcove - CorpTV

Brightcove - CorpTV brightcove.com Streaming Leading enterprise organizations are transforming the way they communicate. Instead of ‘buying audiences’ through traditional programs such as content syndication, digital advertising, and event sponsorships,…

Three Media - XEN:Pipeline Distribution Agnostic, Content Processing Module

XEN:Pipeline gives complete visibility of media companies’ assets across the content supply chain, whether stored on a standalone drive, in near line storage or in cloud or tape archives. It extracts relevant information and enables automated workflows to…

Epic Games - Unreal Engine 4.27

The recent Unreal Engine 4.27 release improves the efficiency and quality ease of use of in-camera visual effects. A new 3D Config Editor makes it easier to design nDisplay setups for LED volumes and support for OpenColorIO ensures accurate colour matching of…

Triveni Digital - SkyScraper XM

Triveni Digital’s SkyScraper XM Datacasting System is a scalable platform supporting professional content distribution and NRT distribution applications over ATSC 3.0, with optimised data delivery features over hybrid over-the-air and broadband delivery…

Black Box Emerald ZeroU transmitter with DisplayPort support

Emerald ZeroU transmitter with DisplayPort support blackbox.com IP Broadcast Solutions The Black Box Emerald ZeroU transmitter delivers industry leading KVM (keyboard, video, mouse) performance while consuming no rack space, and the recent addition of…

Broadpeak - Advanced CDN

GOLD Broadpeak’s Advanced CDN solution enables a major shift in architecture, unlocking common opportunities for ISPs and content owners. Advanced CDN is an architectural evolution of Broadpeak’s CDN, which uniquely integrates three vital components for the…

The Chainless - DeepVA

The Chainless - DeepVA www.deepva.ai Artificial intelligence AI - Machine learning MLCloudAutomation DeepVA is an intuitive data mining platform that automatically receives training data, customizes AI and then uses it to extract and analyse any type of…

Sony Electronics - Ci media cloud platform

Ci media cloud platform sonymcs.com ProductionCloudStorageQC QA MonitoringVideo Processing Ci, pronounced ‘see,’ is Sony’s cloud-native platform built for media organizations to eliminate redundancies and streamline media workflows. Built with…

Worldcast Systems - SmartFM

SmartFM is the first patented AI model that enables FM broadcasters to reduce their energy costs by up to 40% without compromising audio quality and coverage. The AI behind SmartFM comprises a statistical approach for content breakdown and classification…

Frame.io Camera to Cloud

Frame.io Camera to Cloud enables a secure, cloud-based workflow for users from pre-production to final delivery by taking proxies of camera files and full-bandwidth audio files and delivering them to creative collaborators and stakeholders – without waiting…

Agile Content - Cloud Production

Agile Content’s Cloud Production bridges the gap between distribution and production using a web- and cloud-datacentre-based application stack enabling remote and distributed production. API based and implemented as microservices, it can be integrated and…

Agile Content - FAST & VOD2Live

Agile Content - FAST & VOD2Live agilecontent.com StreamingPlayout Agile FAST & VOD2Live With millions of people streaming more TV than ever during the pandemic, audience expectations have evolved. According to TDG, viewers now expect an even wider range of…

Interra Systems - ORION 2110 Probe

As broadcasters transition toward IP infrastructure to simplify content preparation and delivery, the ability to monitor the ST 2110 workflow is essential. Interra’s new ORION 2110 Probe for IP-based media workflows supports SMPTE ST 2110, assuring video…

Salsa Sound - MIXaiR 2.0

Salsa Sound - MIXaiR 2.0 salsasound.com ProductionArtificial intelligence AI - Machine learning MLAutomation Fans at home want a live experience that is even better than being at the stadium, with multiple camera angles and immersive sound. What this means…

Hitomi Broadcast - MatchBox Latency

Hitomi Broadcast - MatchBox Latency hitomi-broadcast.tv QC/QA Monitoring MatchBox Latency adds a new dimension to the Hitomi MatchBox product range, the industry’s premier audio video alignment toolbox, delivering complete timing quality control assurance,…

GB Labs - FastNAS Generation 2

GB Labs - FastNAS Generation 2 gblabs.com Storage Today’s production and post is built around networked clients – graphics, editing, archiving and delivery – with users locally, in collaborative workflows at remote locations, and working from home. All the…

FOR-A - MV-1640IP Multiviewer

FOR-A - MV-1640IP Multiviewer for-a.com Playout As the need for signal monitoring and quality checking has escalated at all points in the broadcast chain, so the move is away from big, dedicated multiviewers to smaller products which can create highly…

Imagine Communications - Nexio NewsCraft

Imagine Communications - Nexio NewsCraft imaginecommunications.com Production Nexio NewsCraft™ is a modernized approach to the production of news. Built on Imagine’s long heritage in content creation and storage, this is an all-in-one, UHD-ready media asset…

Quantum - CatDV Asset Management Platform

Quantum's platform integrates a turnkey deployment of Quantum StorNext shared storage, Quantum CatDV, and options to add Petabyte-scale archiving capacity. CatDV is an agile asset management and workflow orchestration platform that provides asset management,…

EditShare - Universal Media Projects

Universal Media Projects ships as part of EditShare’s FLOW media management and brings together DaVinci Resolve, Premiere Pro and Media Composer into a single workflow environment. From anywhere, the editor has real-time access to content and can collaborate…

Densitron - Tactila

Densitron - Tactila densitron.com IP Broadcast Solutions Combining the advantages of graphical displays with touch-screen based controls and tactile objects, Tactila gives users the satisfaction of feeling as if they are engaging with traditional control…

Mediaproxy - LogServer

Mediaproxy - LogServer mediaproxy.com QC QA Monitoring LogServer OTT provides monitoring of ABR streams at scale using a (to operators) familiar outgoing/return workflow from encoding to CDN.Mediaproxy's LogServer system has been designed to efficiently and…

CatonNet Video Platform (CVP)

CatonNet Video Platform (CVP) catontechnology.com Streaming CatonNet Video Platform (CVP) has been purpose-designed to meet the requirements of today’s broadcasters and streaming service providers, who need to balance intense demand with an unblemished…

Cinema 4D Release 25

Cinema 4D Release 25 maxon.net Post ProductionBroadcast Graphics Cinema 4D is an award-winning professional 3D modeling, animation, simulation, and rendering software solution. Used by numerous filmmakers, VFX artists, and motion designers, Cinema 4D is…

Red Giant Complete

The Red Giant Complete package of filmmaking plugins and tools includes the Trapcode, Magic Bullet and VFX Suites, Universe and PluralEyes, covering nearly every facet of content creation. Trapcode Suite brings 3D particle systems directly into After Effects,…

Haivision Makito X4 Video Encoder

Haivision Makito X4 Video Encoder haivision.com Streaming The ultra-low latency Haivision Makito X4 video encoder (https:/www.haivision.com/products/makito-x4-series/) provides the quality, flexibility, and reliability needed for live broadcast contribution.…

Haivision Hub

Haivision Hub is a video network service for securely and reliably transporting live IP video from event locations to on-premise or cloud broadcast production with secure video routing. Haivision Hub’s integrated device control, stream optimization and status…

Pebble Control

Pebble Control makes IP connectivity as simple as SDI, serving as an IP connection management system which would enable users to make the leap to an all IP facility. Self-contained, scalable, IP-native, Pebble Control is easy to configure, deploy and operate…

MX Hybrid Integrated Production System

MX Hybrid Integrated Production System broadcastpix.com Virtual Production The Broadcast Pix MX Hybrid is the simplest to install, easiest to use, most flexible 4k compatible video production solution on the market today. Packed full of powerful IP production…

SDVI Rally Media Supply Chain Platform

SDVI Rally Media Supply Chain Platform sdvi.com CloudVirtualisationAutomation SDVI’s Rally media supply chain platform empowers media organizations to thrive in a competitive marketplace by making decisions more quickly, executing more efficiently, and…

MediaKind - VSPP

VSPP mediakind.com Storage Media and Entertainment companies are delivering more content, through more platforms, in more format versions than ever before. Robust storage solutions can manage the growth of unstructured data, making it easy to scale and…

MediaKind Engage

MediaKind Engage mediakind.com Streaming MediaKind Engage is a new, end-to-end, direct-to-consumer (D2C) solution encapsulating video production, streaming, and audience engagement. It enables sports entities, broadcasters, and content owners to create and…

MediaKind ACT

MediaKind’s new intuitive compression algorithm, AI-based Technology Compression (ACT), enables substantial operational and performance improvements based on solid science-based research. AI-based technology allows us to analyse the type of content that…

AVID - Edit On Demand

Edit On Demand avid.com/products/avid-edit-on-demand ProductionPost ProductionCloudStorage Avid | Edit On Demand is a flexible SaaS solution and subscription service that enables real-time and cloud video editing. To stay competitive, post-production…

AVID - MediaCentral | Stream

MediaCentral | Stream avid.com/products/mediacentral/mediacentral-stream ProductionIP Broadcast SolutionsStreaming Avid MediaCentral | Stream is an agnostic and software-only solution that enables the ingest of incoming IP streams for television news and…

Spectra StorCycle Storage Lifecycle Management software

StorCycle software addresses content storage and lifecycle management by identifying, migrating, accessing and preserving digital media assets for their entire lifespan. StorCycle identifies file attributes of unmanaged assets and moves less frequently…

nxtedition

nxtedition nxtedition.com Playout ProductionCloud nxtedition takes a ground-breaking microservices approach to content production encompassing pre-production, ingest, media management, scripting, graphics, prompting, live streaming in & out, live studio…

Mo-Sys Engineering - VP Pro XR

VP Pro XR mo-sys.com Virtual Production Mo-Sys VP Pro XR is the first purpose-built Cinematic XR server solution on the market. It’s a radical new approach to delivering cinematic standards to on-set real-time virtual production using LED volumes. It’s…

Hedge - Postlab for Media Composer

The cloud-native Postlab platform now has full support for Media Composer and brings collaborative remote editing workflows to Avid editors. Postlab for Media Composer becomes an extension to existing Nexis or other Avid-compatible NAS/SAN storage, or can be…

Viaccess-Orca Secure Player with Support for Watch Party

Secure Player with Support for Watch Party viaccess-orca.com Streaming Lawo HOME Live sports streaming is a competitive market, and it is critical for service providers to stay on top of emerging trends to drive better viewer engagement and reduce subscriber…

Lawo - HOME

HOME is a software-based management platform for media infrastructures for broadcast, corporate and live applications. Logically following the transition to IP, HOME automates device discovery and registration for broadcasters and production companies, as…

Dalet Pyramid

Dalet Pyramid combines planning, content creation, asset and resource management, playout and multiplatform distribution into a single platform for the production of fast-breaking, digital and live news, current affairs shows and more. The architecture…

Blackmagic Design - DaVinci Resolve 17.4

DaVinci Resolve 17.4 DaVinci Resolve combines editing, colour correction, VFX, motion graphics and audio post. Resolve 17.4 gets a speed increase with the M1 chips allowing playback, editing and grading 8K projects. Improvements to the edit page allow…

Blackmagic Studio Cameras

Blackmagic Studio Cameras blackmagicdesign.com Production - Cameras The new Blackmagic Studio Cameras help a wide range of live production customers who need cameras with professional features that are also fast to set up on location. Blackmagic Studio…

AWS Elemental Link UHD

AWS Elemental Link UHD aws.amazon.com/medialive/features/link/ Video Processing AWS Elemental Link UHD is a High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) encoding device that connects a live ultra-high definition (UHD) video source, like a camera or other video…

AJA Diskover Media Edition

AJA Diskover Media Edition is new software used to search media asset data originating from on-premises, remote and cloud storage – aggregating associated metadata into a unified global index to locate files, analyse them and identify misallocated resources.…

AJA BRIDGE NDI 3G

AJA BRIDGE NDI 3G is a 1RU appliance that enables high density, high quality conversion between SDI and NewTek’s NDI video-over-IP protocol. The flexible, intuitive gateway device supports multi-channel 4K and HD workflows and is designed to help broadcast,…

AJA - BRIDGE LIVE v1.12

BRIDGE LIVE v1.12 www.aja.com/products/bridge-live Video Processing AJA BRIDGE LIVE v1.12 is a new software update for AJA’s BRIDGE LIVE turnkey multi-channel live video solution for remote production, contribution, collaboration, streaming, and delivery. The…

iSIZE - Bitsave

iSIZE's BitSave preprocessor solution aims to reduce the size of video streams and so reduce the carbon footprint associated with video streaming. At the input to the encoder, BitSave takes in raw video and outputs it with a bandwidth saving of about 20% on…

Intinor - Direkt Link

Intinor’s Direkt link MPEG-encoder supports live broadcast of video and audio in DVD-quality over the internet and other digital networks, and can be tailored to the needs of customers using add-on features and adaptations. Configurable from a web interface…

EVS - MediaInfra Strada

MediaInfra Strada evs.com IP Broadcast Solutions Turnkey routing solution for SDI to full IP infrastructuresIn today’s industry, the transition to IP is very much ongoing. However, baseband SDI is still a reality and both signal formats are likely to coexist…

EVS - XtraMotion

XtraMotion evs.com Cloud Cloud-based super slow-motion serviceWhile super slow-motion is a much sought-after effect for replays in live sports productions, its usage is often constrained to a few carefully selected camera angles, due to high infrastructure…

Bridge Technologies - VB440 with HDR Functionality

Built as a monitoring solution for IP and SDI-encapsulated production environments, the VB440 delivers ultra-low latency analytics of compressed and uncompressed data, providing deep insight to ensure error-free delivery of live and recorded broadcast, from…

Bridge Technologies - VB440 Audio Metering

bridgetech.tv IP Broadcast Solutions The VB440 already represents an award-winning monitoring solution for IP and SDI-encapsulated production environments, delivering ultra-low latency analytics of compressed and uncompressed data to provide creatives and…

AJA - T-TAP Pro

T-TAP Pro aja.com Post Production AJA T-TAP Pro is a compact, silent, and portable Thunderbolt 3-connected device that simplifies 4K/UltraHD and 2K/HD/SD monitoring and output over 12G-SDI and HDMI 2.0 on compatible Mac or PC computers. Ideal for a range of…

Telestream - Cloud Qualify Service

Phabrix - Sx TAG IP

Sx TAG with its SFP, SDI and analog I/O is a handheld device ideal for IP, 3G/HD/SD-SDI, optical SDI, HDMI and Analog test & measurement as well as AES eye analysis. It supports SMPTE ST 2110-20/30/40 encapsulation/decapsulation with ST 2059 PTP, SDP and…

Cinegy - TURBOCUT

Cinegy - TURBOCUT home.cinegy.com Video Processing TURBOCUT is Cinegy’s new Adobe CC plug-in designed to significantly accelerate the editing of H.264/HEVC by utilising the NVIDIA GPU’s hardware decoder. TURBOCUT enables faster editing users working on a…

Cinegy - Capture 21.4

GOLD Cinegy Capture handles ingest and asset management functionality with support for all workflow scenarios including fully cloud-hosted architecture. Enabling full remote working, it provides comprehensive ingest control and capture engine management via a…

Phabrix - QxL

QxL www.phabrix.com IP Broadcast Solutions QC QA Monitoring PHABRIX QxL is the world’s most flexible and compact, feature-rich 25GbE UHD rasterizer, conceived from the outset to meet the requirements of Professional Broadcast Media IP workflows. For real-time…

MRMC - Polymotion Chat

Polymotion Chat mrmoco.com Artificial intelligence AI - Machine learning ML Polymotion Chat Polymotion Chat is an easily deployable automated camera tracking solution that allows an operator to automate up to six presenter and guest camera positions. Using…

Zixi - Software Defined Video Platform

Software Defined Video Platform zixi.com Artificial intelligence AIAutomation Zixi are creators of the Software-Defined Video Platform, the only platform enabling dependable, live broadcast-quality video over any IP network, any protocol, any cloud and any…

Marketron REV

Marketron REV marketron.com/revdemo Artificial intelligence (AI)Cloud Marketron REV is a sales growth platform purpose-built for broadcast TV and radio sales professionals. It brings the entire sales process together in a single platform, streamlining…