The inaugural edition of the BroadcastPro ME Manufacturer Awards will see winners feted across 14 different categories on May 17 at a gala awards ceremony that will be hosted at the Conrad Dubai.
BroadcastPro Middle East is delighted to announce that the industry has voted for the winners of the Manufacturer Awards this year. Following some intense planning on the awards categories based on the industry-standard BAM model, BroadcastPro invited nominations to the awards. After a short elimination round, all valid entries were posted and an audience voting process ensued. After a short elimination round, all valid entries were posted and an audience voting process ensued. We received 6,592 votes in total over a period of four weeks.
Winning a BroadcastProME Manufacturer Award will be a recognised badge of excellence amongst clients and peers. These awards honour the champions whose equipment, products or services play a key role in the dynamic output and performance of the MENA region’s broadcast sector.
The shortlist is below. The winners will be announced only on the evening of the ceremony.
Best in Audio Production
Sennheiser Middle East (Sennheiser EW-DX Microphone System)
Shure (AD600 Axient Digital Spectrum Manager)
Telos Alliance (Axia Altus)
Wohler Technologies (iAM-SUM)
Best in Broadcast Playout
Grass Valley (GV Playout X)
Imagine Communications (Imagine Aviator)
Nxtedition (nxtedition)
Nextologies (SDI Player)
Vizrt Group (Viz Mosart 5.2)
Best in Cloud Compute
AWS (AWS Studio in the Cloud)
Fonn Group AS (Mimir)
FOR-A COMPANY LIMITED (SOAR-A)
MediaKind (Aquila Streaming SaaS [Aquila LIVE])
Best in Connectivity Solutions
Akamai (Akamai Cloud Wrapper)
Atomos (ATOMOS SHOGUN Connect)
Cobalt Digital Inc (Sapphire 8JXS-8S)
Ross Video (Ultrix FR12)
TAG Video Systems (Media Control System with Bridge Technology)
VITEC (ChannelLink)
Best in Content Management
Avid Technology (Avid MediaCentral with key UX improvements)
BRIGHTCOVE (Audience Insights)
Editshare (Flow, ARK and EFS from Editshare)
Newsbridge (MXT-1)
One Stream LTD (1-Stream)
White Peaks Solutions (FAULIO)
Best in Content Scheduling & Monetization
BRIGHTCOVE (Brightcove Ad Monetisation)
TVU Networks (TVU Channel Plus)
Viaccess-Orca (Viaccess-Orca Targeted TV Advertising)
Best in Content Storage
Avid Technology (Avid NEXIS F-series media storage and Avid NEXIS | VFS virtual file system)
Exascend (Nitro CFexpress Type B)
MediaKind (Atlas AI Upscale)
Rohde & Schwarz (SpycerNode2)
Signiant (Media Engine)
Best in Digital Distribution
Ateme (Low-latency DAI solution)
Broadpeak (Advanced CDN)
Edgio (Edgio Delivery)
ST Engineering iDirect (SKYflow)
Synamedia (Quortex Link)
White Peaks Solutions (KWIKmotion)
Witbe (Witbox+)
Best in Display Systems
Guntermann & Drunck GmbH (Personal Workplace-Controller)
VITEC (EZ TV video Wall)
Best in Facility Infrastructure
Black Box Corporation (Emerald DESKVUE)
Clear-Com (Arcadia Central Station System with HelixNet Integration)
Lawo (.edge Hyper-Density SDI/IP Conversion and Routing Platform)
Riedel Communications ME (Artist Intercom)
Vizrt Group (Flex Control Panel)
Witbe (Remote Eye Controller)
Best in Linear Distribution
Ateme (Video Headend Pack)
Irdeto (RDK Video Accelerator)
Nextologies (AVDS2)
Tata Elxsi (IPTV Set Top Box for OSN)
Witbe (Witbox+)
Best in Post-Production
AJA (AJA Io X3)
Blackmagic Design (DaVinci Resolve Studio 18)
EditShare (Flow Universal Media Projects)
EVS (IPD-VIA Create)
Best in Video Content Acquisition
Blackmagic Design (Blackmagic Studio Camera 6K Pro)
DJI (DJI Mavic 3 Cine)
Fujifilm (HZK25-1000)
Grass Valley (LDX C135 compact camera)
RED (RED V-Raptor XL)
Videndum Production Solutions (Autoscript Voice WinPlus-IP v1.12)
Best in Video Production
NewTek (TriCaster 2 Elite)
FOR-A Company Limited (HVS-190)
Blackbird (Blackbird)
Vizrt Group (Viz Arena)
Zero Density (Traxis Tracker: The Ultimate Camera Tracking Hub)
Disguise (Porta)