Issue 46.83 - April 1, 2024

Announcing the Winners of the Awards for Individual Leadership, All-Star Leadership, Most Significant Impact and Community Champion

ITVT/TVOT is pleased to announce the winners of the Awards for Individual Leadership, All-Star Leadership, Most Significant Impact and TV Community Champion. These awards were part of the 20th Annual Awards for Leadership in Interactive and Multiplatform Television, and the winners were revealed last week at a ceremony during TVOT SF 2024.
 

The winner of the All-Star Leadership Award (recognizing an individual who has a long-term track record of leadership in the interactive/multiplatform television industry, and who is an appropriate candidate for membership in an Interactive/Multiplatform TV Hall of Fame) was Matt Durgin, VP of Content and Services at LG Electronics.  LG also won for the Most Significant Design, User Interface or User Experience!


The winner of the Award for Individual Leadership in Interactive and Multiplatform Television (recognizing an individual who has demonstrated notable leadership in the interactive/multiplatform TV industry over the past year, and whose efforts helped move that industry forward) was Evan Adlman, EVP of Commercial Sales and Revenue Operations at AMC.
 

The winner of the TV Community Champion Award (recognizing an individual whose commitment and efforts over the years have helped the interactive/multiplatform TV industry grow not just as a business, but as a community) was Allison Dollar, CEO of the ITA.



The winner of the Award for Most Significant Impact (recognizing a company, organization or development that has had the most significant impact on the interactive and multiplatform TV industry as a whole over the past year) was the Adalytics Report.

Congratulations to the winners, and a big thank you to all the people and companies who submitted nominations!

The winners of the remaining awards were announced prior to TVOT SF 2024:

• The winner of the Award for Most Significant Newcomer was Play Anywhere
• The winner of the Award for Most Significant Technology—Infrastructure was Spectrum Reach
• The winner of the Award for Most Significant Technology—Measurement and Data was Spectrum Reach
• The winner of the Award for Most Significant Design, User Interface or User Experience was LG Electronics
• The winners of the Award for Achievement in Advanced Advertising were Comcast Advertising and DIRECTV Advertising (tie)
• The winner of the Award for Achievement in CTV was Innovid
• The winner of the Award for Achievement in Local Broadcasting was Locality
• The winner of the Award for Achievement in Streaming was Locality
• The winner of the Award for Achievement in DEI was Revry
• The winner of the Award for Achievement in Shoppable TV was Adeia
• The winner of the Award for Programming Innovation was Stingray

We would like to extend a big Thank You to the JUDGES* of the 20th Annual Awards for Leadership in Interactive and Multiplatform Television:

• Adam Ware, SVP, Growth Networks Group, Sinclair
• Albert Thompson, Managing Director of Digital, Walton Isaacson
• Ben Vandegrift, VP of Measurement Solutions, VAB
• Colin Dixon, Chief Analyst, nScreenMedia
• Gavin Bridge, VP of Media Research, CRG Global
• Helen Katz, EVP of Research, Publicis
• Howard Shimmel, Head of Strategy, datafuelX (the sun blocked out his face - sorry Howard!)
• Ian Baer, Founder and Chief Soothsayer, Sooth
• Jon Giegengack, Principal, Hub Entertainment Research
• Jonathan Steuer, CEO, Anonymous Media Research
• Julian Zilberbrand, Former EVP of Advanced Television, Paramount
• Kathy Newberger, Contributor, MediaVillage
• Mallory Armstrong, Head of Global TV Data Strategy, Yahoo
• Michele Fino, Head of Branded Entertainment, Crackle
• Nada Bradbury, CEO, Ad-ID
• Rick Ducey, Managing Director, BIA Advisory Services
• Rick Howe, The iTV Doctor
• Sable Mi, VP of Analytics, Epsilon
• Tom Morgan, Principal, MediaD.tv
• Yan Liu, CEO, Tvision
• Zeev Neumeier, Founder, Gray Swan Systems

*(Please note that judges did not vote in categories in which they or their companies were nominated.)

About TVOT Studios, ITVT and TVOT

Founded in 1998 by Tracy Swedlow and co-owned by Richard Washbourne, InteractiveTV Today, ITVT is the most widely read and trusted news source on the rapidly emerging medium of multiplatform, broadband interactive television (ITV). We provide concise, original coverage of industry developments, technologies, content projects, and the people building the business to our readership, which is made up of hundreds of thousands of executives from around the world. TVOT Studios and ITVT produces the bi-annual TV of Tomorrow Show (TVOT) conferences focusing on the multiplatform TV industry and its community of high-level TV, brand, agency and ad-tech executives. TVOT Studios produces many other services. (please see the graphic above). 

For further details on all these things, sponsorship information or speaking opportunities, please contact Tracy Swedlow attracyswedlow@gmail.com.