Matt Smith

Parks Associates announces its inaugural Top Leaders In Technology, a list updated annually to highlight the leading industry executives who are advancing the consumer technology and small-to-medium business (SMB) markets through their participation at Parks Associates’ annual events. As the leading research firm studying the digital lifestyle and technology markets, Parks Associates brings together thousands of industry leaders each year to highlight changing market developments, trends in… Show more

Parks Associates announces its inaugural Top Leaders In Technology, a list updated annually to highlight the leading industry executives who are advancing the consumer technology and small-to-medium business (SMB) markets through their participation at Parks Associates’ annual events. As the leading research firm studying the digital lifestyle and technology markets, Parks Associates brings together thousands of industry leaders each year to highlight changing market developments, trends in consumer demand, and shifts in business strategies. Show less

When we chose our first Streaming Media All-Stars team in 2008, we probably should have called them Streaming Media’s Most Valuable Players. Unlike All-Stars, who in professional sports are selected merely by popular vote, MVPs are selected on the basis of not only statistics and performance but on their value to the team. That’s why, for instance, the Green Bay Packers’ Aaron Rodgers was named the 2012 National Football League MVP, even though the New Orleans Saints’ Drew Brees had a… Show more

When we chose our first Streaming Media All-Stars team in 2008, we probably should have called them Streaming Media’s Most Valuable Players. Unlike All-Stars, who in professional sports are selected merely by popular vote, MVPs are selected on the basis of not only statistics and performance but on their value to the team. That’s why, for instance, the Green Bay Packers’ Aaron Rodgers was named the 2012 National Football League MVP, even though the New Orleans Saints’ Drew Brees had a statistically better season.

And so it is with our All-Stars, who were chosen not simply because they’ve done great things on their own but because they’ve done things that have advanced the online video industry as a whole, whether via their products or by the degree to which they’ve acted as evangelists for online video and served to educate other members of the industry.

Whether you call them All-Stars or MVPs, the selection process remains the same in this fifth year of the awards. The Streaming Media editorial staff takes a look at the past year in online video and names the people we feel are most deserving based on our knowledge of what they’ve done for the industry. The only rule is that previous All-Stars are ineligible; that may change down the road, but for now, there are still too many deserving people who haven’t yet been recognized. Here’s this year’s team:

Eric Berger, Sony Pictures Television
Allen DeBevoise, Machinima, Inc.
Joe Einstein, AEG Digital Media
Darren Feher, Conviva, Inc.
Steve Heffernan, Zencoder
Robert Kyncl, Google
Tal Saraf, Amazon Web Services
Matt Smith, Envivio, Inc.
Chris Wagner, NeuLion
Alex Zambelli, Microsoft

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