Celebrating the pioneers of sports broadcasting
November 2020 | OTT Summit, Madrid
Judges
To ensure a fair, impartial and independent process, SportsPro have recruited an expert judging panel, balancing senior OTT stakeholders from international rights holders, broadcasters and technology leaders including DAZN, UEFA, Sky Sports, beIN Media, ATP, Twitter and many more.
Our independent panel offer an unrivalled pool of expertise & knowledge to ensure judging criteria is met by only the most rigorous of standards.
SportsPro were thrilled to host the world’s first ever awards ceremony dedicated exclusively to sports focused OTT.
On the evening of November 21st 2019 at the SportsPro OTT Summit in Madrid, the inaugural OTT awards celebrated collaboration, innovation and creativity across production, distribution, monetisation, direct-to-consumer and broadcast. Created with a global focus in mind, the awards honour only the most exceptional and creative uses of technology and new thinking across eight categories.
Categories
Platform of the Year
This award celebrates the world’s most outstanding sports OTT platform of 2019.
Innovation of the Year
This category will recognise a new feature, technology or product that has enhanced the consumption and use of OTT platforms.
Best Marketing Campaign
This award is for campaigns that have driven awareness, excitement, engagement and revenues around OTT platforms, rights and events within the qualifying period.
Best Tech Company
This award recognises the company that’s driving the growth and disruption of the sports OTT industry via the use of technological innovation.
Best Digital First Production
This award will recognise those that have developed technology, platforms or experiences that prioritise the growing demands of the digital consumer.
Best User Experience
This category is for platforms and services that deliver an intuitive, interactive and flexible user experience that drives greater retention and consumption of sport.
Best in Fan Engagement
This award is for those companies who are successfully building passionate and loyal communities around their OTT platforms and services.
Anti-Piracy
This category is for the rights owners, technologies and service providers that are leading the fight against piracy of live sports across the globe.
SportsPro OTT Summit
SportsPro OTT Awards took place on the final evening of the OTT Summit, which returned to Madrid for its third and most ambitious instalment to discuss the hottest topic in the industry.
This year’s summit brought together over 800 OTT and digital leaders from across the global sports industry, with representatives attending from the world’s preeminent sports broadcasters, rights holders, content distributors, social platforms and technology providers. All attended to share their views on how harnessing the opportunities afforded by the direct-to-consumer media ecosystem can help fuel business growth and bring fans closer to the sports they love.