The 2025 shortlist includes a diverse mix of market-leading brands and innovative up-and-coming organisations in the sport media landscape. Discover who is setting new standards across the sports media ecosystem below.
This award recognises the most successful launch or re-launch of an OTT platform either direct to consumer or aggregator to the market.
This award celebrates the most outstanding sports OTT platform of 2025 operated by the rights holder.
This award recognises the most impactful and innovative partnerships of the year between a sports organisation and media partner. Whether a ground-breaking media rights deal, major acquisition, or strategy distribution strategy, this category celebrates industry-shaping collaboration.
This award recognises the most innovative and effective use of data-driven insights to enhance storytelling, production quality, or audience experience in sports media.
This award recognises the best use of short-form, non-live sports content distributed on social channels, YouTube, or other non-traditional broadcast platforms.
This award recognises the most successful use of content creators in sports media strategies to drive audience engagement and reach.
This award recognises the most impactful storytelling that effectively integrates a brand or sponsor into sports content, enhancing audience engagement while driving brand awareness and affinity.
This award recognises innovation and excellence in technology as part of the delivery of live sports production.
This award recognises the best application of artificial intelligence in the creation, production, or delivery of sports content.
This award recognises the most impactful technology company entering the OTT industry.
This award recognises the most innovative and emerging technology company impacting the OTT industry.
This award recognises the excellence of a broadcaster or production team that delivered unparalleled quality, innovation, and view engagement through their streaming platform.
This award celebrates the most innovative and impactful sports streaming or direct-to-consumer platform of 2025, foregoing mainstream media to successfully deliver compelling content and engaging user experiences to underserved sports audiences – offering bold, fresh alternatives to traditional coverage.
This award recognises the organisation demonstrating the best use of social media platforms to enhance the fan experience, foster community, and drive meaningful conversation around sports.
This award recognises the best non-live sports content created for an OTT or digital platform.
This award is for those companies who are successfully building passionate and loyal communities around their OTT platforms and services.
This award recognises the technology-based solution which best addressed a challenge/s in the industry to deliver an improved viewing experience.
This award recognises the most innovative concept that has transformed the consumption of sports content by delivering a new experience for consumers or opening new opportunities for organisations to monetise. The innovation can be strategic, content, or technology focused.
This award recognises the company that’s driving the growth and disruption of the sports OTT industry via the use of technological innovation.
This award celebrates the most outstanding sports OTT platform of 2025 operated by a broadcaster or platform distributing multiple sports properties.
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