Best Sports FAST Channel (2024)

New category. This award recognises the best application of technology and/or strategy leveraging FAST (Free Ad-Supported Television) channels by a sports property or platform.

Best Use of AI (2024)

This award recognizes the best application of artificial intelligence in the creation, production, or delivery of sports content.

Best Marketing Strategy (2024)

This award is for a marketing strategy which has driven awareness, engagement and consumption of sports content on an OTT platform.

Best Live Streaming Production (2024)

This award recognises the excellence of a broadcaster or production team that delivered unparalleled quality, innovation, and view engagement through their streaming platform.

Best New Platform (2024)

This award recognises the most successful launch or re-launch of an OTT platform either direct to consumer or aggregator to the market.

Best Social Channel (2024)

This award recognizes the organization demonstrating the best use of social media platforms to enhance the fan experience, foster community, and drive meaningful conversation around sports.

Best in Fan Engagement (2024)

This award is for those companies who are successfully building passionate and loyal communities around their OTT platforms and services.

Best in Anti-Piracy (2024)

This award is for the rights owner, broadcaster, or technology provider leading the way to combat the piracy of live sports.

Best User Experience (2024)

This award is for platforms, products, and services that deliver an intuitive, interactive, and flexible user experience that drives greater retention and consumption of sports.

Tech Solution of the Year (2024)

This award recognises the technology-based solution which best addressed a challenge/s in the industry to deliver an improved viewing experience.

Innovation of the Year (2024)

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.

Best Tech Company (2024)

This award recognises the company that’s driving the growth and disruption of the sports OTT industry via the use of technological innovation.